We wanted to do something vocal oriented and something unique, and after trying some things out, it turned out to be the world's first Metal a cappella band.

No, I don't see a subgenre. But there are people out there telling us that we inspired them to write songs, and that's great, no matter in what way these songs are instrumentally performed.

I think you are right, haha. We also have a great feeling towards this album, we think it's our most compact album without filler songs.

This album sounds definitely more "mature" and very well-crafted, compared to your previous material. Thanks, I think one can hear that we know what we are doing. We are a metal a cappella band since 2006, so it's natural that it feels natural to sing and to write songs for singers.

No, there is no need for special equipment. But during the years we found the perfect microphone for each singer so it might be we have more first-class microphones than a regular band with one singer. But there is no secret equipment that you wouldn't know from other bands.

As I said, it isn't that special. Only when playing live it's important to have a good working in ear monitoring, but most professional bands do it that way.

No, for example My Utopia was co-written by Bastian, Unholy by Ike. And the most successful ballad of Van Canto (The Last Night of the Kings) was written by Sly.

It changes from day to day. Today, I like Wishmaster most.

Well, you should ask the audience, not us, haha. We only see that there are coming more people each time we visit a town and that all people are telling us, that a Van Canto show is very powerful and something special. I can tell that it's very exhausting, haha.

It was started as a stage project, something for a theater audience. Let's see what future brings.

Thanks for your interest in Van Canto and all the best!