What can be said,this is a blog where I will post some stuff I really like,so I think you should like it too.I am a metalhead to the heart,but I will put here every kind of stuff I like,not only Metal.I hope you will enjoy it,and let me know if there is anything needed,especially from the ex-Yugoslavia territory.
Cheers!
This is really high quality Metal,not exactly the style I follow/listen/like,but when a record is good and really of a higher class,it must be said.This is (I`ll say it without knowing deeply this kind) Power Metal at its best.After Space Eater,this is another great surprise from Serbia,a country with a billion Metal bands..
This is a very good Slovenian Thrash Metal band from the first part of the 90s.Unfortunately the recording here is a bit silent,but pretty clean and understandable,so you can hear some nice Thrashing cuts from this band.All I know about them is a note that I found on the net,and it goes like "the most active Slovenian Thrash bands of the first half of the 90s were Interceptor and Acrodus".A must for the collectors of ex-yu Metal.
I am going a little outside the schemes of this blog,but this is a nice one.Taken in the van while traveling to Osijek,here is a Rio`s stunning performance of La Mula De Parenzo,a traditional Istrian song.Don`t miss this one!!!
Ok,it`s time to put the second issue of this nice fanzine,the success of the first issue was really great,and I know you are waiting for this one.The first one was a better copy,so here might happen that some parts won`t be easily readable,but still it is the best possible scan.In this issue you have interviews with Sodom,Celtic Frost,Bathory,Corrosion Of Conformity,Destruction, Possessed,Dark Angel,then articles about Iron Angel,Tormentor (pre-Kreator),Death,and finally reviews of new released by Sodom,Destruction,Septic Death,Excel,Exodus,Celtic Frost,Antichrist and Adrenalin O.D.A page that might interest you most is the ad that Celtic Frost put here searching for a drummer!!So,there you go!
What I bring you here now it`s the vinyl-rip of one of my most favourite HC Punk split LP ever.Two excellent French bands,very different,but making a perfect pair for this split-Lp.Kromozom 4 are a very funny band very skilled in playing and with a pretty clean production.A nice thing are spoken sketches between songs-the only bad thing is that everything is in French..Heimat Los are a more "serious" band,but playing a fast very good HC,sang in few various languages.All of this makes this one a perfect split-LP.
Tracks: KROMOZOM 4 01.Kromozom 4 bis 02.Touche coule 03.La pied gauche dans la merde 04.Bien vu la bave 05.Legitime defense 06.Cent themes 07.Cling cling 08.Sharks 09.Tout faux free Jazz 10.La gueule dans le gateau 11.Lino (intro) 12.Lino 13.Dede le roi du valse core+La fraktion de seconde necessaire.. HEIMAT LOS 14.N.B.C. 15.Assiste 16.Brutal thanksgiving 17.Partisans 18.De vlag 19.La seconde necessaire de Leon Zyklon 20.Fascios fora 21.British settlement 22.Slam 23.Hakenkreuz terror 24.Todellisuutta 25.Last train to Tucson
Their gig is one of the best gigs I have ever attended,if we talk about interaction with the audience.When they played in Pula in 1994 supporting Slapshot,literally nobody have heard about them.The moment they came onto the stage,they bought all of us there and stolen the sympathies of everybody there.Of course,off the stage also,after the show,and after the tour,when half of the band returned to Pula for few days just to enjoy.That`s what I call a BAND. PS:Here is the video of the beginning of their show in Pula.Zoli had the KUD Idijoti T-shirt!!
Tracks: 01.Automatic 02.Slow 03.When they talk 04.Shade 05.Turn 06.Ash return 07.Should have known
Oh,yeah,this sounds very nice,a Power Metal album of full TRUE classic Metal parody!!!These guys are fuckin mad,but are really enjoyable for listening,playing really great and with a vocalist that in its parody have a pretty mighty voice.Metal needs something like this band from time to time.. PS:there are some wrong written words in the rar file,so change them.)
