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== Discography ==
== Discography ==
*''[[A Storm to Come]]'' <small>(2006)</small>

*''[[Hero (Van Canto album)|Hero]]'' <small>(2008)</small>
=== '' A Storm to Come '' (2006) ===
*''[[Tribe of Force]]'' <small>(2010</small>
{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
*''[[Break the Silence (van Canto album)|Break the Silence]]'' <small>(2011)</small>
| Name = A Storm to Come
*''[[Dawn of the Brave]]'' <small>(2014)</small>
| Type = studio
| Artist = van Canto
| Cover = Van canto storm to come.jpg|220px
| Released = 15 December 2006
| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[a cappella]]
| Length = 37:15
| Label = General Schallplatten
| Producer = Stefan Schmidt
| Reviews =
| Last album =
| This album = '''''A Storm to Come'''''<br/>(2006)
| Next album = ''[[Hero (van Canto album)|Hero]]''<br/>(2008)
}}

''''' A Storm to Come ''''' is the debut album of German [[a cappella]] [[Heavy metal music|metal]] band van Canto, released in 2006. The album cover's artwork was provided by [[Mattias Noren]].

The song "The Mission" was released as a single with a music video; the band, however, received more attention with their cover of the [[Metallica]] song "[[Battery (song)|Battery]]."

==== Track listing ====
{{tracklist
| title1 = Stora Rövardansen (From the Soundtrack to [[Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (film)|Ronja Rövardotter]])
| length1 = 1:33
| title2 = King
| length2 = 3:44
| title3 = The Mission
| length3 = 4:18
| title4 = Lifetime
| length4 = 4:49
| title5 = Rain
| length5 = 4:03
| title6 = She's Alive
| length6 = 4:12
| title7 = I Stand Alone
| length7 = 4:44
| title8 = Starlight
| length8 = 4:40
| title9 = [[Battery (song)|Battery]]" ([[Metallica]] Cover)
| length9 = 5:13
}}

==== Personnel ====

*[[Dennis Schunke]]&nbsp;– Lead Vocals
*[[Inga Scharf]]&nbsp;– Lead Vocals
*[[Stefan Schmidt (Van Canto)|Stefan Schmidt]]&nbsp;– lower guitar vocals, solo guitar vocals
*Ross Thompson&nbsp;– higher guitar vocals
*[[Ingo Sterzinger]]&nbsp;– lowest guitar vocals
*[[Dennis Strillinger]]&nbsp;– Drums<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-storm-to-come-mw0001133669 A Storm To Come]</ref>

=== ''Hero'' (2008) ===
{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Hero
| Type = studio
| Artist = van Canto
| Cover = Hero by van Canto.jpg
| Released = 14 October 2008 <small>(Gun Records)</small><ref name=album>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0001683354|tab=|label=''Hero''|first=|last=
|accessdate = 25 March 2013}}</ref><br />10 April 2010 <small>(Napalm Records)</small><ref name=2010album>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=mr0002878632|tab=|label=''Hero'' (2010 re-release)|first=|last=
|accessdate = 25 March 2013}}</ref>
| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[a cappella]]
| Length = 48:34
| Label = [[GUN Records|GUN]]
| Producer = [[Charlie Bauerfeind]]<ref name=credits>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0001683354|tab=credits|label=''Hero'' (credits)|first=|last=
|accessdate = 25 March 2013}}</ref>
| Last album = ''[[A Storm to Come]]''<br/>(2006)
| This album = '''''Hero'''''<br/>(2008)
| Next album = ''[[Tribe of Force]]''<br/>(2010)
}}

{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Aaron Joy's Roman Midnight Music CD & DVD Reviews Blog
| rev1Score = Positive <ref name="RomanMidnight">{{cite web |url=http://romanmidnightmusic.blogspot.com/2012/03/van-canto-hero.html|title=Van Canto Hero|publisher=Aaron Joy's Roman Midnight Music CD & DVD Reviews Blog |date=2012-03-11 |accessdate=2012-06-23}}</ref>
}}
'''''Hero''''' was released on 14 October 2008 on [[Sony BMG|Sony BMG Germany]]'s GUN records and was the first album with Bastian Emig on drums. In contrast to ''A Storm to Come'', ''Hero'' contains more cover songs<ref name=2010album/> performed a capella, with only five songs being original compositions. "Speed of Light" and the [[Nightwish]] cover "[[Wishmaster (album)|Wishmaster]]" were released as singles with music videos to promote the album. The 2010 re-release featured [[Angra (band)|Angra]] cover "[[Carry On (Angra song)|Carry On]]".<ref name=2010album/> The cover of Wishmaster has spawned many online memes due to Ross Thompson and Stefan Schmidt saying 'Riddly Diddly' throughout the song as the guitars. <ref name="Riddlydiddly">{{cite web |url=http://www.riddlydiddly.com/|title=Riddly Diddly|accessdate=2014-04-13}}</ref>

