Birthday: 1961-03-07
Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Biography: Warrel Dane (born March 7, 1961) is the lead singer of the American power metal band Sanctuary. He is also known as the former lead singer of currently inactive progressive metal band Nevermore. He is a natural baritone, though he was known for his high-pitched vocals with Serpent's Knight and on the first two Sanctuary albums. Later in his career, Dane became more notable for his distinctively deep, dramatic voice. Dane was trained for five years as an opera singer and utilizes a very broad vocal range, spanning from notes as low as the G♯ below low C, or G♯1, to notes as high as the B♭ below soprano C, or B♭5. While his high head voice style vocals were much more prominent in the older Sanctuary albums, there were instances where he utilizes it in Nevermore as well. Sanctuary's 2014 comeback album The Year the Sun Died includes these higher passages on three songs. He cites Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Jefferson Airplane, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, The Doors as his musical influences and Ronnie James Dio, Rob Halford, Bruce Dickinson as his main vocal inspirations. Dane, along with bassist Jim Sheppard, is a certified chef and formerly owned a restaurant in Seattle. As reflected in his songwriting, Warrel is critical of religion and government and has expressed mixed feelings toward the advancement of technology. Dane provided the voice of Candynose Twinskins in the musical comedy Metalocalypse on Adult Swim. Dane's first ever solo record, Praises to the War Machine was released May 13, 2008 on Century Media Records.
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Beyond Within, This Sacrament, The Seven Tongues of God, Silent Hedges (Bauhaus cover), I Am the Dog...
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Sanctuary at Chestnut Cabaret, Philadelphia, PA, USA Eden Lies Obscured Seasons of Destruction Di...
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Sanctuary at The Underworld, London, England Ad Vitam Aeternam Arise and Purify Let the Serpent F...
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DVD 1 Main Show - Live at the Zeche Bochum, Germany, October 11th, 2006 (21 songs captured live) DVD...
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Sanctuary at Studio Seven, Seattle, WA, USA The Year the Sun Died CD release show Ad Vitam Aeterna...
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Nevermore at Le Medley, Montreal, QC, Canada 01) Narcosynthesis 02) We Disintegrate 03) Inside Fo...
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Nevermore at The Buffalo Club, Melbourne, Australia Beyond Within The Death of Passion This Sacra...
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Sanctuary live at Amphitheater Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Setlist: 1. Arise and Purify ...
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Final Product The River Dragon Has Come I, Voyager Engines of Hate Dead Heart in a Dead World E...
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Inside Four Walls, Moonrise (Through Mirrors of Death), The Termination Proclamation, Your Poison Th...
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Nevermore at Kulturbolaget, Malmö, Sweden Enemies of Reality Never Purify Sea of Possibilities T...
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