Tracks: 01.Intro 02.Metal is the law 03.Evil papagali 04.Metal massacre attack (Arue Aruo) 05.Feel the fire of barbecue 06.Metal milkshake 07.The God master 08.Cereal Metal 09.Metal dental destruction 10.Let`s ride to Metal land (The passage is R$1.00) 11.Metal glu glu (com Sergio Mallandro) 12.Away doom 13.Metal bucetation (+ hidden track)
This is a beauty.The very first single of the Italian finest!!I already told you that IMO Bulldozer are the best Italian Metal band ever,and they proved it with every release.This is when the band showed their ugly head for the first time.This single contains two fast tracks,not exaggerately fast,like a faster Motorhead,but that is enough to bang your heads,people.Excellent stuff.Minkions rule!!!
Tracks: 01.Fallen angel 02.Another beer (is what I need)
Oh yeah,good oldschool Death Metal.This is the band of the first Warhead/Cenotaph drummer (of course,the Trieste Italy ones) Lorenzo.The band played for a while,they played as guests at the 8th Hatross anniversary concert,and were a pretty interesting Death Metal band (especially the bass player,hehehe).This is not a soundboard recording,so it is a recording for collectors,however very interesting.Lorenzo is now a producer and owner of a studio,Moonbeat Recording Productions (as you can see in the pic).Dedicated to my friendship with Lorenzo!
Tracks: 01.Funeral 02.Death from the altar 03.Cerebral necrosis 04.Necronomicon 05.Orchestra of death 06.Raven
I remember the moment this EP came out..It was a really big thing for the scene in Pula,KUD Idijoti were unofficially the biggest demo band in the ex-Yugoslavia,but they waited a lot for this one.I am pretty sure they sold-out the first pressing of the EP in a moment.There is a private moment about this EP;when the first pressing came from Koper (the city from where was the label),Fritz called me at work and asked me if he can come to me to listen to the EP,as he haven`t had a grammophone..Great EP,excellent rip,I will post soon the other two EP`s,so you will have here all four of them. PS:On the back cover is Villa Rizzi,the former Pula`s madhouse.After it was abandoned,KUD Idijoti made their rehearsal room there.My band Devastation recorded there the first demo The Upcoming Mayhem on KUD Idijoti`s equipment,recorded the same year as this EP and produced by Sale Veruda.
Tracks: 01.Maja 02.Kad sunce opet zadje 03.Cirkus 04.Ratna pjesma (Vesna)
Pula Punk in your face.FOB (shortened for Fakofbolan-Fuck Off Bolan) were one of the leading punk bands in Croatia of the end of 90s/beginning of 2ks,really active and known even outside the Croatian territory.They split surprisingly few years ago,at the peak of their "success"..This is their first full lenght album (not counting the split-lp with Dark Busters),very energic and melodic Punk/HC.Enjoy this piece of Pula Punk!
Tracks: 01.Pietas Iulia 02.Terorizam 03.Ostali 04.Cik zore 05.Crna rupa 06.Dosli ste tocno u podne 07.Ulice 08.Na rubu 09.Nocas 10.Smrt 11.Da li znas 12.Ne vracaj se 13.Savrseno 14.Sarajevo
Another relatively new Croatian Metal band,with a very good three tracker.Expect a nice Heavy Metal sang in Croatian,and with a good production.The band have also an album in their discography,recorded in 2005.Recommended for those who are collectors of ex-yu Metal and Rock.
Another new and pretty young Croatian Metal band,great (modern) Thrash Metal,I received great reviews of their live performances,and I can only add that this is a very powerful recording,and that this band surely have a bright future..Meanwhile,while we wait the first full cd,enjoy this nice demo!!Recommended!
Tracks: 01.Blazing energy 02.Sufosia 03.Room of mirrors 04.Chaotic dream 05.Tears of Christ
Another great Punk/HC moment from the Pula`s history.I myself don`t know much about them,but I suppose members of Mentalni nered were involved in this band.They lasted very short,but fortunately Vladimir kept this recording and contributed with it to this blog.The stuff here is very raw HC/Punk,and not actually a studio recording,but a rehearsal one,but very raw and sincere,just like my friend Kukatz like..
