Voices of Fire is the sixth studio album by German a cappella metal band Van Canto. It also features John Rhys-Davies, the London Metro Voices and the children's choir from Chorakademie Dortmund.[1][2][3] It is their last album with lead vocalist Sly, who would leave the band in 2017,[4] as well as their only one without bass vocalist Ingo "Ike" Sterzinger, who left the band in the year before the album's release (he did record additional bass vocals and additional backing vocals for the album) and re-joined it in the year after.
| Voices of Fire | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 11, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | July 2014-January 2016 | |||
| Studio | Exajoule Studios, Bingen, Germany Hofa Studios, Karlsdorf, Germany Mind EQ Studios, Mistelgau, Germany Angel Studios, London | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 53:02 (Standard Edition) 55:18 (Limited Edition) | |||
| Label | earMUSIC | |||
| Producer | Stefan Schmidt | |||
| Van Canto chronology | ||||
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Reception edit
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metal Temple |  [5] |
| All About the Rock |    [6] |
| Metal.de | [7] |
| Musik Reviews | [8] |
| Laut.de |  [9] |
| Ghost Cult | [10] |
The album received mixed to positive reviews by critics.
Track listing edit
All lyrics are written by Bastian Emig, Stefan Schmidt, Dennis Schunke & Christoph Hardebusch; all music is composed by Bastian Emig & Stefan Schmidt
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Prologue" | 2:56 |
| 2. | "Clashings on Armour Plates" | 4:06 |
| 3. | "Dragonwake" | 5:12 |
| 4. | "Time and Time Again" | 4:22 |
| 5. | "All My Life" | 4:12 |
| 6. | "Battleday's Dawn" | 3:28 |
| 7. | "Firevows (Join the Journey)" | 3:53 |
| 8. | "The Oracle" | 4:53 |
| 9. | "The Betrayal" | 4:08 |
| 10. | "We Are One" | 5:28 |
| 11. | "The Bardcall" | 4:46 |
| 12. | "To Catharsis" | 4:53 |
| 13. | "Epilogue" | 0:50 |
| Total length: | 53:02 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 14. | "Hymn" | 2:16 |
| Total length: | 55:18 | |
Personnel edit
- Van Canto
- Dennis "Sly" Schunke – clean male vocals
- Inga Scharf – female vocals
- Ross Thompson – higher guitar vocals, backing vocals
- Stefan Schmidt – lower guitar vocals, solo guitar vocals, vocals with distortion effect, backing vocals
- Jan Moritz – bass vocals, backing vocals
- Bastian Emig – drums (recorded and produced by Charlie Bauerfeind at Hofa Studios) and percussion (recorded by Armin Haas at Mind EQ Studios)
- Additional musicians
- Ingo Sterzinger – additional bass vocals, backing vocals
- Olaf Senkbeil – backing vocals
- Jan Freeseman (Grailknights) – backing vocals
- Tilman Eckelt (Grailknights) – backing vocals
- Carina Hanselmann (Arven) – backing vocals
- Heidi Parviainen – backing vocals
- Metro Voices – choir
- John Rhys-Davies – spoken words
- Chorakademie Dortmund – children's choir
- Crew
- Osmar Arroyo – cover art
References edit
- ^ "Van Canto "Voices of Fire-Tour" plus guests: Freedom Call, Grailknights". Markthalle. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ^ "Van Canto: Audio Samples Of Entire 'Voices Of Fire' Album". Blabbermouth.net. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ^ Galea, Chris (26 March 2016). "Voices on fire: interview with Van Canto". The Power of Metal. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ^ "Sly verlässt Van Canto - neues Lineup | Van Canto". vancanto.de (in German). 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
- ^ Whittingham, Lotty (26 February 2016). "Van Canto - Voices Of Fire". Metal Temple. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ Booth, Mark (March 2016). "Van Canto – Voices of Fire – CD Review". All About the Rock. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ Müller, Bettina (11 March 2016). "Van Canto Metal Vocal Musical". Metal.de. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ Schiffmann, Andreas (11 March 2016). "Van Canto: Voices Of Fire (Review)". Musikreviews.de. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ Berger, Manuel (11 March 2016). "Mit Gimli und Herr Der Ringe-Chor in den Sommerurlaub". Laut.de. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ Chachkes, Keith. "Van Canto – Voices Of Fire". Ghost Cult. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
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