Warrel Dane

Warrel Dane (lahir 7 Maret 1961) adalah penyanyi utama dari band power metal Amerika, Sanctuary. Ia juga dikenal sebagai mantan penyanyi utama band metal progresif Nevermore yang saat ini tidak aktif. Dia adalah bariton alami, meskipun dia dikenal karena vokalnya yang bernada tinggi dengan Serpent's Knight dan pada dua album pertama Sanctuary. Di kemudian hari dalam karirnya, Dane menjadi lebih terkenal karena suaranya yang dalam dan dramatis. Dane dilatih selama lima tahun sebagai penyanyi opera dan menggunakan rentang vokal yang sangat luas, mulai dari nada serendah G♯ di bawah C rendah, atau G♯1, hingga nada setinggi B♭ di bawah sopran C, atau B♭5. Meskipun gaya vokalnya yang tinggi jauh lebih menonjol di album-album lama Sanctuary, ada beberapa contoh di mana dia menggunakannya di Nevermore juga. Album comeback Sanctuary tahun 2014, The Year the Sun Died, menyertakan bagian-bagian yang lebih tinggi ini pada tiga lagu. Dia mengutip Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Jefferson Airplane, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, The Doors sebagai pengaruh musiknya dan Ronnie James Dio, Rob Halford, Bruce Dickinson sebagai inspirasi vokal utamanya. Dane, bersama dengan bassis Jim Sheppard, adalah koki bersertifikat dan sebelumnya memiliki sebuah restoran di Seattle. Sebagaimana tercermin dalam penulisan lagunya, Warrel kritis terhadap agama dan pemerintah dan mengungkapkan perasaan campur aduk terhadap kemajuan teknologi. Dane mengisi suara Candynose Twinskins dalam komedi musikal Metalocalypse di Adult Swim. Rekaman solo pertama Dane, Praises to the War Machine dirilis 13 Mei 2008 di Century Media Records.

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.