Warrel Dane
Born: 1961-03-07 in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Died: 2017-12-13
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2015
- Sanctuary: [2015] Rock Hard Festival as Himself - Vocals
2014
- Sanctuary: [2014] Seattle, Washington as Himself - Vocals
- Sanctuary: [2015] London, England as Himself - Vocals
2011
- Nevermore: [2011] Live at Power of Metal as Himself - Vocals
2010
2008
- Nevermore: The Year of the Voyager as Himself - Vocals
2006
- Metalocalypse as Sammy Twinskins (voice)
- Nevermore: [2006] Live at Wacken Open Air as Himself - Vocals
- Nevermore: [2006] Live at Metalmania as Himself - Vocals
2003
- Nevermore: [2003] Malmo, Sweden as Himself - Vocals
2001
- Nevermore: [2001] San Jose, California as Himself - Vocals
- Nevermore: [2001] Live in Ft. Lauderdale as Himself - Vocals
2000
- Nevermore: [2000] Live in Seattle as Himself - Vocals
- Nevermore: [2000] Montreal, Canada as Himself - Vocals
1999
- Nevermore: [1999] Houston, Texas as Himself - Vocals
- Nevermore: [1999] Dreaming Neon Black Release Party as Himself - Vocals
- Nevermore: [1999] Melbourne, Australia as Himself - Vocals
1992
- Nevermore: [1992] Sanctuary is Nevermore as Himself - Vocals
- Nevermore: [1992] First Nevermore Show as Himself - Vocals
1990
- Sanctuary: [1990] Detroit, Michigan as Himself - Vocals
- Sanctuary: [1990] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as Himself - Vocals
1988
- Sanctuary: [1988] Essen, Germany as Himself - Vocals