Australian Symphonic Metal band ANA are kicking off the New Year in style, heading out on their first-ever European Tour! The eight-date European Tour begins on January 10 at S8 Underground Club in Budapest (Hungary) and wraps up on January 18 at Slaughterhouse in Berlin (Germany). This tour marks a major milestone for the band, showcasing their dynamic sound and passion on an international stage. The tour will feature performances in seven cities across Europe, where ANA will bring their signature energy to audiences eager for authentic and captivating live music experiences. See below for dates and more info.

This highly anticipated tour not only highlights ANA’s relentless drive to connect with fans globally but also aims to support important causes. Alongside their powerful performances, ANA’s special guest AMARIIA (Ukraine) will join the tour, bringing awareness to the ongoing fight against Russian aggression in Ukraine. Ukrainian flags and state symbols will be displayed at each venue, and fundraising opportunities will support humanitarian efforts chosen by Amariia.

“I remember being 12 years old and watching a live video of Metallica performing in Moscow,” says guitarist Josh Mak. “To date, that performance is for me one of the greatest live performances ever captured on film. The moment when artist and fans merge into one entity. To traverse the globe and find such a sacred union is nothing short of holy. This month we finally get our chance to make our own memories. Europe thank you for being our first international tour. We are ANA and soon you will be ANA too. Together we shall put our mark on history.”

Tour Dates: Ana tour dates (get tickets here)
January 10: Budapest, HUNGARY @ S8 Underground Club (w/ Amariia)
January 11: Košice, SLOVAKIA @ Colessium (w/ Amariia)
January 13: Warsaw, POLAND @ VooDoo Club (w/ Amariia)
January 14: Kielce, POLAND @ Chicago Club (w/ Amariia)
January 15: Krakow, POLAND @ Garage Pub (w/ Amariia)
January 16: Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC @ Hospoda Brouk (w/ Amariia)
January 17: Berlin, GERMANY @ RESET Club (w/ Amariia)
January 18: Berlin, GERMANY @ Slaughterhouse (w/ Amariia)

Formed in December 2023, ANA has rapidly gained recognition within the Melbourne music scene and around the globe. In under a year, they have released two singles, an EP, and three music videos via Eclipse Records, each of which has gone viral across social media platforms. Known for their magnetic stage presence, ANA’s live shows consistently draw enthusiastic crowds, making this European tour a natural next step in their career.

Ana’s latest EP album is entitled The Art of Letting Go and the record is a portrait of passionate emotions bared to the bone, the skin peeled back on our hearts showing new vibrant colors. The album was produced by Josh Mak & Anna Khristenko, recorded & mixed by Chris Themelco (Eye of the Enemy, Colour & Shade, Naberus) at Monolith Studios, and mastered by Thomas ‘Plec’ Johansson (Groove Armada, Soilwork, Mayhem) at The Panic Room Studio. Vocalist Anna Khristenko offers us an intimate vocal that is mesmerizing, smooth, and ethereal, yet also rocking, sassy, and badass. The arrangements on this record are dynamically intriguing and sonically satisfying. Like a magic carpet ride through mist and shadows, the band creates a sense of suspense and payoff like some mystic noir-setting suddenly becoming a lighted path to an absolutely beautiful music that is addictive, catchy, and hauntingly vivid. The rhythm guitar patterns are crisp and full, the lead solos electrifying, and the keys used inventively as lead, background, and counterpoint in a variety of soundscapes. The bass is all balls and bottom, and the drums alternate between a deep groove, a force on the march, and flares and fireworks in hummingbird sixteenths smooth as late autumn dusk. Altogether, this record makes the chaotic parts of life seem poetic, and it reinforces to us that there is still room for radiance in our souls, in our lives, in the world.

So far, the band has released three music videos from the album for the songs entitled “Ouroboros”, “Moth”, and “Scars”. Watch them all at this location.

The Art of Letting Go is available now on all platforms via https://ffm.to/anaart
 
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Ana lineup
Anna Khristenko (Vocals), Josh Mak (Guitar), Hellbassist (Bass), Cleveland Beckford Gonzalez (Drums), Cody Lamb (Keys)