Alright you lot… brace yourselves, because Melbourne’s metal scene has just stitched together something loud, lavish, and downright unhinged 🤘🖤
Enter ANA — a band who aren’t just here to play heavy music…
They’re here to dress it up, drag it onto a runway, and set the whole thing on fire 🔥
Formed in 2023, this five-piece wrecking crew have already kicked down the door and declared a new era of metal: “couture metal.” And honestly? It’s got more attitude than a front row at London Fashion Week after six pints 🍺
👑 THE LINE-UP BEHIND THE MADNESS
- Anna Khristenko – Vocals 🎤
- Josh Mak – Guitar 🎸
- Cody Lamb – Bass 🔊
- Mark Shi – Keys 🎹
- Andres Felipe Martinez Osorio – Drums 🥁
Together, they operate like a squad of masked super-humans, blending precision, power, and pure theatre into something that feels bigger than your average band.
This ain’t five people stood awkwardly on stage…
This is a full-blown spectacle, mun 😈
🖤 MORE THAN MUSIC – THIS IS A WHOLE BLOODY UNIVERSE
ANA aren’t messing about with just riffs and breakdowns. Nah, they’ve gone full creative overdrive and built an entire multimedia world around their sound.
We’re talking an official comic book series with Cynation Comics, where frontwoman Anna Khristenko appears as a god-like entity sent to Earth to shake humanity out of its boring, beige existence.
Honestly? Same energy as dragging your mate out for a night out when they say “I’ll just stay in tonight.” 😂
It’s dramatic. It’s bold. It’s theatrical as hell.
And it fits their sound like a leather jacket in a mosh pit.
💿 FROM EP HEAT TO FULL-ON FIRESTORM
ANA first made noise with their debut EP The Art of Letting Go back in 2023 via Eclipse Records — and that was just the warm-up.
Now they’ve stepped things up massively with their debut album:
💀 Motivated by Death
Recorded at Monolith Studios and produced by Josh Mak and Anna Khristenko, with engineering from Chris Themelco (Harlott, Orpheus Omega, In Malice’s Wake), this eight-track beast is less about doom and gloom… and more about living like your time’s running out ⚡
Yeah, the title sounds dark — but the message?
Live loud. Burn bright. Leave a mark.
That’s proper Riff Report energy, that is 🔥
🎶 TRACKS THAT HIT YOU RIGHT IN THE SOUL
This album isn’t just riffs for the sake of it — there’s proper weight behind it.
- “Hate Me” – A savage swipe at the love/hate circus of the music industry
- “Sick Love” – Toxic relationships turned into pure sonic venom
- “Shadow Of Life” – A reminder that life’s short… so don’t waste it
- “Papa” – Oof… this one hits hard. A deeply personal, emotional tribute to Anna’s late father, lost to addiction
That last one? That’s not just heavy — that’s heartbreaking in the best possible way 💔
⚡ WHY ANA ARE TURNING HEADS
Let’s be real for a second…
There are loads of bands out there chasing trends, copying sounds, or blending into the same old metal crowd.
ANA? Not a chance.
They’ve got:
🔥 A unique identity
🔥 A full-on visual concept
🔥 Emotional depth AND crushing riffs
🔥 A sound that feels both cinematic and savage
They’re theatrical without being cheesy, stylish without losing the bite, and emotional without going soft.
That’s a tricky balance… but ANA pull it off like pros.
🤘 FINAL RIFF
ANA aren’t just another band on the rise — they’re building something massive, immersive, and properly exciting.
With Motivated by Death, they’ve dropped a statement piece that says:
👉 Metal can still evolve
👉 Metal can still surprise
👉 And yeah… metal can absolutely look this cool doing it
So if you fancy something that hits as hard as it struts…
ANA might just be your next obsession, butt 😎🔥
🔗 FOLLOW ANA (GET INVOLVED, MUN!)
- Instagram: @ana_band
- Facebook: ANA Official
- YouTube: ANA
- TikTok: @ana_band
Proudly loud. Properly chaotic. And dripping in style.
Welcome to couture metal 🤘
