Exactly one year ago we lost Warrel Dane (Nevermore / Sanctuary)
And exactly 17 years ago we lost Chuck Schuldiner (Death / Control Denied)
They were 2 of my favourite musicians and they need to be remembered for decades to come. They were both taken on December 13. Here is a short story of me getting into their music, and why they were such a profound influence on me.
I was born in 2000, so i'm way too young to remember the "golden era" of metal. I remember however hearing Nevermore for the first time. It was their cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Sound of Silence". I knew some metal before, but not much more than the mainstream stuff like SOAD, Korn etc. I was maybe 10 or 11 at the time and all metal except for those few bands was just to heavy for me, i could only hear noise and screaming in it (like most people at first). But what struck me when i heard Nevermore, was that the extremly heavy, low tuned guitars had these beatiful melodic vocals over them. I never heard something quite like that, and i instantly fell in love with that band. This was a true revelation to me. I was always kinda depressed person. I mean i never wanted to kill myself or something, i was just really apathetic and ambivalent to everything by nature, so Nevermore and Sanctuary really caught up with me immediately, as the mood of this music really reflected my inner state. The grim atmosphere of my favourite album of all time - "Dreaming Neon Black" (especially if you know the story behind this album), technical craziness of "This Godless Endeavor", all those records were so powerful and emotional. I still remember those sleeples nights playing Diablo 2 and listening to "Dead Heart in a Dead World" and "Dreaming Neon Black" (seriously though, Nevermore is like the most Diablo-like music ever, especially first three albums). I also remember getting older and going through the torture that is life, always with Nevermore's music. I started playing guitar thanks to Jeff Loomis, and Warrel's voice and lyrics were like a guide for me. He sang about some really depressing shit, but the paradox is that they kinda made me feel less depressed myself. He also wrote about religion, dangers of technological expansion, and much more stuff that i never heard someone write songs about before (remember i was a kid!) Not to mention his vocal range was absurd, and he was really able to do anything from the high pitched screams from Refuge Denied to a really low, bass voice that he utilized mo
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Seattle lost a well known singer in the metal music scene while touring in Brazil yesterday. I used to see him when he sang for Sanctuary in the early nineties at Pain in the Grass shows at the Mural Ampitheater. Sanctuary was discovered by Megadeth founder Dave Mustaine (and their first album includes some guitar work by him). Sanctuary released two albums that have a world wide cult following. After breaking up, Warrel Dane and Jeff Loomis founded Nevermore, another legendary band that released many albums and toured the world for nearly two decades. He was a unique singer and in my opinion the best lyricist in metal.
Warrel grew up in Edmonds (I think) and became well known in the metal community.
Discussion on /r/metal: https://www.reddit.com/r/Metal/comments/7jji6t/warrel_dane_sanctuary_nevermore_has_passed_away/
Here is their video for Believe in Nothing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT_oPFNJwEM
I last saw Warrel at a show at El Corazon as an attendee in August of 2015 he seemed upbeat about developing a new Sanctuary album and that he had much work to do.
He was set to perform here in March at the Showbox on a long tour with the band Iced Earth and others.
Exactly one year ago we lost Warrel Dane (Nevermore / Sanctuary)
And exactly 17 years ago we lost Chuck Schuldiner (Death / Control Denied)
They were 2 of my favourite musicians and they need to be remember for decades to come. They were both taken on December 13. Here is a short story of me getting into their music, and why they were such a profound influence on me.
I was born in 2000, so i'm way too young to remember the "golden era" of metal. I remember however hearing Nevermore for the first time. It was their cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Sound of Silence". I knew some metal before, but not much more than the mainstream stuff like SOAD, Korn etc. I was maybe 10 or 11 at the time and all metal except for those few bands was just to heavy for me, i could only hear noise and screaming in it (like most people at first). But what struck me when i heard Nevermore, was that the extremly heavy, low tuned guitars had these beatiful melodic vocals over them. I never heard something quite like that, and i instantly fell in love with that band. This was a true revelation to me. I was always kinda depressed person. I mean i never wanted to kill myself or something, i was just really apathetic and ambivalent to everything by nature, so Nevermore and Sanctuary really caught up with me immediately, as the mood of this music really reflected my inner state. The grim atmosphere of my favourite album of all time - "Dreaming Neon Black" (especially if you know the story behind this album), technical craziness of "This Godless Endeavor", all those records were so powerful and emotional. I still remember those sleeples nights playing Diablo 2 and listening to "Dead Heart in a Dead World" and "Dreaming Neon Black" (seriously though, Nevermore is like the most Diablo-like music ever, especially first three albums). I also remember getting older and going through the torture that is life, always with Nevermore's music. I started playing guitar thanks to Jeff Loomis, and Warrel's voice and lyrics were like a guide for me. He sang about some really depressing shit, but the paradox is that they kinda made me feel less depressed myself. He also wrote about religion, dangers of technological expansion, and much more stuff that i never heard someone write songs about before (remember i was a kid!) Not to mention his vocal range was absurd, and he was really able to do anything from the high pitched screams from Refuge Denied to a really low, bass voice that he utilized mostl
... keep reading on reddit ➡I'm listening to "Watching From a Distance" for the first time, and I'm getting total "Dreaming Neon Black" vibes from this, mostly from the vocals though. What do you guys think?
Edit: I just realized that Watching From a Distance came out in 2006, couple of some years after Dreaming Neon Black, so maybe it's the other way around?
Exactly one year ago we lost Warrel Dane (Nevermore / Sanctuary)
And exactly 17 years ago we lost Chuck Schuldiner (Death / Control Denied)
They were 2 of my favourite musicians and they need to be remember for decades to come. They were both taken on December 13. Here is a short story of me getting into their music, and why they were such a profound influence on me.
I was born in 2000, so i'm way too young to remember the "golden era" of metal. I remember however hearing Nevermore for the first time. It was their cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Sound of Silence". I knew some metal before, but not much more than the mainstream stuff like SOAD, Korn etc. I was maybe 10 or 11 at the time and all metal except for those few bands was just to heavy for me, i could only hear noise and screaming in it (like most people at first). But what struck me when i heard Nevermore, was that the extremly heavy, low tuned guitars had these beatiful melodic vocals over them. I never heard something quite like that, and i instantly fell in love with that band. This was a true revelation to me. I was always kinda depressed person. I mean i never wanted to kill myself or something, i was just really apathetic and ambivalent to everything by nature, so Nevermore and Sanctuary really caught up with me immediately, as the mood of this music really reflected my inner state. The grim atmosphere of my favourite album of all time - "Dreaming Neon Black" (especially if you know the story behind this album), technical craziness of "This Godless Endeavor", all those records were so powerful and emotional. I still remember those sleeples nights playing Diablo 2 and listening to "Dead Heart in a Dead World" and "Dreaming Neon Black" (seriously though, Nevermore is like the most Diablo-like music ever, especially first three albums). I also remember getting older and going through the torture that is life, always with Nevermore's music. I started playing guitar thanks to Jeff Loomis, and Warrel's voice and lyrics were like a guide for me. He sang about some really depressing shit, but the paradox is that they kinda made me feel less depressed myself. He also wrote about religion, dangers of technological expansion, and much more stuff that i never heard someone write songs about before (remember i was a kid!) Not to mention his vocal range was absurd, and he was really able to do anything from the high pitched screams from Refuge Denied to a really low, bass voice that he utilized most
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