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Artist
Almôra
12+ albums
symphonic metalPower metalturkish metalfolk metalFemale fronted metal
about
Almôra is a Turkish gothic metal group, which was formed in 2001 by Soner Canozer. The band are one of the best representations of the symphonic/gothic metal style in Turkiye. Their “Cyrano” E.P. and the “Gates of Time” album both released in 2002 excited the audience’s interest and the media as well. The album was placed in the best 10 albums of the year by some newspapers and magazines. Almôra won “The Best New Band of the Year” award by Kemancı Zine music magazine in 2002. “Gates of Time” which had a good press by some magazines abroad and came up with the one of the most popular albums especially in Jordan. The second album of the band; “Kalihora’s Song” was released in the following year. This album had very good critics especially by the press abroad. “Shehrâzad” album that was released in the fall of 2004 has clinched the success of the band in abroad. Almôra took a giant step forward considering its international career by this album’s releasing in Japan. “Shehrâzad” was widely approved by the Japanese music lovers and the two songs belong to Soner Canozer were used in Japanese by the legendary musical group “Takarazuka” in the musical of “Revue of Dreams”. In this musical, there were also some other rock songs by famous musicians such as Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, Chris Impellitteri and Rob Rock. This show was also published in DVD format in January, 2006. Besides, German RockHard; one of the most prestigious rock music magazines of Europe has praised the
