THAT is what I'm talking about!
I've always wanted to put together and catagorize Ville Valo's vocal range so that people fully understand WHY this man's voice is INCREDIBLE! THIS video gives extremes of lows and highs, including fry and falsetto, ranging from an incrdible B0 to an ear-splitting B♭6 including FULL VOICE range of F1 to F5. Six octaves all around and FOUR OCTAVES of just FULL voice!
Warning, it's not about his PRETTY voice, his voice is prettiest in his middle ranges (oh that rich baritone/bass and what it does to my ears) but this is some SERIOUS talent showcased here, motherfuckers!
*taken from 'info' below*
"Ville Valo could be called one of the best low singers in rock music. His distinctive and versatile low baritone (aka. bass) voice is really deep and booming, and he has some of the strongest lows I've ever heard in rock music. Valo's high note technique has also improved a lot and his highs are pretty impressive too with him spanning A LOT of range in many performances.
1. 0:00 - Fantastic singing bottoming around short G2s from the legendary "Summer Wine".
2. 0:12 - Two strong G2s from "Love You Like I Do".
3. 0:27 - Strong F2 from Apocalyptica's "Bittersweet" (Lauri Ylönen is the higher voice).
4. 0:35 - Really good choir harmonies from "In Venere Veritas" with solid F2s.
5. 0:42 - Solid E2s from the backing vocals of Cradle of Filth's "Byronic Man".
6. 0:59 - Really good E2s from the intro of "Gone with the Sin".
7. 1:29 - Really strong E2s from the re-recorded version of "It's All Tears (Drown in This Love)".
8. 1:56 - The original version of "It's All Tears (Drown in This Love)" with some of the best lows I've ever heard around that area: EXTREMELY strong and bassy lows bottoming at E♭2s, monstrous!
9. 2:25 - Spoken passage from "Dark Sekret Love" bottoming around D2.
10. 3:10 - Strong sustained C2 from the live version of "Killing Loneliness".
11. 3:23 - Fantastic low passage from "Venus Doom" trailing down to B1.
12. 3:50 - Quick B♭1 from the live version of "The Kiss of Dawn" from the live album Digital Versatile Doom, Valo spans F1-E5(!) during the concert!
13. 4:02 - Really good low passage from the epic "Sleepwalking Past Hope" (easily HIM's best song), the lows bottom around B♭1.
14. 4:29 - Slide down to another strong B♭1 in the live version of "Bleed Well".
15. 4:34 - Creepy passage from "Passion's Killing Floor" with Valo eventually trailing down to A1.
16. 4:45 - Another creepy passage, this time from "In the Nightside of Eden": Valo goes down to insane G♯1s. (He sounds just like Peter Steele here)
17. 5:04 - Fantastic singing from the live version of "Funeral of Hearts", Valo goes down to really strong G♯1.
18. 5:41 - Intense live cover of Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell" with Valo spanning a lot of range in it: he goes up to D5, down to weird B1s, hits another D5 and then hits insane G♯1!
19. 6:05 - Incredible low notes from the live version of "Wicked Game", Valo trails down to solid B1s, A1s and really strong F♯1!
20. 6:32 - Insane slide down to Valo's lowest full voice note, F1, and down to B0 in vocal fry from the live version of "Killing Loneliness"!
21. 6:50 - Rough but awesome sustained A4 from "Behind the Crimson Door".
22. 7:00 - Good A4 from "Circle of Fear".
23. 7:08 - Really clean and good B♭4 from the live performance of "The Kiss of Dawn".
24. 7:18 - Wild B4 from "Dead Lover's Lane".
25. 7:18 - Powerful B4 from "Buried Alive By Love".
27. 7:38 - C5s (high Cs) from the backing vocals of "Love in Cold Blood" with one going up to G5 in falsetto.
28. 7:49 - Raw C5 from the live version of "Passion's Killing Floor".
29. 7:52 - Powerful C♯5 from "Love, the Hardest Way".
