Van Canto
Van Canto | |
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Bastian Emig Hagen Hirschmann | |
Past members | Dennis Schunke Dennis Strillinger |
Website | vancanto |
Van Canto (sometimes stylized as van Canto) is a German
Van Canto play a cappella with
History
As soon as the band was founded, its debut album,
Van Canto performed a South American promotional tour between 23 June and 2 July 2008. The live performances took place primarily in
As of late 2009, Van Canto was recording their third studio album in Twilight Hall Studios, with Bauerfeind and via
Van Canto performed guest vocals on 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 21 September 2010, it was announced that they had teamed up with the
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,
In November 2015, the band announced Ingo "Ike" Sterzinger would leave them to follow other projects, and that he would be replaced by Jan Moritz, from the Stimmgewalt choir.
In August 2017, the band announced that Dennis "Sly" Schunke was leaving the band.[10] On 18 August, it was announced that Ike would return to the band in the studio and at selected concerts and that a new singer Hagen Hirschmann, "Hagel", will perform the male lead vocals in the future.[11]
In March 2021, the band released a trailer on YouTube through Napalm Records, stating that their newest album, To the Power of Eight, will be put out on 4 June of the same year, with Dennis "Sly" Schunke appearing as a guest lead vocalist on all tracks.[12]
Band members
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Hagen Hirschmann
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Inga Scharf
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Ingo Sterzinger
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Ross Thompson
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Jan Moritz
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Bastian Emig
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Stefan Schmidt (left)
Current
- Inga Scharf – female lead vocals (2006–present)
- Stefan Schmidt – lower guitar vocals, solo guitar vocals, vocals with distortion effects (2006–present)
- Ross Thompson – higher guitar vocals (2006–present)
- Ingo "Ike" Sterzinger – bass vocals (full time member: 2006–2015, studio and selected concerts: 2017–present)
- Bastian Emig – drums (2007–present)
- Jan Moritz – bass vocals (2015–present)
- Hagen "Hagel" Hirschmann – male lead vocals (2017–present)
Past
- Dennis "Sly" Schunke – male lead vocals (2006–2017[13]), guest lead vocals (2021)
- Dennis Strillinger – drums (2006–2007)
Discography
- A Storm to Come (2006)
- Hero (2008)
- Tribe of Force (2010)
- Break the Silence (2011)
- Dawn of the Brave (2014)
- Voices of Fire (2016)
- Trust in Rust (2018)
- To the Power of Eight (2021)
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f "News at Van Canto official site".
- ^ "Interview (Van Canto)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
- ^ a b "New Album, New Label". Van Canto's official blog. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2009. [dead link]
- ^ "No.1 Heavy Metal Online-Shop, Metal-Shirts T-Shirts, CDs, Vinyl - Nuclear Blast". nuclearblast.de. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ a b c Canto, Van. "News - Van Canto". vancanto.de. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "Van Canto Discography". Van Canto's official website. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ^ "Ike leaves Van Canto, Jan new bass singer". van Canto's official Facebook page. Facebook. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ "German A Cappella Metal Band Van Canto Releases 'Clashings On Armour Plates' Lyric Video". Blabbermouth.net. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ earMUSIC (18 February 2016). "Van Canto - Metal Vocal Musical "The Bardcall" Official Video". Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2017 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Sly verlässt Van Canto - neues Lineup | Van Canto". vancanto.de (in German). 14 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ Napalm Records (18 August 2017), VAN CANTO - Announces New Singer! | Napalm Records, retrieved 18 August 2017
- ^ "VAN CANTO - To The Power Of Eight Album Due In June; Includes Covers Of Songs By IRON MAIDEN, AC/DC, AMON AMARTH, QUEEN (Teaser Video)". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "VAN CANTO On Former Lead Vocalist DENNIS "SLY" SCHUNKE Guesting On New Album - "Van Canto Is Family"". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.