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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 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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Born:
Mar 7, 1961 In Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Movie/TV Credits:
22
First Appeared:
In the movie Sanctuary: [1988] Essen, Germany 1988-05-20
Latest Project:
Movie Sanctuary: [2015] Rock Hard Festival 2015-05-23
Known For
Poster of Sanctuary: [2015] Rock Hard Festival
Poster of Sanctuary: [2014] Seattle, Washington
Poster of Sanctuary: [1990] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Poster of Sanctuary: [1988] Essen, Germany
Filmography
Movie Sanctuary: [2015] Rock Hard Festival Himself - Vocals 2015-05-23
Movie Sanctuary: [2015] London, England Himself - Vocals 2014-03-03
Movie Sanctuary: [2014] Seattle, Washington Himself - Vocals 2014-11-14
Movie Nevermore: [2011] Live at Power of Metal Himself - Vocals 2011-03-20
Movie Sodom: Lords of Depravity Part II Self 2010-06-25
Movie Nevermore: The Year of the Voyager Himself - Vocals 2008-11-25
Series Metalocalypse Sammy Twinskins (voice) 2006-08-06
Movie Nevermore: [2006] Live at Metalmania Himself - Vocals 2006-03-04
Movie Nevermore: [2006] Live at Wacken Open Air Himself - Vocals 2006-08-04
Movie Nevermore: [2003] Malmo, Sweden Himself - Vocals 2003-09-22
Movie Nevermore: [2001] Live in Ft. Lauderdale Himself - Vocals 2001-05-12
Movie Nevermore: [2001] San Jose, California Himself - Vocals 2001-05-20
Movie Nevermore: [2000] Live in Seattle Himself - Vocals 2000-12-07
Movie Nevermore: [2000] Montreal, Canada Himself - Vocals 2000-11-21
Movie Nevermore: [1999] Houston, Texas Himself - Vocals 1999-05-05
Movie Nevermore: [1999] Dreaming Neon Black Release Party Himself - Vocals 1999-01-23
Movie Nevermore: [1999] Melbourne, Australia Himself - Vocals 1999-11-11
Movie Nevermore: [1992] Sanctuary is Nevermore Himself - Vocals 1992-05-13
Movie Nevermore: [1992] First Nevermore Show Himself - Vocals 1992-08-28
Movie Sanctuary: [1990] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Himself - Vocals 1990-03-27
Movie Sanctuary: [1990] Detroit, Michigan Himself - Vocals 1990-04-06
Movie Sanctuary: [1988] Essen, Germany Himself - Vocals 1988-05-20