Ville Hermanni Valo (born November 22, 1976) is a Finnish singer, songwriter and frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM. He has received the "Golden God" award in 2004 from the heavy metal magazine Metal Hammer. Valo has a baritone vocal range,[1] and has maintained an octave range around 4 or 5, in full voice, from F1 to F5. Valo was ranked number 80 in Hit Paraders Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time.