Ankla

Ankla(原詞是Ancla，在西班牙語中是錨的意思。)是一支來自加州洛杉磯的帶有譬如弗拉門戈那樣的拉丁元素的金屬樂隊(duì)。Ankla2001年由吉他手Ramon Ortiz組建。2002年他們獨(dú)立發(fā)行了一張7首歌的同名EP，制作人是Stone Sour樂隊(duì)鼓手Roy Mayorga。2006年4月8日，Ankla宣布簽約了Bieler Bros.公司。他們的首張專輯《Steep Trails》由Bob Marlette制作，于2006年7月25日發(fā)行。曲目被Sirius Satellite電臺的"Hard Attack"欄目、XM電臺和一些東海岸電臺持續(xù)無線播送。2007年，Ankla登上了Ozzfest音樂節(jié)的第二舞臺，受到好評。TheColumbusDispatch.com網(wǎng)站評論Ankla是“一支帶有兩個超速鼓手的洛杉磯猛團(tuán)”。2008年，樂隊(duì)陣容有了變動，Eddie Macias替換了原主唱Ikaro Stafford，前者和Ramon Ortiz在Puya樂隊(duì)的早期合作過。2009年，他們發(fā)行了六曲EP《Persistence》。
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（翻譯 by 安葬）
By the arrival of the new millenium, after two major label releases and numerous nationwide and South American tours (including Ozzfest 1999) with former band PUYA, Ramon Ortiz was feeling the need to give life to a new incarnation of his musical soul. Driven by a burning desire to take his trademark Latin Metal sound to a new level, the Puerto Rican guitar player set out on a new journey. ANKLA was officially formed in 2001 ,meaning anchor in spanish the concept behind the name is a dynamic fusion of metal and caribbean(mostly puertorrican)music delivered in a savage way with tons'o groove. After several different lineup changes and many shows in the U.S. , Puerto Rico and Mexico the band released its debut album "Steep Trails"(Bieler Bros. 2006).Its single "Deceit" ended up in heavy rotation in Hard Attack(Sirius Satellie Radio)and ANKLA was invited to play the whole Ozzfest 2007 tour.Steep Trails was voted12 on the list of top metal albums 2006 of Revolver Magazine according to Sirius Hard Attack.Many national and international tours followed after that. In 2009 the band released its second recording,the "Persistence" ep,a six song collection that positions Ortiz & Co.way ahead in its evolution of latin metal.SUELTA EL ANKLA!!!