IN MEMORIAM TO A FRIEND..

This weekend, in Pula. R.I.P. Sela..

STRELNIKOFF (Slo) - Heavy mentally retarded , cd 1993

Wow, this is tough..I already told you about Strelnikoff, this Slovenian band was an extremely exciting act in the 90s, I had the opportunity to see them live a lot of times, and believe me, it was pure adrenalin!!This Punk/Hardcore played with a loud rhythm-machine was praised by Jello Biafra himself, a nice acknowledgement.And if I am not wrong, this was also requested, so enjoy this piece of madness!!

Tracks:
01.Heavy mentally retarded
02.I`m so pretty (but she don`t care)
03.Too drunk to fuck (Dead Kennedys cover)
04.Snakebite
05.Cold meal in hell
06.Saynee ikkorumovidax
07.S.M.R.
08.Sweet sixteen
09.Gimme a gun (after midnight)
10.El Gundy stupido
11.Banzai
12.Nightflight to intravenus
13.I`m gonna walk dem golden stairs (Elvis Presley cover)

STRELNIKOFF - HEAVY MENTALLY RETARDED , CD 1993

HARD METAL - Serbian Metal magazine , May 1991

Well, those were the last days of the decomposing republic of Yugoslavia..and it can be noticed by the content, except for a small text about Drinking Skull, no Croatian bands were in it.But, let`s leave this fact behind and you have here the first Metal magazine in Yugoslavia.It is uncomparable to worlds Metal magazines, but still it was a HUGE step for the Metal scene in Yugoslavia.Too bad it was the end..All written in Serbian, with Poison, Megadeth, Pergament, Uriah Heep..album reviews of Ac/Dc, Motorhead, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest..really a lot for the fist time..
This post is by request, and I am quite sure Croatian metalheads will like it.

HARD METAL - SERBIAN METAL MAGAZINE , MAY 1991

III KANAL (Cro) - III Kanal , lp 1980

This is a less fortunate Croatian Hard `n`Heavy band`s first album.Why less fortunate?Because they never came out of anonimity, even the material we have here is not bad at all.The stuff here is for all those who like Hard Rock from the Balkans, and I know there is plenty of you!

Tracks:
01.Lena
02.Telefon
03.Ti odluci sve
04.Prijateljica
05.Mogao sam (je)
06.Volis ga
07.Takav sam
08.Musko drustvo
09.Branka
10.Dobit ces svoje

III KANAL - III KANAL , LP 1980

FAKOFBOLAN (Cro) - Provincija uzvraca udarac , cd 2002

Fakofbolan is an excellent Punk/Oi band from Pula, and this is their second (if the first split-LP is not counted) and unfortunately last album.The band disbanded after a ten years long and very succesful carreer, and for those who are close to Pula, they will reunite for a one-off performance in Pula at a Punk/HC festival in memoriam to Ales Rodic-Sela, a legendary Punk from Pula who recently died (supposedly) overrunned by a car.The concert will be held next Friday and Saturday (26th and 27th Dec) in Pula, and Fakofbolan are supposed to play on Friday.

Tracks:
01.Gangsta 95
02. ..a sada reklame..
03.Pepsi-Nike generacija
04.Pula ratuje (Gola Jaja cover)
05.Ne pitaj me zasto
06.Trazeci slobodu
07.Neznani junaci
08.Predgradja
09.Lovci na vjetrenjace
10.Glasnice (Headbanger cover)
11.Sumrak civilizacije

FAKOFBOLAN - PROVINCIJA UZVRACA UDARAC , CD 2002

EYESBURN (Ser) - Foolcontrol , cd 2000

Eyesburn were already featured earlier in this blog, this is another release from this Serbian band, playing a kind of modern Metal mixed with dubs and jungle rhythms.In some segments it might be interesting to people who love ie. Asian Dub Foundation, but thinks that ADF should be more metalized..This is probably the answer.

Tracks:
01.Warning dub
02.War control
03.Foolin` 1 on 1
04.Sun
05.Fool control
06.Pump it (W-people)
07.Divide
08.Bite the soul
09.Mental murderation
10.No free time
11.Swallow

EYESBURN - FOOLCONTROL , CD 2000

DISCHARGE (U.K.) - Decontrol , ep 1980

Here is the third Discharge`s EP in one year.1980 was a very good year for the band, and it announced their beautiful mini-lp Why.This ep comes with an improved production, and with one of their best track from that period, the title track Decontorol.With this ep, you have the initial ep-trilogy closed.

Tracks:
01.Decontrol
02.It`s no TV sketch
03.Tomorrow belongs to us

DISCHARGE - DECONTROL , EP 1980

HERESY + CONCRETE SOX (U.K.) - Split LP 1987

Do I have to say anything about this piece of classic vinyl??This is a cult record from the period when the enormous wave of British HC Thrash/Grindcore blasted us all.Heresy are overall probably my most favourite band of that period (well, not counting Carcass, obviously), and Concrete Sox are the perfect pair for this record.If you missed it, grab it now, an absolute must!

