ANKOR
Описание: Alternative Metal/Rock band from Spain
Booking: jordi@stigia.org
Promo and Press: management@ankor.es www.ankor.es
Biografía
(English)
Ankor was formed in May, 2003, when some fourteen-year-old friends decided to get together to enjoy, create and let their imagination run wild with music.
After performing a lot of concerts and publishing several demos in Spain, their first album ‘Al Fin Descansar’ (sung in Spanish), was released by the Spanish label ‘Santo Grial Producciones’, in January 2008.
The band received wide acceptation by the public, as well as good reviews by the press specialized in rock music, especially considering that the average age of the members was only 19.
Various Japanese distributors acquired the album to distribute it in Japan, where it was sold out within only a few weeks.
During the last months of 2010, a new CD (now in English), called ‘My Own Angel’, was recorded and produced by Ankor. The video of the first single, ‘Remaining’, was shot in Revolver Studios by the renowned Swedish director Patric Ullaeus (In Flames, Within Temptation, Arch Enemy, Europe, Kamelot, Children of Bodom…) and was published the 17th of April 2011.
A few months later, on the 23rd of September 2011, My Own Angel was published in Spain by The Fish Factory, and a month later in the rest of Europe by STF Records. It also came out digitally all over the world.
The Spanish media has classified the album as fresh air on the national scene where it has had great acceptance and has been chosen as the revelation of the year in some webzines. In Europe it has been named the best album of the year in some media in countries such as Greece, Germany or Norway.
In January 2012 the band announced on its Facebook homepage that they were travelling again to Sweden to shoot the video of the second single of My Own Angel, Completely Frozen which was published in March.
The Japanese label Hydrant Music announced that they will publish a special edition of My Own Angel in July, while the band is touring and playing in important fests with great bands like Guns N’ Roses, Marilyn Manson, In Flames, Nightwish...
In December 2012 Ankor presented their 3rd and last video/single of My Own Angel. The song with the same name of the album was the choosen.
In February 2013 Ankor announced a new song called I’ll Fight For You with a new video directed by Patric Ullaeus that was published in March. I’ll Fight For You is the first single of their upcoming album Last Song For Venus which will be published during 2013.