Warrel Dane

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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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, U.S.

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Birthday: March 07, 1961

Age: 64 years old

Gender: Male

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Deathday: December 13, 2017

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Nevermore: [2000] Live in Seattle
Nevermore: [1992] Sanctuary is Nevermore
Nevermore: [1992] First Nevermore Show
Sodom: Lords of Depravity Part II
Nevermore: [2006] Live at Metalmania
Sanctuary: [1990] Detroit, Michigan
Nevermore: [2001] San Jose, California
Nevermore: The Year of the Voyager
Nevermore: [1999] Melbourne, Australia
Nevermore: [1999] Dreaming Neon Black Release Party
Nevermore: [2003] Malmo, Sweden
Nevermore: [2000] Montreal, Canada
Nevermore: [2011] Live at Power of Metal
Nevermore: [2001] Live in Ft. Lauderdale
Nevermore: [1999] Houston, Texas
Nevermore: [2006] Live at Wacken Open Air
Sanctuary: [2015] Rock Hard Festival
Sanctuary: [1988] Essen, Germany
Sanctuary: [1990] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sanctuary: [2015] London, England
Sanctuary: [2014] Seattle, Washington