Amira Elfeky

Los Angeles-based singer Amira Elfeky combines nu-metal influences, a brooding goth flair, and emotional songwriting into a hard-hitting but accessible rock sound. The Connecticut native moved to California where she started working on songs inspired by 1990s alternative rockers like Nirvana and early-2000s nu-metallers like Deftones and Linkin Park. She released her first songs in 2023, including "Tonight (demo)" and "Coming Down," which quickly caused a stir and resulted in her getting signed by Anemoia Records, an imprint of Atlantic. In early 2024, Elfeky released her first EP, Skin to Skin. Elfeky was born in Connecticut, started playing the violin at an early age, and was interested in every music class her school offered. At 15, she moved to the Bay Area and discovered grunge and nu-metal. Through a "drummer wanted" ad, she met Brandon Iljas, and the pair started working on songs in his San Francisco bedroom studio, but she wasn't quite satisfied with the results. In Los Angeles, Elfeky had the opportunity to work and record in the home of Ian Hunter, founder of the Anemoia label, and she refined her blend of blurry Deftones-style alternative metal and the dramatic goth rock of Evanescence. After "Tonight (demo)" was released in mid-2023 and featured on a new songs playlist, she signed with the label and followed up with songs like "Coming Down" and "Everything I Do Is for You." In February 2024, she released a cover of System of a Down's "Lonely Day." Elfeky's first EP, Skin to Skin, was released in March 2024 and featured the new single "A Dozen Roses."
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