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Ville Valo is a Rock act. Their sound grew out of Annie's Song, Chuck Schuldiner, Lauri Ylönen, Zetra and Tuomari Nurmio. Those roots explain a lot about how Ville Valo arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as HIM, Samuli Putro, Popeda, Anssi Kela and Ultra Bra, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Black Veil Brides, Apocalyptica, Anathema, Bloodhound Gang and Cradle of Filth, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Ville Valo, reaching back through Annie's Song and forward to Black Veil Brides. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ville Valo connections
Ville Valo grew out of Annie's Song, Chuck Schuldiner, Lauri Ylönen and Zetra, shares an orbit with HIM, Samuli Putro, Popeda and Anssi Kela, went on to shape Black Veil Brides, Apocalyptica, Anathema and Bloodhound Gang. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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