Tracks:
HERESY
01.Genocide
02.Belief
03.Visions in fear
04.Nausea
05.Release
06.In silence
CONCRETE SOX
07.Key to the door
08.False insight
09.Speak Siberian or die (for S.O.D.)
10.Modernisation (A new form of slavery)
11.Sustain the orgy

HERESY + CONCRETE SOX - SPLIT LP 1987

SERBIAN METAL LIVE - BARUTANA , BELGRADE 30.03.2002

Now, this is an interesting post I found on my colleague`s Aktivista`s beautiful blog "Zvuci Jugoslavije".

This was a Metal gig held at the Barutana hall in Belgrade in 2002., including three Serbian Metal bands.The recording is an audience one, but still good enough.There are no song titles, sorry..

Abonos plays some Gothic-Metal, personally not my kind of Metal, especially with female voice..but a fairly played set.Alogia plays some Power-Epic-Metal and does it very very good.And there is also Kraljevski Apartman (the follow up to the already posted Apartman 69) with their Hard Rock/Metal..so,this should be a very nice piece for the collectors.

Tracks:

ABONOS
Tracks 01-03

ALOGIA

Tracks 04-08

KRALJEVSKI APARTMAN

Tracks 09-13

SERBIAN METAL LIVE - BARUTANA , BELGRADE 30.03.2002

AMEN (Cro) - The eyes of truth are always watching you , cd 2005

Ok, let`s go on with some Croatian Thrash..My mighty contributor Mika from Hope gave me this stuff and a lot more, and everything will be posted within some time.First of all, here is a good old band from Pozega, Amen.They played the bigger part of the 90s and then disappeared, but a member Miroslav continued composing and playing hard, so he continued recording demos with the help of a rhythm program, and so here is the first recording he did in 2005.This one is a full album of old school Thrash Metal with mostly Christian lyrics (which fits me very well!). Enjoy this one, and stay tuned for the next demos!!

Tracks:
01.False belief
02.Buried alive
03.Faith
04.Fallen world
05.(Don`t be) Condemned for eternity
06.Dead dream
07.Face the God
08.Jesus
09.L.S.D.
10.Monument of blood

AMEN - THE EYES OF TRUTH ARE ALWAYS WATCHING YOU , CD 2005

QUICKSAND (Cro) - Tales from the Balcans , cd 2002

Sinisa Vuco f++king rules!!I mean, you would kill to have a guy like this in your country..Sinisa Vuco is the spiritus-movens of Quick Sand, the english version of his band Zivo Blato (go back on this blog for their first album) , and surely a very provocative person and artist.Guitarist and vocalist (and probably author of everything you hear on this album), he is actually the guy who played in one of the first Croatia`s Thrash Metal bands Evil Blood in the 80s,and then continues his carreer as an extremely successful turbo-folk singer (????) but always returning to his Metal roots.This record is a Metal version of what he do usually.Just listen to "Love and drinking" (his biggest hit originally called "Volim Piti i Ljubiti"), absofuckinglutely hilarious.Of course, don`t get it too serious..

PS:Here are few videos to describe him better:

from a late-night tv show NIGHTMARE STAGE (in croatian, sorry) when a viewer provoked him on the telephone..this is anthologic!!!

as a folk singer:

and live on stage with Zivo Blato:

Tracks:
01.Help me America
02.Endless number
03.Woman
04.Tale from the Balcans
05.Love and drinking
06.Merry Christmass
07.Exploding sky

QUICKSAND - TALES FROM THE BALCANS , CD 2002

PRIMUS (U.S.A.) - Live on KZSU 1989

Primus were one of the most exciting Funk-Metal (if it is possible to call this way the music they play) of the 90s, being a band with immense musicianship and incredible skills, and this of course goes especially for the probably one of the best bassists on the world, Les Claypool.This one is their performance on a campus radio station in Stanford University, Stanford CA.Needless to say, sublime performance of the early Primus here, just in the year of their first album "Suck on this".And although this is a low 64kbps rip, it is a very good sounding recording.So enjoy.
PS: Videos from exactly THAT performance!

Tracks:
01.To defy the laws of tradition
02.John the fisherman (with yyz intro)
03.Groundhog day
04.Too many puppies
05.Tommy the cat
06.Frizzle fry
07.The heckler
08.Sgt. Baker
09.Harold of the rocks

PRIMUS - LIVE ON KZSU 1989

SORELLA MALDESTRA (Ita) - Cadavere , demo cassette 1979

Let`s go to some Punk Rock made in Italy.This demo comes from 1979, and it is given to me by one of my contributors from Pula, Vladimir.A nice Punk Rock demo tape, clearly showing the year in which it is created.For old school Punk fans!
PS:The video is from a recent show held in 2007 in Bologna.

