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 | Heavy metal A cappella Power metal | |||
Length | 53:02 (Standard Edition) 55:18 (Limited Edition) | |||
Label | earMUSIC | |||
Producer | Stefan Schmidt | |||
Van Canto chronology | ||||
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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.
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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.
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 |
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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 |
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14. | "Hymn" | 2:16 |
Total length: | 55:18 |