==== Track listing<ref name=album/> ====

===== Disc: 1 =====
{{tracklist
| title1 = Speed of Light
| lengh1 = 4:22
| title2 = [[Kings of Metal]] ([[Manowar]] cover)
| length2 = 3:41
| title3 =Pathfinder
| length3 = 4:48
| title4 = [[Wishmaster (album)|Wishmaster]] ([[Nightwish]] cover)
| length4 = 4:22
| title5 =[[The Bard's Song (In the Forest)|The Bard's Song]] ([[Blind Guardian]] cover)
| length5 = 3:08
| title6 = Quest for Roar
| length6 = 3:32
| title7 = Stormbringer ([[Deep Purple]] cover)
| length7 = 3:51
| title8 = Take to the Sky (Featuring [[Hansi Kürsch]] of [[Blind Guardian]])
| length8 = 4:14
| title9 = [[Fear of the Dark (song)|Fear of the Dark]] ([[Iron Maiden]] cover)
| length9 = 7:09
| title10 = Hero
| length10 = 5:18
| title11 = [[Carry On (Angra song)|Carry On]] ([[Angra (band)|Angra]] cover)
| note11 = 2010 re-release
| length11 = 5:09
}}

===== Disc: 2 (Bonus DVD) =====
# The Mission
# Battery
# Battery (Making Of)
# Speed of Light
# Speed of Light (Making of)
# Rain
# Brazil
# Studio
# Track by Track
# Gallery

=== ''Tribe of Force'' (2010) ===

{{Infobox album<!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Tribe of Force
| Type = studio
| Artist = van Canto
| Cover = Tribe of Force by van Canto.jpg
| Released = {{Start date|df=y|2010|2|24}}
| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[A cappella]]
| Length = 55:37
| Label = [[Napalm Records]]
| Producer = [[Charlie Bauerfeind]]
| Last album = ''[[Hero (van Canto album)|Hero]]''<br/>(2008)
| This album = '''''Tribe of Force'''''<br/>(2010)
| Next album = ''[[Break the Silence (van Canto album)|Break the Silence]]''<br />(2011)
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1717478|pure_url=yes}}|title=Tribe of Force|last=Freeman|first=Phil|work=Allmusic|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref>
| rev2 = Sea of Tranquility
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=8797|title=Van Canto: Tribe of Force|last=Jessup|first=Scott|work=Sea of Tranquility|accessdate=26 March 2010}}</ref>
}}
'''''Tribe of Force''''' was released on 1 March 2010. This is the band's first release with [[Nuclear Blast]].

The track listing features 13 tracks, two of them being covers ("[[Master of Puppets (song)|Master of Puppets]]" by [[Metallica]] and "[[Rebellion (single)|Rebellion]]" by [[Grave Digger (band)|Grave Digger]]), and three of them featuring guest artists: [[Victor Smolski]] (from [[Rage (band)|Rage]]) guest appears in "One To Ten", [[Tony Kakko]] (from [[Sonata Arctica]]) guest appears on "Hearted" and [[Chris Boltendahl]] (from Grave Digger) guest appears in "Rebellion".<ref name="nuclearblast.de"/>

Two of this album's songs ("Water, Fire, Heaven, Earth" & "Hearted") have been, among [[Within Temptation]]'s "[[Our Farewell]]", the inspiration for "[[Forevermore (Epica song)|Forevermore]]", a song by the Dutch symphonic metal band [[Epica (band)|EPICA]], featuring the mild-autistic Ruurd Woltring. The recording of this song was made possible thanks to the Dutch TV-show "Niks te gek" (Nothing too crazy), in which mentally disabled people get their wishes granted.

==== Track listing ====
{{tracklist
| title1 = Lost Forever
| length1 = 4:44
| title2 = To Sing a Metal Song
| length2 = 3:24
| title3 = One to Ten
| note3 = ft. [[Victor Smolski]]
| length3 = 4:06
| title4 = I Am Human
| length4 = 3:56
| title5 = My Voice
| length5 = 5:30
| title6 = [[Rebellion (Grave Digger song)|Rebellion]]
| note6 = [[Grave Digger (band)|Grave Digger]] cover ft. [[Chris Boltendahl]]
| length6 = 4:05
| title7 = Last Night of the Kings
| length7 = 3:52
| title8 = Tribe of Force
| length8 = 3:17
| title9 = Water Fire Heaven Earth
| length9 = 3:52
| title10 = [[Master of Puppets (song)|Master of Puppets]]
| note10 = [[Metallica]] cover
| length10= 8:23
| title11 = Magic Taborea
| length11= 3:22
| title12 = Hearted
| note12 = ft. [[Tony Kakko]]
| length12= 4:00
| title13 = Frodo's Dream
| length13= 3:06
}}

=== ''Break the Silence'' (2011) ===
{{main|Break the Silence (van Canto album)}}