Tracks: 01.Danas 02.Zivot 03.Zakon 04.Luciferove trupe 05.Da li znas 06.Lost in space
This is a nice compilations of bands from Pula,exactly bands from the Garage Rock wave/mania/invasion at the end of the 80s.I bet Pula was the city with most garage rock bands in the world at that time.They are all on this cassette made by a HC fan from Rakalj,in the heart of Istria,mr. Geza.Enjoy this piece of Pula`s Rock history! A trivia about the title:a contingent of some 10 bands from Pula went by bus to Rijeka to a regional bands contest (called Gitarijada).Among them were Devastation,Messerschmitt (their very first show!!!),The Swindle,Sumrak Ideja,Ulicni Dzuboks,052..I had a tape recorder with me,to record the Devastation show,and some few,and the Messerschmitt too.The bands from Pula were totally discriminated and practicly all bands played early in the afternoon.We were pretty angry about it,and all our anger came out through Miro Kusacic (vox,guitar) brilliantly announcing that the Messerschmitt show,as well as the shows of all Pula bands that afternoon are part of a unity called Pula-London-Teheran (as opposite to the title of a compilation of bands from Rijeka entitled Rijeka-Paris-Texas).Also,the title is a parody of the legendary "This is Boston,not LA" compilation (the translation is This Is Pula,not Rijeka).
Tracks: SINOVI 01.Previse zvuka 02.7000 ljudi 03.Sestra MESSERSCHMITT 04.Keep a knocking 05.We`re the road crew 06.Today,today SPOONS 07.Louie Louie 08.Witch 09.Nobody but me F.M.D. 10.Fourth 11.Zoom pictures 12.Race to the moon WASHINGTONES 13.Have love will travel 14.Psycho 15.My generation GUBITNICI 16.Jako puno 17.Sam 18.Sebastijan
Terrorizer were a band that played very very fast Metal before it came widely accepted.This was a kind of supergroup,with members of Morbid Angel,Napalm Death and Nausea..If you don`t know who Terrorizer are..what are you waiting for??
Tracks: 01.Ripped to shreds 02.Corporation pull-in 03.After world obliteration 04.Human prey 05.Strategic warheads 06.Fallout 07.Infestation
Again some Anti-Otpad,a long time passed since their last post,so here it is another tape from this band extremely important for the history of the Pula`s underground scene.16 tracks of HC rage with an underground recording/production,but still powerful.You won`t miss this if you collect and enjoy HC Punk from these territories..
Tracks: 01.Sunce je brze 02.Jeo govna 03.Drzava 04.Dok ovdje sjedim 05.N.D.T.Z. 06.Think,feel,live 07.Normalan-nisam 08.Pas 09.Droga za sve 10.U mojoj glavi 11.Ekoloska 12.Hajde,reci mi 13.Mali covjek 14.In your neighbourhood 15.Barbara 16.Saljem S.O.S.
This is a nice Ep of a very young band made of 2 girls and a guy.They claim they play Punk Rock,if you ask me I wouldn`t go that far,there is a Punk Rock energy in this stuff,but it is not pure Punk Rock,even if I am gonna classify it as that.Anyway for a band in their years and at the beginning,very good stuff indeed. And the girlies really know to play..
This one is a tape I got from Maras (the red guitar in the pic!Well,not the guitar,the player!) in the days of our first contacts,and it consists of a studio side,and a live side containing a superb soundboard live recording.This is a tape that shows Drinking Skull thrashing the best way they did in their carreer.I still hope I will see again Maras,Hrvoje and the gang together on stage.Who knows..
Tracks: Studio side 01.He is here (intro)+Suicide society 02.Enliven the world 03.People that make you feel small 04.My evil 05.I`m going away Live side 06.Enliven the world 07.Church of hate 08.Create to destroy 09.People that make you feel small 10.End of life (suicide) 11.Breaking the law (Judas Priest cover) 12.Milk (S.O.D. cover)
I watched this band last December in their hometown Cakovec on a charity-gig
(I don`t want to make a mistake on it,but I think it was to help the Bakterije`s vocalist in his fight against leukaemia)..you should have seen the chaos during their show..they surely have a lot of fans in their town,but I felt that huge energy coming off the stage..It was a damn good show,and this short three tracker is as exciting as it was their show.If you`re into HC Punk,then you`ll be a fool to miss this one!!
This is really high quality Metal,not exactly the style I follow/listen/like,but when a record is good and really of a higher class,it must be said.This is (I`ll say it without knowing deeply this kind) Power Metal at its best.After Space Eater,this is another great surprise from Serbia,a country with a billion Metal bands..