30. 8:00 - Extreme C♯5 from "Sigillum Diaboli".
31. 8:06 - Great C♯5 from the live version of "Dead Lovers' Lane".
32. 8:15 - "Bleed Well" with slide up to powerful D5 in full voice before switching to non-modal E5: after that Valo hits clean B4s and one D5.
33. 8:30 - Really high melody from "Like St. Valentine", Valo sings clusters of powerful D5s.
34. 8:39 - Really good clean D5 from the live version of "The Kiss of Dawn".
35. 8:45 - Really good melody from "Disarm Me (With Your Loneliness)" topping at C5 and strained sustained E♭5 .
36. 9:06 - Live version of "Soul on Fire" with Valo going down to solid B1 and then sliding up to fantastic clean E♭5.
37. 9:15 - Slide from B♭4 up to really powerful E♭5, the song is "In Venere Veritas".
38. 9:24 - Really good E♭5 from another live performance of "Soul on Fire", good vibrato.
39. 9:33 - Strained but powerful E♭5 from the live performance of "Buried Alive By Love".
40. 9:42 - Thin E5 from the live performance of "Killing Loneliness".
41. 9:52 - Two good E5s from the live performance of "It's All Tears (Drown in This Love)".
42. 10:05 - Quick B1, few C5s and slide up to insanely powerful F5(!) (the highest full voice note Valo has hit) from "Ode to Solitude".
43. 10:25 - Slide up to F5 from another live performance of "Wicked Game".
44. 10:30 - Time for falsetto: short full G1 and slide up to G5 (switch around C♯5) from the live performances of "Killing Loneliness" and "Razorblade Kiss" (edited together to spare space).
45. 10:44 - The live performance of "Don't Shake Me Lucifer" with Valo eventually gliding up to good falsetto B5.
46. 11:31 - Weird notes topping at C♯6 from the cover of Turbonegro's "Rendezvous with Anus".
47. 11:50 - Screamed G♯6 from "The Heartless" (this is actually June Hyde).
48. 11:57 - Weird glissando from "Sleepwalking Past Hope" topping around non-modal B♭6 (Valo's highest note ever showcased)."
Click to viewWarning, it's not about his PRETTY voice, his voice is prettiest in his middle ranges (oh that rich baritone/bass and what it does to my ears) but this is some SERIOUS talent showcased here, motherfuckers!
*taken from 'info' below*
"Ville Valo could be called one of the best low singers in rock music. His distinctive and versatile low baritone (aka. bass) voice is really deep and booming, and he has some of the strongest lows I've ever heard in rock music. Valo's high note technique has also improved a lot and his highs are pretty impressive too with him spanning A LOT of range in many performances.
1. 0:00 - Fantastic singing bottoming around short G2s from the legendary "Summer Wine".
2. 0:12 - Two strong G2s from "Love You Like I Do".
3. 0:27 - Strong F2 from Apocalyptica's "Bittersweet" (Lauri Ylönen is the higher voice).
4. 0:35 - Really good choir harmonies from "In Venere Veritas" with solid F2s.
5. 0:42 - Solid E2s from the backing vocals of Cradle of Filth's "Byronic Man".
6. 0:59 - Really good E2s from the intro of "Gone with the Sin".
7. 1:29 - Really strong E2s from the re-recorded version of "It's All Tears (Drown in This Love)".
8. 1:56 - The original version of "It's All Tears (Drown in This Love)" with some of the best lows I've ever heard around that area: EXTREMELY strong and bassy lows bottoming at E♭2s, monstrous!
9. 2:25 - Spoken passage from "Dark Sekret Love" bottoming around D2.
10. 3:10 - Strong sustained C2 from the live version of "Killing Loneliness".
11. 3:23 - Fantastic low passage from "Venus Doom" trailing down to B1.
12. 3:50 - Quick B♭1 from the live version of "The Kiss of Dawn" from the live album Digital Versatile Doom, Valo spans F1-E5(!) during the concert!
