Almôra, one of the best representatives of Symphonic Gothic Rock in Turkey, was formed in 2001 by Soner Canozer. The “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 band and called it a prophet of music and culture. Almôra has shared the stage with many world - famous bands such as Dio, Therion, Opeth, Tankard, Kreator and Pain of Salvation in several concerts and festivals. Almôra’s fourth album “1945” was released in winter of 2006. Almora has proved one more time that it’s one of the most productive bands in Turkiye through its fourth album “1945”. In this album, the world – famous Turkish tenor Hakan AYSEV has took his place in the album as the lead vocalist of 2 songs. These Rock-Opera songs are the first and the unique samples in the Turkish Rock history. Almôra’s “1945” album has hold a huge place in national press and got high remarks from some important music critics. The international attack has never slowed down: Almôra has published three albums in Mexico and “1945” in Japan. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.