Warrel Dane
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Warrel Dane (born March 7, 1961 in Seattle , † December 13, 2017 in São Paulo , Brazil ) was an American singer and founding member of the metal band Nevermore . Since 2007 he has also been active as a solo artist.
Career
With his first band Serpent's Knight, founded in 1981, Dane released the LP Released from the Crypt in 1983 . After Serpent's Knight broke up, Dane formed the band Sanctuary with Jim Sheppard, formerly bassist in the glam metal band Sleeze . In 1986 the first demo was released, which a year later led to a four-year record deal with Epic Records . Sanctuary released two albums on Epic until a style change requested by the label split the band on two fronts; Dane and Sheppard decided to leave the band. After the fall of Sanctuary, Dane worked as a chef in Seattle for four years.
During this time, Dane's next band, Nevermore , was formed in 1992 , but he and Sheppard were still officially under contract with Epic. In 1995 Nevermore released their first, self-titled album on the then newly founded label Century Media . In 2006, while touring the Nevermore album This Godless Endeavor , Dane began writing his first solo album. This album, Praises to the War Machine , was released on April 25, 2008 via Century Media. Warrel Dane died of a heart attack in São Paulo on December 13, 2017 .
Style and texts
Compared to his early phase, the Sanctuary time, Dane sang less high on the Nevermore albums and was influenced by Gothic or sometimes Thrash Metal . The fact that he had a seldom used, relatively deep vocal spectrum is mainly evident on some cover versions ( Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel , Love Bites by Judas Priest , Lucretia My Reflection by The Sisters of Mercy and Silent Hedges / Double Dare by Bauhaus ) to listen.
Danes texts are usually very critical of society, they can often be applied to current (US) politics. Dane called himself a Democrat and was an open opponent of George W. Bush's policies . In addition, various philosophical topics were omnipresent, occasionally a change of perspective was used to put a topic in an ambiguous context. Dane attached great importance to metaphors, especially in more recent works, which can often be interpreted in several directions. On his solo album Praises to the War Machine , he sang for the first time on personal topics, such as the song Brother , which he wrote for his brother who was suffering from cancer. On the Behemoth album The Apostasy , Dane is a guest singer with Inner Sanctum .
Discography
with Serpent's Knight
- Released from the Crypt (1983)
with Sanctuary
see Sanctuary
with Nevermore
solo
- Praises to the War Machine (2008)
- Shadow Work (2018)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart sources: Germany / Switzerland
- ↑ a b c David E. Gehlke: Warrel Dane Feature Interview. Blistering.com, archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed on December 13, 2017 (English).
- ^ Nevermore And Sanctuary Singer Warrel Dane Dies Of Heart Attack In Brazil. Blabbermouth.net , December 13, 2017, accessed December 13, 2017 .
- ↑ Heart attack at 56: Metal singer Warrel Dane is dead n-tv.de.
- ↑ Nevermore Sentient 6 Lyrics . Sing365.com, accessed December 13, 2017.
- ↑ Jeffrey Easton, Interview with Warrel Dane. Metal Exiles, archived from the original on August 13, 2008 ; accessed on December 13, 2017 (English).
Web links
- Official website (English)
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| SURNAME | Dane, Warrel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seattle , Washington , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 2017 |
| Place of death | São Paulo , Brazil |