1961-03-07 ( 64 years old ) in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
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.
Movies
Sanctuary: [2015] Rock Hard Festival
2015-05-23
Sanctuary: [2014] Seattle, Washington
2014-11-14
Sanctuary: [2015] London, England
2014-03-03
Nevermore: [2011] Live at Power of Metal
2011-03-20
Sodom: Lords of Depravity Part II
2010-06-25
Nevermore: The Year of the Voyager
2008-11-25
Nevermore: [2006] Live at Wacken Open Air
2006-08-04
Nevermore: [2006] Live at Metalmania
2006-03-04
Nevermore: [2003] Malmo, Sweden
2003-09-22
Nevermore: [2001] San Jose, California
2001-05-20
Nevermore: [2001] Live in Ft. Lauderdale
2001-05-12
Nevermore: [2000] Live in Seattle
2000-12-07
Nevermore: [2000] Montreal, Canada
2000-11-21
Nevermore: [1999] Melbourne, Australia
1999-11-11
Nevermore: [1999] Houston, Texas
1999-05-05
Nevermore: [1992] First Nevermore Show
1992-08-28
Nevermore: [1992] Sanctuary is Nevermore
1992-05-13
Sanctuary: [1990] Detroit, Michigan
1990-04-06
Sanctuary: [1990] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1990-03-27
Sanctuary: [1988] Essen, Germany
1988-05-20
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