and After signing a deal with Gun Records, they recorded their sophomore album, with Charlie Bauerfeind at Blind Guardian's studio. On 30 September 2007, they announced drummer Strillinger had been replaced by Bastian Emig. They began appearing on European festival stages alongside top shelf metal acts. It featured seven original songs, as well as covers of Metallica's 'Battery' and 'Stora Rövardansen' from the movie Ronja Rövardotter. 2021's To The Power of Eight entered the international streaming charts inside the Top 30.įormed in 2006, by lead singers Dennis Schunke and Inga Scharf, 'mimics' Stefan Schmidt, Ross Thompson, and Ingo Sterzinger, and the group's only actual musician, drummer Dennis Strillinger (later replaced by Bastian Emig), the band's debut album, A Storm to Come appeared only a few months later through their own General Schallplatten label. 2018's Trust In Rust marked the debut of male lead vocalist Hagen Hirschmann (Inga Scharf is their female lead) with covers from AC/DC and Helloween. 2017's Voices of Fire included appearances by the London Metro Voices and Kinderchöre der Chorakademie Dortmund. 2014's Dawn of the Brave included a cover of Ozzy Osbourne's 'Crazy Train' recorded with a chorus of 200 invited fans.

The following year's Break the Silence cracked Germany's Top 30. After signing to Napalm they issued Tribe of Force in 2010 with guest spots from members of Rage, Sonata Arctica, and Grave Digger. Since releasing their debut album A Storm To Come in 2006- that included a globally celebrated version of Metallica's 'Battery' - they have toured Europe, Asia, South and North America and are regular festival performers.

They have selectively featured high profile guest vocalists and instrumentalists as well as orchestras and choirs. They employ versatile, classically trained vocal skills to re-create the genre's 'rakkatakka' (their description) and wah-wah guitar, and 'doom bass' sounds. One of the more unconventional bands on the German metal scene, Van Canto is an a capella ensemble composed of five singers and a drummer.

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