Shows
Gear
TAMA Starclassic Maple
Piano Black
- 10"×7" Rack tom
- 12"×8" Rack tom
- 14"×14" Floor tom
- 16"×16" Floor tom
- 22"×16" Bass Drum
Snaredrums:
- 14"×6" Starphonic Aluminium
Cymbals:
- 14" Meinl Byzance Traditional Medium Hihat
- 14" Meinl Classics Custom Dual Hihat
- 18" Meinl Classics Custom Dual China
- 18" Meinl Classics Custom Dark China
- 18" Meinl Classics Custom Dual Crash
- 19" Meinl Byzance Traditional Polyphonic Crash
- 21" Meinl Byzance Traditional Medium Crash
- 20" Meinl Byzance Traditional Medium Ride
- 12" Meinl Pure Alloy Trash China stacked with 14" Meinl Classics Custom Dark Trash Crash
- 10" Meinl Classics Custom Dual Splash
- 10" Meinl Pure Alloy Custom Splash
Bass drum pedals: Tama Iron Cobra HP600DTW
Drum heads: Remo CS Coated on snare top, Hazy on bottom. Evans G2 on tom tops, Remo PS3 on bass drum pedal side.
Bio
I am Valentin Jankai, a professional progressive metal drummer from Hungary. Member of Leander Kills, Blind Myself, and Triász.
- Joined Blind Myself in 2008 at the age of 17.
- Received the Hungarian Metal Awards: Best Concert Band award with Blind Myself in 2009.
- Won the Hungarian Metal Awards: Best Concert Band award with Blind Myself in 2010.
- Nominated for the Hungarian Grammy Awards (Fonogram) for Best Rock Album in 2010 with Blind Myself.
- Nominated for the Hungarian Grammy Awards (Fonogram) for Best Rock Album in 2014 with Blind Myself.
- Founded the new band Leander Kills.
- Nominated for the Hungarian Grammy Awards (Fonogram) for Best Rock Album in 2016 with Blind Myself.
- Reached the finals in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Hungarian Selection Show.
- The Leander Kills album “Élet a halál előtt” achieved Platinum status.
- Nominated for the Hungarian Grammy Awards (Fonogram) for Best Rock Album in 2017 with Leander Kills.
- Became Meinl Cymbals and Angel Drums endorser in 2018.
- Won the Hungarian Grammy Awards (Fonogram) for Best Rock Album in 2020 with Leander Kills.
- The Leander Kills album “Luxusnyomor” achieved Double Platinum status.
- Most albums by Leander Kills debuted in 1st place on Spotify and Deezer – Association of Hungarian Publishers (MAHASZ).
- The Leander Kills album “IV” achieved Platinum status.
- Became TAMA Drums endorser in 2022.
- Guest appearance on Azahriah “skatulya” album
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