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Van Canto is offering a capella metal par excellence. I think it is the very first a capella metal band ever... or? Well, I don't think that you do not know them. In Germany, their fame increased after each album. TV shows, tours, festival appearances and so on. And yeah, this style is new and it is fun listening to it. And if you are spending more time listening to it concentrated you will get introduced to all the little facets of the single voices. Each single voice is transforming to be a bass, a pad or something else. Every voice seems to be a piece of a puzzle. So, the song will be the whole puzzle. And this puzzle is a picture of pure perfection. Sure, it is easy to say 'fuck that shit, why is this called metal?' In my point of view, this is more than metal, this is kind of art. I do not want to know how much work it is to compose or arrange metal songs in this way. And I think it is even harder to perform that kind of metal live. So far, the prelude.
Break The Silence is the fourth release of Van Canto. On each album there are own songs and cover songs. Break The Silence consists three cover songs (Primo Victoria / Sabaton, Bed Of Nails / Alice Cooper and Master Of The Wind / Manowar) and seven own tracks. Guest musicians are Marcus Siepen (acoustic guitar / Blind Guardian) on Spelled In Waters and Joakim Broden (vocals / Sabaton) on Primo Victoria. Van Canto is showing a wide range of styles from power metal based tracks as If I Die In Battle (with a little touch of Manowar) to classic rock tracks as Bed Of Nails. Here I have to say that the leading voice fits very great into the song. Every song has it‘s own touch and vibe.
The album is not overproduced. This means: Van Canto is really able to perform these songs live the same way as you listen to them on CD without missing something in the sound. If you have the chance to see them, just give them a try. They are a really powerful live band with a lot of fun on stage. Fun on stage means fun in front of stage. ;-)
And the songs are sounding great! All in all, back to the album: Great production, great sound, fantastic songs.
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