=== ''Dawn of the Brave'' (2014) ===
{{main|Dawn of the Brave}}


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 12:21, 3 May 2014

Van Canto
van Canto performing at the 2008 Wacken Open Air. From left to right: Inga, Dennis and Stefan. Partially seen behind Inga are drummer Bastian and "bass" vocalist Ingo. Ross is not shown.
van Canto performing at the 2008 Wacken Open Air. From left to right: Inga, Dennis and Stefan. Partially seen behind Inga are drummer Bastian and "bass" vocalist Ingo. Ross is not shown.
Background information
OriginGermany
GenresA cappella, power metal
Years active2006–present
LabelsGUN Records / Sony BMG, Napalm Records
MembersDennis Schunke
Inga Scharf
Stefan Schmidt
Ross Thompson
Ingo Sterzinger
Bastian Emig
Past membersDennis Strillinger
Websitewww.vancanto.de

Van Canto (sometimes stylized as van Canto) is a German a cappella metal band, founded in 2006 and composed of five singers and a drummer. Although the group is often classified as an a cappella ensemble, they use real drums in their music, instead of vocal percussion or beatboxing.

Van Canto play a cappella with classic heavy, power and symphonic metal influence, creating what they call "hero metal a cappella". While only two of the five singers perform the lead vocals, the other three instead use their voices to imitate the guitars and the bass, with the help of amplifiers, in an attempt to sound closer to the original instruments.

History

As soon as the band was founded, its debut album, A Storm to Come, was released through General Schallplatten. It features seven original tracks, as well as cover versions of Metallica's "Battery" and "Stora Rövardansen" from the movie Ronja Rövardotter. Additionally, videos were shot for the tracks "The Mission", "Battery", and "Rain".[1] [unreliable source?] On 30 September 2007, they announced a new drummer, Bastian Emig,[1] who replaced Dennis Strillinger's position in the band. In December 2007, Van Canto signed a worldwide record deal with Gun Records/Sony BMG. Also in December, the band were announced as part of the line up of the Wacken 2008 festival.[1] The band also announced that their second album, titled "Hero", was in the progress of being recorded.[1] Hero ended up being released on 26 September 2008, with producer Charlie Bauerfeind.[1]

Van Canto performed a South American promotional tour between 23 June and 2 July 2008. The live performances took place primarily in Brazil,[1] which is the homeland of Ingo Sterzinger.[2] Soon after, the band arrived in Germany to perform live at Wacken 2008. A new song, "Speed of Light", was released as a digital single on 8 August 2008. A music video was shot for the song as well.

As of late 2009, Van Canto was recording their third studio album in Twilight Hall Studios, with Bauerfeind and via Napalm Records.[3] The album was due to contain around 11 tracks, fewer covers than Hero and a couple of bonus tracks. It was released worldwide in early 2010, which happened alongside the worldwide release of their previous two albums.[3] The album was announced at Nuclear Blast official website as Tribe of Force. The tracklisting features 13 tracks, two of them being covers ("Master of Puppets" by Metallica and "Rebellion" by Grave Digger), and three of them featuring guest artists: Victor Smolski (from Rage) guest appears in "One to Ten", Tony Kakko (from Sonata Arctica) guest appears on "Hearted" and Chris Boltendahl (from Grave Digger) guest appears in "Rebellion".[4]

Recently, Van Canto announced in their official website that they would perform guest vocals in the next albums by bands Blind Guardian and Grave Digger (At the Edge of Time and untitled, respectively). They also appeared on the Tarja Turunen album What Lies Beneath (on the track "Anteroom of Death").[5]

On 23 August 2010 their entire library was removed from popular music streaming service Spotify, but it reappeared on 8 September 2010. On 2 September 2011 their library was removed again but as of 27 September 2013 their library was once again put back up on the streaming service.

On 21 September 2010 it was announced that they had teamed up with the popular MMORPG Runes of Magic to create a music video based around the game for and with the game.

On 17 February 2011, it was announced on the official Van Canto website that the band was entering the studio and suspending touring until June in order to create a new album.

The band's fourth album Break the Silence was released on 22 September 2011.[5]

Their fifth album, "Dawn of the Brave", was released in February 2014.[6] It contains 9 own compositions and 4 cover versions:[7] "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath, "The Final Countdown" by Europe, "Holding out for a Hero" by Bonnie Tyler, and "Into the West" by Annie Lennox from the soundtrack for the motion picture Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.

Band members

Current members

  • Dennis "Sly" Schunke – lead vocals (2006–present)
  • Inga Scharf – lead vocals (2006–present)
  • Ross Thompson – higher guitar vocals (2006–present)
  • Stefan Schmidt – lower guitar vocals, solo guitar vocals (2006–present)
  • Ingo "Ike" Sterzinger – bass vocals (2006–present)
  • Bastian Emig – drums (2007–present)

Past members

  • Dennis Strillinger – drums (2006–2007)

Discography

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "News at Van Canto official site".
  2. ^ "Entrevista com Stefan (Van Canto)". Retrieved 22 May 2008. [dead link]
  3. ^ a b "New Album, New Label". Van Canto's official blog. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2009. [dead link]
  4. ^ Tribe of force at Nuclear Blast's website
  5. ^ a b News at the band's official site
  6. ^ Official website
  7. ^ "Van Canto Discography". Van Canto's official website. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
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