Ville Valo

Ville Hermanni Valo (born November 22, 1976) is the vocalist, songwriter and frontman of the Finnish love metal band HIM.

Valo was born in Helsinki. His father owns a sex shop and his mother is Hungarian. He has a younger brother named Jesse, a Thai boxer. In his youth he played instruments such as bass and drums in many bands until he, together with friends, formed the band HIM in 1994. He is the vocalist in HIM and writes all of the band's songs. He is also the frontman of the band. He has said in an interview that this is the way the other band members want it to be; they merely want to play their instruments. He designs a lot of the bands' artwork for the covers of their albums.

Discography

With HIM:

• 666 Ways to Love: Prologue (EP) (1996)
• Greatest Love Songs vol. 666 (1997)
• Razorblade Romance (1999)
• Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights (2001)
• Love Metal (2003)
• And Love Said No - The Greatest Hits 1997-2004 (2004)

External links

• Official HIM Website