Van Canto

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Van Canto
Van Canto at Rockharz Open Air 2019
Background information
Origin	Berlin, Germany
Genres	A cappella power metal
Years active	2006–present
Labels	GUN / Sony BMG, Napalm
Members	Inga Scharf Stefan Schmidt Ross Thompson Jan Moritz Ingo Sterzinger Bastian Emig Hagen Hirschmann
Past members	Dennis Schunke Dennis Strillinger
Website	vancanto.de

Van Canto (sometimes stylized as van Canto) is a German a cappella metal band, founded in 2006 and composed of six singers and a drummer. Although the group is often classified as an a cappella ensemble, they use real drums in their music, instead of vocal percussion or beatboxing.

Van Canto play a cappella with classic heavy, power and symphonic metal influence, creating what they call "hero metal a cappella". While only two of the six singers perform the lead vocals, the other four instead use their voices to imitate the guitars and the bass, with the help of amplifiers, in an attempt to sound closer to the original instruments.