One word review: Bizarre! But I mean "bizarre" in a good way. Bizarre in a very good way. They are an a cappella band... but with a drummer instead of a beatboxer. Bizarre. They are (sort of) a cappella but they don't do twiddly classical or twee pop… they do metal. Proper metal. Metal with a … Continue reading Review: Voices Of Fire – Van Canto

In 2006, Van Canto surprised the world of metal with a revolutionary idea: to perform metal music with vocals and drums only. Nine years later, after five top 20 releases in , sold out headlining tours throughout Europe and festival performances taking the band from Wacken to Australia, Van Canto now mark a new chapter … Continue reading Van Canto – new album and novel details

With their new release (Dawn of the Brave) imminent, I had the chance to fire a few random questions at Van Canto. Stefan took the time to reply... Probably a question you've been asked many times before... but what gave you the inspiration to form a predominantly vocal rock/metal act? Yes, we heard this question before haha. … Continue reading Van Canto – interview with Stefan

Actually, it's their fan club at rakka-takka.de who are running the competition, but the band themselves are right behind it offering a ton of good prizes. You see, Van Canto have a tour coming up in a few weeks to promote their soon-to-be-released fifth album, Dawn of the Brave. It's 21 dates and covers Russia, , … Continue reading Van Canto running a very cool competition

New Van Canto album and video

German "a cappella metal" band Van Canto  will premiere their brand new video clip for "Badaboom" on December 13, 2014 at 3:00pm UK. See it here: www.emp.me/7ic [note - link not live at time of posting!] The track is taken from their highly anticipated new studio album, Dawn Of The Brave, which will be released on February … Continue reading New Van Canto album and video

Van Canto – new album details

A capella experts Van Canto have twelve new tracks laid down and ready for release shortly. Say the band: "Dawn of the Brave is our fifth studio album and it was important for us to go a little bit further than before. From the drumsound of Charlie Bauerfeind through to the choir recordings with over … Continue reading Van Canto – new album details