Ansur

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I’ve been thinking about this for some time now, revamping some of the WF songs and cleaning up some stuff in the production, and Sierra Day seemed like a good choice. I won’t list all the changes, but most notably I’ve stripped away some guitar layers, improved the drum sound and messed with the ending [...]

Once again Ansur have entered Lyst & Glede Studios to make their 3rd album. It will be more heavy, simple, groovy and technical than ever. We’re putting our creative minds together and jamming up the new stuff and if the schedual say so, the recording sessions will begin january 2010. Some jams will be put [...]

Here’s some hi res versions of the cover and backcover from “Warring Factions”. The artwork was created by Eliran Kantor ( www.elirankantor.com)

This weekend, the band went up to the norwegian city of Trondheim, to play alongside with Circus Maximus and Tellus Requiem at Zone’s “Prog Fest pt. 2 – Metal”. Late friday night, we packed our bags and hoped for glory.

Sierra Day is now avaliable free of charge, press here for direct download.  This track is from our latest album Warring Factions, released by Nocturnal Art Productions / Candlelight Records.
Enjoy!

One dark and stormy christmas night in 2003, three young and aspiring gentlemen at age 14 decided to play black metal. After a couple of sit-downs with Espen, former bass player Aslak and myself, we thought we were ready to record a demo.
The guitars were recorded with an out-of-date Zoom-pedal to get the ugliest distortion [...]

Ansur will be joining Circus Maximus at Prog Fest part 2 at Trondheim Scene, Trondheim saturday 28/4. With Tellus Requiem as support.
Cc 200 NOK. 18 years downstairs and 20 years on the gallery. The show starts at 22.00 pm and ends at 02.00 am.
Tickets can be bought here.

1. Faster, Harder, Ansur
Some people are guessing that we’re turning into an avant-garde jazzrock-band or something, but the fact is that the next album is going to be harder, more intense and energic than the previous two. It’s going to be big and dramatic, with a lot of feel. I hope we can do some [...]

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