Hero (van Canto album)

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Hero is the second album by the German a cappella metal band Van Canto and was released on 14 October 2008 on Sony BMG Germany's GUN records. It was the first album with Bastian Emig on drums. In contrast to A Storm to Come, Hero contains more cover songs performed a capella, with only five songs being original compositions. "Speed of Light" and the Nightwish cover "Wishmaster" were released as singles with music videos to promote the album. The 2010 re-release featured Angra cover "Carry On".

Track listing

Disc 1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Speed of Light"	4:22
2.	"Kings of Metal (Manowar cover)"	3:41
3.	"Pathfinder"	4:48
4.	"Wishmaster (Nightwish cover)"	4:22
5.	"The Bard's Song (Blind Guardian cover)"	3:08
6.	"Quest for Roar"	3:32
7.	"Stormbringer (Deep Purple cover)"	3:51
8.	"Take to the Sky (Featuring Hansi Kürsch of Blind Guardian)"	4:14
9.	"Fear of the Dark (Iron Maiden cover)"	7:09
10.	"Hero"	5:18
11.	"Carry On (Angra cover)" (2010 re-release)	5:09

Disc 2 (Bonus DVD)

1. The Mission
2. Battery
3. Battery (Making Of)
4. Speed of Light
5. Speed of Light (Making of)
6. Rain
7. Brazil
8. Studio
9. Track by Track
10. Gallery

Personnel

• Dennis "Sly" Schunke – clean male lead vocals
• Inga Scharf – clean female lead vocals
• Ross Thompson – higher guitar vocals
• Stefan Schmidt – lower guitar vocals, solo guitar vocals
• Ingo "Ike" Sterzinger – bass vocals
• Bastian Emig – drums