About

Known credits:
21
Birthday:
1961-03-07
Place of birth:
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
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Warrel Dane

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2015 Sanctuary: [2015] Rock Hard Festival Actor Himself - Vocals N/A
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2014 Sanctuary: [2014] Seattle, Washington Actor Himself - Vocals N/A
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2014 Sanctuary: [2015] London, England Actor Himself - Vocals N/A
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2011 Nevermore: [2011] Live at Power of Metal Actor Himself - Vocals N/A
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2010 Sodom: Lords of Depravity Part II Actor Self N/A
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2008 Nevermore: The Year of the Voyager Actor Himself - Vocals 59
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2006 Nevermore: [2006] Live at Wacken Open Air Actor Himself - Vocals N/A
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2006 Nevermore: [2006] Live at Metalmania Actor Himself - Vocals N/A
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2003 Nevermore: [2003] Malmo, Sweden Actor Himself - Vocals N/A
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2001 Nevermore: [2001] San Jose, California Actor Himself - Vocals N/A
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2001 Nevermore: [2001] Live in Ft. Lauderdale Actor Himself - Vocals N/A
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2000 Nevermore: [2000] Live in Seattle Actor Himself - Vocals N/A
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2000 Nevermore: [2000] Montreal, Canada Actor Himself - Vocals N/A
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1999 Nevermore: [1999] Melbourne, Australia Actor Himself - Vocals N/A
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1999 Nevermore: [1999] Houston, Texas Actor Himself - Vocals N/A
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1999 Nevermore: [1999] Dreaming Neon Black Release Party Actor Himself - Vocals N/A
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1992 Nevermore: [1992] First Nevermore Show Actor Himself - Vocals N/A
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1992 Nevermore: [1992] Sanctuary is Nevermore Actor Himself - Vocals N/A
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1990 Sanctuary: [1990] Detroit, Michigan Actor Himself - Vocals N/A
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1990 Sanctuary: [1990] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Actor Himself - Vocals N/A
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1988 Sanctuary: [1988] Essen, Germany Actor Himself - Vocals N/A
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