ANKLA Set To Tour The US For Their First Headlining Tour Of 2007

Metal monsters ANKLA, are set to bring their pulverizing latin-metal style across the US for their first headlining tour of 2007!

Featuring Ramon Ortiz, previously of PUYA, ANKLA (meaning anchor in Spanish) came together to give a voice to the heavier side of Ortiz's musical taste. With bandmates Ikaro Stafford on vocals, José Clark on drums, Tony Castaneda on bass and Oscar Santiago on percussion, ANKLA borrows traditional elements from thrash, death and hardcore metal, exploring and incorporating some of the Latin claves and syncopations that Ortiz has been known for, without ever stepping out of the metallic sound that is intended to push boundaries.

ANKLA's debut album Steep Trails was released through Bieler Bros. Records in July of 2006 and has garnered a great deal of praise, as have their explosive live shows. "We are very excited to begin this tour. It's important to our band because of the fan-base we established in those areas from a previous tour with our labelmates, Nonpoint. The response from the fans was so positive and overwhelming that we were high in demand to return to those areas, like our homestate of California, and Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, and Puerto Rico." says Ikaro.

ANKLA will be performing on….

3-09-07 @ Joe's Grotto in Phoenix, AZ
3-10-07 @ Chic's Bar and Billiards in El Paso, TX
3-11-07 @ Dos Amigos in Odessa, TX
3-12-07 @ The Sanctuary in San Antonio, TX
3-13-07 @ The Metro in McAllen, TX
3-15-07 @ Lonestar Events Center in Lubbock, TX (supporting Nonpoint and Ill Nino)
3-17-07 @ TBA (supporting Hatebreed)
3-18-07 @ TBA
3-19-07 @ District Bar in Albuquerque, NM
3-20-07 @ Gator's in Farmington, NM
3-31-07 @ The Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana, CA
5-05-07 @ Anfiteatro Tito Puente in San Juan, PR

….with more dates to come!!