Warrel Dane

Warrel Dane
Warrel Dane live with Nevermore, 2005
Background information
Also known as	Warrel Dane
Born	March 7, 1961 (1961-03-07)
Origin	Seattle, Washington, US
Genres	Heavy metal, power metal, progressive metal, thrash metal
Occupations	Singer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, keyboards
Years active	1983–present
Labels	Century Media
Associated acts	Sanctuary, Nevermore
Website	www.warreldane.com www.nevermore.tv

Warrel Dane is the lead singer of the progressive metal band Nevermore. He is also the singer of the metal band Sanctuary, who have recently reformed. Dane was trained for five years as an opera singer and utilizes a very broad vocal range (between five and six octaves according to Warrel's teacher), spanning from notes as low as the G below low C, or G1, to notes as high as the D above high C, or D5. His use of very high falsetto notes up to the B below soprano C, or B5, was more prominent in his Sanctuary days but is still utilized in Nevermore. He has also hit notes as low as the E♭ below low C, or E♭1, in vocal fry.

Warrel, 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's first ever solo record, Praises to the War Machine was released May 13, 2008 on Century Media Records.

Discography

Sanctuary

• Refuge Denied (1988)
• Into the Mirror Black (1989)
• Into The Mirror Live (1991)
• The Year The Sun Died (Tentative Title) (2011)

Behemoth

• The Apostasy (2007, guest vocals)

Solo

• Praises to the War Machine (2008)
• Storm of last November

Nevermore

• Nevermore (1995)
• In Memory (EP, 1996)
• The Politics of Ecstasy (1996)
• Dreaming Neon Black (1999)
• Dead Heart in a Dead World (2000)
• Enemies of Reality (2003, remixed/remastered in 2005)
• This Godless Endeavor (2005)
• The Year of the Voyager (2008)
• The Obsidian Conspiracy (2010)