{{Infobox musical artist <!-- For individuals; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Anna Brunner | image = | alt = | caption = | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Anna Brunner | alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | origin = | instrument = Vocals | genre = {{flatlist| * Heavy metal * alternative metal * symphonic metal }} | occupation = {{flatlist| *Singer *songwriter }} | years_active = | label = | current_member_of = {{hlist|Exit Eden|League of Distortion}} | website = }} '''Anna Brunner''' is a German singer and a founding member of the symphonic metal supergroup Exit Eden.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mannheim24.de/mannheim/mannheim-innenstadt-ehemalige-musikstudentin-anna-brunner-startet-karriere-metal-band-exit-eden-8512627.html |title=Mannheim-Innenstadt: Ehemalige Musikstudentin Anna Brunner startet Karriere bei Metal-Band EXIT EDEN {{!}} Mannheim |accessdate=2021-05-11}}</ref> She is also the lead singer of her own band League of Distortion.
==Life and career== Brunner grew up bilingually in Freiburg im Breisgau as the daughter of a German father and an American mother. She founded her first rock band as a teenager.<ref name="Discogs"/>
After finishing school, she studied jazz and pop music at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. She also attended Columbia College Chicago.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.schlossfestspiele-ettlingen.de/anna-brunner/ |title=Anna Brunner {{!}} Schlossfestspiele Ettlingen |accessdate=2021-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501130411/https://www.schlossfestspiele-ettlingen.de/anna-brunner/ |archive-date=2021-05-01 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She focused on singing and songwriting. She also had the opportunity to play gigs with individual bands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sarkophag-rocks.com/html/anna-exit-eden-08-09-2017.html |title=Interview – Anna Brunner / Exit Eden |date=2017-09-08 |accessdate=2021-05-11}}</ref>
In 2018, Brunner sang a duet with Santiano with the song ''Im Auge des Sturms''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laut.de/Santiano/Alben/Im-Auge-Des-Sturms-107944 |title="Im Auge Des Sturms" von Santiano – laut.de – Album |accessdate=2021-05-11}}</ref>
Brunner is in a relationship with Hannes Braun and has already performed on stage with him and his heavy metal band Kissin' Dynamite (European tour). She came to Exit Eden through a studio job at Elephant Music, where she had worked until 2019. In 2022, Brunner released the debut album of the same name with her band League of Distortion. She founded League of Distortion together with Kissin' Dynamite guitarist Jim Müller.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://label.napalmrecords.com/images/bands/LeagueOfDistortion/LEAGUE_OF_DISTORTION_PI_EN_DE.pdf |title=League of Distortion |publisher=Napalm Records |date=2022-11-25 |language=en, de |accessdate=2022-12-27}}</ref>
== Discography == === Beyond the Black === * 2016: ''Lost in Forever'' (Track 1 and 6)
=== Santiano === * 2018: ''Im Auge des Sturms'' (Track 1)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-1703091 |title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts |accessdate=2021-05-11}}</ref>
=== Kissin’ Dynamite === * 2016: ''Generation Goodbye'' (Track 4) * 2018: ''Ecstasy'' (Track 4 and 9)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Anna_Brunner/673974 |title=Anna Brunner – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives |accessdate=2021-05-11}}</ref>
=== Exit Eden === * 2017: ''Rhapsodies in Black'' * 2024: ''Femmes Fatales''
=== League of Distortion === * 2022 ''League of Distortion (album)'' * 2024 ''Galvanize (album)''
=== Compilations === * Various – Die Ultimative Chart Show – Die Erfolgreichsten Hits 2018 – Santiano: Im Auge Des Sturms<ref name="Discogs">{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/4902961-Anna-Brunner-2 |title=Anna Brunner {{!}} Diskographie {{!}} Discogs |accessdate=2021-05-11}}</ref>
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