Warrel Dane

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Born: March 7, 1961 – December 13, 2017
From: Seattle, Washington, U.S.
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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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Nevermore: [1999] Dreaming Neon Black Release Party

1999

Nevermore: [2011] Live at Power of Metal

2011

Nevermore: [2000] Live in Seattle

2000

Nevermore: [2001] Live in Ft. Lauderdale

2001

Nevermore: [2006] Live at Metalmania

2006

Nevermore: [1992] First Nevermore Show

1992

Nevermore: [2006] Live at Wacken Open Air

2006

Nevermore: [1999] Houston, Texas

1999

Nevermore: [2001] San Jose, California

2001

Nevermore: [1992] Sanctuary is Nevermore

1992

Nevermore: [2000] Montreal, Canada

2000

Sanctuary: [2015] Rock Hard Festival

2015

Sodom: Lords of Depravity Part II

2010

Nevermore: [1999] Melbourne, Australia

1999

Nevermore: [2003] Malmo, Sweden

2003

Nevermore: The Year of the Voyager

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Sanctuary: [1990] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1990

Sanctuary: [1988] Essen, Germany

1988

Sanctuary: [1990] Detroit, Michigan

1990

Sanctuary: [2014] Seattle, Washington

2014

Sanctuary: [2015] London, England

2014