13. 4:02 - Really good low passage from the epic "Sleepwalking Past Hope" (easily HIM's best song), the lows bottom around B♭1.
14. 4:29 - Slide down to another strong B♭1 in the live version of "Bleed Well".
15. 4:34 - Creepy passage from "Passion's Killing Floor" with Valo eventually trailing down to A1.
16. 4:45 - Another creepy passage, this time from "In the Nightside of Eden": Valo goes down to insane G♯1s. (He sounds just like Peter Steele here)
17. 5:04 - Fantastic singing from the live version of "Funeral of Hearts", Valo goes down to really strong G♯1.
18. 5:41 - Intense live cover of Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell" with Valo spanning a lot of range in it: he goes up to D5, down to weird B1s, hits another D5 and then hits insane G♯1!
19. 6:05 - Incredible low notes from the live version of "Wicked Game", Valo trails down to solid B1s, A1s and really strong F♯1!
20. 6:32 - Insane slide down to Valo's lowest full voice note, F1, and down to B0 in vocal fry from the live version of "Killing Loneliness"!
21. 6:50 - Rough but awesome sustained A4 from "Behind the Crimson Door".
22. 7:00 - Good A4 from "Circle of Fear".
23. 7:08 - Really clean and good B♭4 from the live performance of "The Kiss of Dawn".
24. 7:18 - Wild B4 from "Dead Lover's Lane".
25. 7:18 - Powerful B4 from "Buried Alive By Love".
27. 7:38 - C5s (high Cs) from the backing vocals of "Love in Cold Blood" with one going up to G5 in falsetto.
28. 7:49 - Raw C5 from the live version of "Passion's Killing Floor".
29. 7:52 - Powerful C♯5 from "Love, the Hardest Way".
30. 8:00 - Extreme C♯5 from "Sigillum Diaboli".
31. 8:06 - Great C♯5 from the live version of "Dead Lovers' Lane".
32. 8:15 - "Bleed Well" with slide up to powerful D5 in full voice before switching to non-modal E5: after that Valo hits clean B4s and one D5.
33. 8:30 - Really high melody from "Like St. Valentine", Valo sings clusters of powerful D5s.
34. 8:39 - Really good clean D5 from the live version of "The Kiss of Dawn".
35. 8:45 - Really good melody from "Disarm Me (With Your Loneliness)" topping at C5 and strained sustained E♭5 .
36. 9:06 - Live version of "Soul on Fire" with Valo going down to solid B1 and then sliding up to fantastic clean E♭5.
37. 9:15 - Slide from B♭4 up to really powerful E♭5, the song is "In Venere Veritas".
38. 9:24 - Really good E♭5 from another live performance of "Soul on Fire", good vibrato.
39. 9:33 - Strained but powerful E♭5 from the live performance of "Buried Alive By Love".
40. 9:42 - Thin E5 from the live performance of "Killing Loneliness".
41. 9:52 - Two good E5s from the live performance of "It's All Tears (Drown in This Love)".
42. 10:05 - Quick B1, few C5s and slide up to insanely powerful F5(!) (the highest full voice note Valo has hit) from "Ode to Solitude".
43. 10:25 - Slide up to F5 from another live performance of "Wicked Game".
44. 10:30 - Time for falsetto: short full G1 and slide up to G5 (switch around C♯5) from the live performances of "Killing Loneliness" and "Razorblade Kiss" (edited together to spare space).
45. 10:44 - The live performance of "Don't Shake Me Lucifer" with Valo eventually gliding up to good falsetto B5.
46. 11:31 - Weird notes topping at C♯6 from the cover of Turbonegro's "Rendezvous with Anus".
47. 11:50 - Screamed G♯6 from "The Heartless" (this is actually June Hyde).
48. 11:57 - Weird glissando from "Sleepwalking Past Hope" topping around non-modal B♭6 (Valo's highest note ever showcased)."