To the Power of Eight is the eighth studio album by German a cappella metal band Van Canto, released on June 4, 2021, via Napalm.
[8][9] It features the band's former lead singer Dennis "Sly" Schunke as guest vocalist on all tracks.
[11] "Turn Back Time", the album's ballad, was written in 1999 by Schmidt and drummer Bastian Emig, but they decided to release it only decades later because the lyrics deal with the past.
[6][7] Writing for the German edition of Metal Hammer, Sarah Angeli praised the album as a whole, criticizing only their cover of Iron Maiden's "Run to the Hills" for not coming "close to the original".
She finished her review by saying van Canto "has again succeeded in creating an atmospheric, innovative work of art for the loop.