Manuela Kraller

Last updated

Manuela Kraller
Manuela Kraller at Metal Female Voices Fest 2011.jpg
Kraller with Xandria at a live performance in 2011
Background information
Born (1981-08-01) 1 August 1981 (age 42)
Ainring, West Germany
Origin Bayerisch Gmain, Germany
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2005–present
Labels Napalm

Manuela Kraller (born 1 August 1981) is a German spinto soprano singer. She is best known as the former lead singer of symphonic metal band Xandria from late 2010 until late 2013. She was formerly one of the soprano vocalists in the symphonic metal band Haggard. She now has a project that strays away from the metal scene and more of a classical style instead that's called "Valkea Valo" with her friend Tobias Gut.

Contents

Musical career

Kraller in 2012 Manuela Kraller mit Xandria bei einem Live-Auftritt 2012.jpg
Kraller in 2012

Manuela began her musical life in 2005 at the age of 23 while singing in a Finnish choir group, and discovered her new passion was singing. She began to take classical singing lessons and sang in more church and gospel choirs, and was soon asked to become a solo singer. She grew up with rock and metal music, and wanted to combine it with her classical background, and so began singing rock and metal music songs. She unsuccessfully auditioned to be the new lead singer of Nightwish in 2006. [1]

While writing her own songs, she joined the Swiss band Nagor Mar, but shortly, she left and became a vocalist for German musical group Haggard. She only performed with Haggard live with no studio albums. On 19 December 2010, she became the new singer of Xandria after Lisa Middelhauve finished performing the rest of the live tour dates after Kerstin's departure. [2] On 7 January 2011, she debuted live with Xandria at the "Classic Meets Pop" event at the Seidensticker Halle in Bielefeld, and performed their 2004 hit song, "Ravenheart", with the Bielefeld Philharmonic Orchestra. She then toured with Xandria on the Out of The Dark tour. On 28 November 2011, Xandria announced they would release their first album with Kraller titled Neverworld's End and released the album's first and only single "Valentine" on 14 February 2012, followed by their music video with Manuela. She then went on tour with Epica, Stream of Passion and Kamelot on their Neverworld's End tour.

In August 2013, Manuela has collaborated with the former lead singer of Amberian Dawn singer Heidi Parviainen a duet on her new project Dark Sarah for her future upcoming album. [3]

But as of 25 October, the band announced on their website that Manuela Kraller had left the band to pursue a different career and was succeeded by Dutch singer and Ex Libris frontwoman Dianne van Giersbergen (who is also no longer the frontwoman of Xandria). Manuela leaves the band with regret but also full of gratitude, thanking Xandria and fans for the time together and being grateful for the "wonderful moments in mutual tours and shows". She wished Dianne and the band all the very best for the future. [4]

On 6 April Heidi Parviainen confirmed on Dark Sarah's Facebook page that Manuela Kraller is about to guest again on Dark Sarah's second album called The Puzzle.

Influences

She was inspired by symphonic metal bands. She claims Amy Lee, Tarja Turunen and Anneke van Giersbergen was a very early influences for her singer style, She said Nightwish, Kamelot and Within Temptation are her personal favorites. [5]

Discography

Nagor Mar

Songs released (2009):

Xandria

Studio albums:

Singles:

Solo work

Valkea Valo

Alanae (solo project)

Singles

Guest vocal appearances

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tarja Turunen</span> Finnish singer

Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli, known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish heavy metal singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Nightwish.

Symphonic metal is a cross-generic style designation for the symphonic subsets of heavy metal music subgenres. It is used to denote any metal band that makes use of symphonic or orchestral elements. The style features the heavy drums and guitars of metal with different elements of orchestral classical music, such as symphonic instruments, choirs and sometimes a full orchestra, or just keyboard orchestration.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Simone Simons</span> Dutch singer (born 1985)

Simone Johanna Maria Simons is a Dutch singer. She is best known for being the lead singer of Dutch symphonic metal band Epica, which she joined at the age of seventeen, releasing eight studio albums and touring the world. In her singing career, she has also collaborated with bands such as Kamelot, Leaves' Eyes, Primal Fear, Ayreon, and Angra. She also has a side pursuit as a lifestyle blogger, via her website SmoonStyle.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Xandria</span> German symphonic metal band

