Voices of Fire

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 and re-joined it in the year after.

Voices of Fire
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 11, 2016
GenreHeavy metal
A cappella
Power metal
Length53:02 (Standard Edition)
55:18 (Limited Edition)
LabelearMUSIC
Van Canto chronology
Dawn of the Brave
(2014)
Voices of Fire
(2016)
Trust in Rust
(2018)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

No.TitleLength
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
Limited Edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Hymn"2:16
Total length:55:18

Personnel

Van Canto
  • Dennis "Sly" Schunke – clean male vocals
  • Inga Scharf – female vocals
  • Ross Thompson – higher guitar vocals
  • Stefan Schmidt – lower guitar vocals, solo guitar vocals, vocals with distortion effect
  • Jan Moritz – bass vocals
  • Bastian Emig – drums
Additional musicians
Crew
  • Osmar Arroyo - cover art

References

  1. "Van Canto "Voices of Fire-Tour" plus guests: Freedom Call, Grailknights". Markthalle. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  2. "Van Canto: Audio Samples Of Entire 'Voices Of Fire' Album". Blabbermouth.net. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  3. Galea, Chris (26 March 2016). "Voices on fire: interview with Van Canto". The Power of Metal. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  4. "Sly verlässt Van Canto - neues Lineup | Van Canto". vancanto.de (in German). 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  5. Whittingham, Lotty (26 February 2016). "Van Canto - Voices Of Fire". Metal Temple. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  6. Booth, Mark (March 2016). "Van Canto – Voices of Fire – CD Review". All About the Rock. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  7. Müller, Bettina (11 March 2016). "Van Canto Metal Vocal Musical". Metal.de. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  8. Schiffmann, Andreas (11 March 2016). "Van Canto: Voices Of Fire (Review)". Musikreviews.de. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  9. Berger, Manuel (11 March 2016). "Mit Gimli und Herr Der Ringe-Chor in den Sommerurlaub". Laut.de. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  10. Chachkes, Keith. "Van Canto – Voices Of Fire". Ghost Cult. Retrieved 15 April 2016.


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