Warrel Dane

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 highpitched vocals with Serpents 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 G1 to notes as high as the B below soprano C or B5 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 Sanctuarys 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 Danes first ever solo record Praises to the War Machine was released May 13 2008 on Century Media Records