Xandria is a German symphonic metal band founded by Marco Heubaum in 1994. Originally a project, Heubaum later restarted the project as a band in 1999, and has gone through various lineup changes. The German vocalist Lisa Middelhauve joined for the debut album, co-writing both music and lyrics for the band until her departure in 2008. Middelhauve reunited briefly with the band in 2010 following the departure of the band's second vocalist Kerstin Bischof, but left again shortly after. Manuela Kraller joined the band as the new vocalist in 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marcela Bovio</span> Mexican singer

Marcela Alejandra Bovio García is a Mexican singer and violinist who is currently a member of the Dutch symphonic death metal band MaYaN.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anette Olzon</span> Swedish singer

Anette Ingegerd Olsson, known by the stage name Anette Olzon, is a Swedish singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish from 2007 to 2012. She is also the vocalist of Swedish classic rock band Alyson Avenue, and of the Finnish heavy metal band The Dark Element.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amberian Dawn</span> Finnish metal band

Amberian Dawn is a Finnish symphonic power metal band, formed in 2006 by Tuomas Seppälä and Tommi Kuri. As of 2023, Amberian Dawn has released nine studio albums, four singles and twelve music videos.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heidi Parviainen</span> Finnish heavy metal singer

Heidi Parviainen is a Finnish singer. A classically trained lyric soprano, she is the lead vocalist of symphonic metal band Dark Sarah and previously fronted Amberian Dawn.

<i>Circus Black</i> 2012 studio album by Amberian Dawn

Circus Black is the fourth full-length album by Finnish symphonic power metal band Amberian Dawn.

<i>Neverworlds End</i> 2012 studio album by Xandria

Neverworld's End is the fifth studio album by German symphonic metal band Xandria. The record was released by Napalm Records on February 24, 2012. It is the only album to feature Manuela Kraller on vocals, and the last album to feature Nils Middelhauve on bass. The album produced one single, "Valentine".

<i>Sacrificium</i> (Xandria album) 2014 studio album by Xandria

Sacrificium is the sixth studio album by German symphonic metal band Xandria. The record was released on 2 May 2014 via Napalm Records.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alissa White-Gluz</span> Canadian singer

Alissa White-Gluz is a Canadian singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, and former lead vocalist and founding member of the Canadian metalcore band the Agonist. Her vocal style includes both growling and clean vocals (singing). Although primarily associated with melodic death metal and metalcore, she has appeared as a guest vocalist for power metal, symphonic metal and deathcore bands, notably Kamelot, Delain, Carnifex and Powerwolf, and has performed live with Nightwish and Tarja Turunen.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ex Libris (band)</span> Dutch metal band

Ex Libris is a Dutch symphonic/progressive metal band founded in 2004 by Dianne van Giersbergen and Joost van de Pas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dianne van Giersbergen</span> Dutch singer

Dianne van Giersbergen is a Dutch spinto soprano singer. She is the founder and frontwoman of the progressive metal band Ex Libris, and she was the vocalist of German symphonic metal band Xandria from 2013 to 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Capri Virkkunen</span> Finnish singer

Päivi "Capri" Virkkunen later known as Päivi Selo, simply known as Capri, is a Finnish singer and vocal coach. She started as a pop singer in Finland and also member of a cover band. Starting 2012, she has become the vocalist metal singer of the Finnish symphonic power metal band Amberian Dawn replacing earlier band vocalist Heidi Parviainen starting with the band's compilation album Re-Evolution.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dark Sarah</span> Finnish symphonic metal band

Dark Sarah is a Finnish symphonic metal band formed by Heidi Parviainen after her departure from Amberian Dawn in 2012. Their style has been described as "cinematic metal".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aeva Maurelle</span> German singer

Aeva Maurelle is a German metal singer, best known for being the former co-lead vocalist of the alternative metal band Aeverium, and the session singer of the symphonic metal band Xandria from 2017 to 2019.

References

  1. ↑ Rossi, Roberta Ilaria. "Interview: Manuela Kraller - Xandria". Femme Metal Webzine. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Xandria Announces New Singer". Blabbermouth.net. 19 December 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Ex-Amberian Dawn Singer Heidi Parviainen Uploads Debut Video from Dark Sarah Project". Bravewords. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Announcement". Xandria Official Website. 25 October 2013. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Manuela Kraller". Xandria Official Website. Archived from the original on 15 November 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.