Damla Kayihan

Damla Kayıhan, born in Istanbul in 1985, has a bachelor's degree from Istanbul University, English Language and Literature and has been working as a freelance translator for long years. She took place in choral and solo works during her school life. She received vocal training from Selda Koçak Uzuntaş (soloist) for 1,5 years. Damla Kayıhan, who has a soprano voice, was the back vocalist of the rock band called "Ritm-i Sihir" between December 2008 and July 2009 and performed in various venues. She received diction education from Tunç Arslanalp, the newscaster of CNN Turk. She contributed as the lead vocal and lyricist to the rock band "Mana" for a short time in 2013 and their debut video was featured on Dream TV. She recorded the Crystal Gate song which is included in the EP "Tales From Anatolia" of Athor, the other band of Mana members, as the guest voice. She has been leading her own symphonic & melodic metal band called "AnzeriA" as the singer and songwriter since 2009. Also, she has been continuing her classical vocal training with Carmen Yeşiltepe since 2012. She has an academical article as "Feminism and the Place of Woman in Metal Music" that she wrote as the university project. She was included in the book titled as "Amazon Rock Tarihi" by Jan Paçal published in 2013.