Ankla

Ankla is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California.

Ankla
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Thrash metal[1] metalcore[1] death metal[1]
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Bieler Bros. Records
Members	Ramón Ortiz Oscar Santiago
Past members	Ikaro Stafford Santana. Edgar Gonzalez, Marcello D. Rapp, J.J. McNeal, John Paul Soars, Aaron Rossi, Pepe Clarke Magaña

History

Ankla was formed in 2001^{[citation needed]} by Puya guitarist Ramón Ortiz. The band independently released a self-titled 7-track EP in 2002, produced by Stone Sour drummer Roy Mayorga.

On April 8, 2006, it was announced that Ankla signed with Bieler Bros. Records.^[2] Their debut album Steep Trails was produced by Bob Marlette, and was released on July 25, 2006.^[3]

In 2007, Ankla played the second stage at Ozzfest. In 2008, the band's line up changed, replacing former singer Ikaro Stafford with Eddie Macias, who had previously worked with Ramón Ortíz in the early stages of Puya.^{[citation needed]}

Music style

IGN described Ankla's style of music as a mixture of "thrash metal, metalcore and death metal".^[1]

Members

• Ramón Ortíz - guitars (2001–present)
• Oscar Santiago - percussion (2005–present), drums (2011-present)

Former

• Ikaro Stafford Santana - vocals (2001–2007)
• Danny Estrada - drums (2001-2002)
• Anthony Jiménez - percussion (2001-2004)
• Edgar González - bass (2001–2006)
• Aaron Rossi - drums (2002–2006)
• Rik Barba - bass (2009 - 2011)
• Tony Castaneda - bass (2006-2009)
• Pepe Clarke Magaña - drums (2006-2010)
• Eddie Macias - vocals (2008-2010)
• Nick Moreno - vocals (2011)
• Jason MacGuire (Evil J) - bass (2011)
• Dantai Lopez - percussion (2011)

Discography

• Ankla (2002)
• Steep Trails (2006)
• Persistence (2010)

References

1. IGN, "Ankla - Steep Trails" Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine, Posted January 10, 2007.
2. Blabbermouth, "ANKLA Sign With BIELER BROS. RECORDS" Archived October 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Posted April 8, 2006.
3. Blabbermouth, "SoundScan Report" Archived October 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Posted August 2, 2006.

External links

• Ankla on Myspace
• Ankla at AllMusic