Tracks:
01.Noia
02.Io sono un Fric
03.Cadavere
04.Non c`e via di mezzo
05.Dammi tutto quello che hai
06.Perche non mi caghi
07.Pronto
08.Me ne frego
09.Tutto
10.Scelta
11.Vengo
12.Io sono un Fric (cut up)

SORELLA MALDESTRA - CADAVERE , DEMO CASSETTE 1979

DEATH SPEAKS - Slovenian fanzine 1985

Yeah, good ole times.. I remember having this fanzine, and actually being very happy seeing that Thrash and Speed Metal is spreading like a disease..This one is one of the first Thrash zines in the ex-Yugoslavia, written by the mid80s enthusiast Bostjan Jurecic.Here you can find interviews with At War, Tankard, Kreator, Iron Angel and Hirax, something about the first Thrash bands in Yugoslavia , Odpadki Civilizacije and III Kategorija (even though I think they were completely Hardcore Thrash, but far from being Metal) and some more stuff.Very interesting revisiting the spirit of the 80s..

DEATH SPEAKS - SLOVENIAN FANZINE 1985

SCORPIONS (Ger) - as The Hunters , single 1975

Now, that is a surprise! At least for me, I found on the net this ultrarare single of the Scorpions, for this occasion under the name of THE HUNTERS, playing two THE SWEET covers, Fox On The Run and Action, sang in German!! This is an absolute golden piece of music, and a good chance to announce a best of of a great band, THE SWEET.But until that, enjoy the good ole Scorps!!

Tracks:
01.Fuchs geh voran (Fox on the run)
02.Wenn es richtig losgeht (Action)

SCORPIONS - as THE HUNTERS , SINGLE 1975

SPEED KILLS..AGAIN , compilation cd 2007

Now, this compilation is what Metal needed for a loooong time.You already know my passion for old-school Thrash Metal..well, this compilation brings you to that point.An excellent choice of bands for celebrating the definitive return of the greatest kind of Metal ever.I won`t slice this compilation into pieces, I am just inviting you to take this one and to bang your head like crazy..like me.
PS;And again, thanx to Pero for introducing me to this one!

MERCILESS DEATH


AVENGER OF BLOOD


TOXIC HOLOCAUST


WARBRINGER

Tracks:
MERCILESS DEATH
01.Merciless death
02.Tombs of the dead
AVENGER OF BLOOD
03.Enemy attack
04.Affliction
ENFORCER
05.Evil attacker
06.Mistress of hell
TOXIC HOLOCAUST
07.Created to kill
08.War is hell
HATRED
09.Aggression
10.Warsexbeer
WARBRINGER
11.Hell on earth
12.Born of the ruins

SPEED KILLS..AGAIN - COMPILATION CD 2007

ATOMSKO SKLONISTE (Cro) - Live Zajecar 1991

Well, we passed throught the complete AS discography, and now, thanx to my found-again friend Pero, here˙s a bootleg of the probably last concert of a Croatian band in Serbia, before the war divided those two countries.Of course, it is not the complete show, as AS were headlining the traditional Zajecar demo-bands festival that summer of 1991.The complete show is available on DVD.And here is an excerpt from it..

Tracks:
01.Cedna gradska lica
02.Saznao sam dijagnozu
03.Bez kaputa
04.Pakleni vozaci
05.Treba imat dusu
06.Ne cvikaj generacijo

ATOMSKO SKLONISTE - LIVE ZAJECAR 1991

AND JUSTICE IS DONE !!!

CAPTAIN KRISTO LAPTALO



F I N A L L Y
F R E E !!!

GORTHAUR`S WRATH (Cro) - Live in Kula 06.09.2002.

Some more stuff from this Black Metal band from Rijeka.This is a live recording from 2002, the band is getting together again after few years of doing nothing, there are already new recordings out, and what makes me happy above all is that the drummer in the band is an old friend of mine, Andrea (formerly in Cenotaph).As for the quality of this recording..it is pretty raw, just as a BM band needs..

Tracks:
01.Hear the voice of fire
02.Resurrection of damnation
03.Paroxysms of madness
04.Sin incarnated
05.Oath of the dragon order
06.Shadow mirrors
07.Unbounded (crossing the frontiers)
08.Execration
09.Divine darkness icon

GORTHAUR`S WRATH - LIVE IN KULA 06.09.2002.

WEHRMACHT (U.S.A.) - Live Portland 1986

I got a great reason for this post; these MFers are together again!! The band that invented Speedcore, a bunch of hypertalented musicians, and one of the most exciting Metal band ever will feed our needs again.While we are waiting their Euro-tour in 2009, here is a nice-not that good, but still nice-live recording from 1986.
Can`t wait for them,man..

Tracks:
01.The wehrmacht
02.Concrete meat
03.Gore flix
04.Go home
05.Barrage of skankers
06.Suck my dick
07.Speedaholic
08.Termination
09.E
10.Beermacht
11.Shark attack
12.Night of pain

WEHRMACHT - LIVE PORTLAND 1986