TRUE (Cro) - Plastic world , cd 2005

True are an interesting Death Metal band from Samobor,and the first (and only as far as I know) that uses the Tambourine as instrument in their expression!!Anyway,this is great sounding stuff,very interesting structure of the songs too.I am not sure,but I think this is their only studio material they did,but the band still exists (as the matter of fact,I`ll see them the next weekend live in Varazdin),so we can probably expect some more stuff from them.

Tracks;
01.Church lies
02.Plastic world
03.Whisper of faith
04.Human machine

TRUE - PLASTIC WORLD , CD 2005

ORANGE (Slo) - Madbringer , lp 1983

The biggest Slovenian Heavy Metal band ever,Orange (for this album,on the other albums they are POMARANCA,Orange on slovenian language).Madbringer was the album made for the metalheads outside Yugoslavia and the second band`s album.As far as I remember,the album went good in France,but that was it.It showed again that any Metal band from Yugoslavia can`t do anything bigger outside the country.But,well..this is a very nice one.And it is Heavy Metal.I had the opportunity to see them live in 1983 in Pula`s Arena,promoting this one,and..oh God,it was my first Heavy Metal concert ever!!!I have a souvenir from that show,the whole band`s autographs.

Trivia;There was a funny moment on that concert,at the very beginning of the Pomaranca`s performance,the vocalist came out with a huge axe,raised it,said ; "A Heavy Metal salute:YEAAAAAHHHH!!" and threw the axe to the wooden floor on the stage.Almost in the same moment,practicly the whole stage went out of electricity!!It looked like his axe cut all the cables on stage....

Tracks;
01.Honey,let me feel your pussy
02.Get away
03.Don`t stop,I`m stoned again
04.Release
05.Madbringer
06.Got to be
07.Blood lips
08.Your eyes call me back to Tokyo
09.Let the child be born

ORANGE - MADBRINGER , lp 1983

GLASNICI NADE (Cro) - Glasnici Nade , cd 1991

This is a band especially dear to me,the first Croatian Christian Rock band.Glasnici Nade (Messengers Of Hope) is a band of the dominican priest father Anto Bobas (vocal) and his brother Jadranko (he leads the choir in the church of St.Nicholas in Varazdin!).It is a band that doesn`t exist anymore,even I had the opportunity to meet father Bobas last year,it was nice to meet a priest wearing a Kamelot t-shirt!!I received some stuff from the band (not by father Bobas,he gave me a book he wrote,Rock Music And Satanism) from Mika from Hope (thnx bro!) and I will put everything here.This is their first album,and anyway a small part of the Croatian Rock/Metal scene too,so here it is for you.

Tracks;
01.Uvod (Njemu u spomen)
02.Prica
03.U onaj dan
04.Rijeci
05.Glasnikova molitva
06.Ave Maria
07.U mojim snovima
08.Njoj
09.Prica bez kraja

GLASNICI NADE - GLASNICI NADE , cd 1991

EDO MAAJKA (BiH/Cro) - Slusaj mater , cd 2002

I know you`re asking yourself now "What the hell is this??"..I already told that I will put here stuff I like,and this album is such thing.I am not,and repeating NOT a fan of Hip-Hop or Rap,but as there is something good in every kind of music,Rap or Hip Hop has his good sides as Public Enemy,partly Eminem,and..ehmm..nothing else..well,here is the Croatian/Bosnian part of that.Edo Maajka is a down-to-earth antirockstar Bosnian guy who`s living in Croatia,and this is his first album.The lyrical part is excellent,Edo is a great songwriter,and all this sounds pretty raw and angry.The music is pretty minimalistic,so it raises this album a level beyond other Hip Hop releases,especially the ones from Croatia.Edo`s live performances are with a live band,so that means that his music gets even harder.For all those who like "strong" Hip Hop....and stop wondering,come on...

Tracks;
01.Intro
02.Slusaj mater
03.Minimalni rizik
04.Rado vidjen
05.Jesmo l` sami
06.Saletova osveta
07.Prikaze
08.Recitacija
09.Mahir i Alma
10.Faca-intro
11.Faca
12.Znas me-intro
13.Znas me
14.Sverc komerc
15.De-za-vu
16.Sank
17.Pare,pare
18.molitva
19.Za i protiv
20.Nemoj se bojat
21.Outro

EDO MAAJKA - SLUSAJ MATER , CD 2002

MERCENARY COCKROACH (Cro) - Steps to nowhere , demo 2006

This is something you must have if you`re a fan of extreme music.This is a new band from Pula,playing a perfectly executed Death Metal.I myself was surprised by the quality of this band,and I have been to their rehearsal room in November 2006,the little I could see there was absolutely stunning,beside the fact that the guys are great friends and totally cool.I am not an exaggerate lover of the extremest Metal,but those guys really kick some f++king teeths off.I will not exaggerate if I say that they are (for my opinion) the best Death Metal band in Croatia.Period.Try it absolutely!!

Tracks;
01.Capitalist values
02.Steps to nowhere
03.Age of deception
04.No on paper
05. 0,00 promile

MERCENARY COCKROACH - STEPS TO NOWHERE , DEMO 2006

WALTARI (Fin) - So fine , cd 1994

I was a member of their fan-club in 1995!!!I heard one of their tracks on a Roadrunner compilation,and I was hooked by their Variable Metal-I should call it this way-the skillfullness,the perfection of both playing and production..Really..A friend asked me if I ever heard of a Finnish band..you don`t have to ask what happened anymore;he had to sell me his cd.This album was even better than the track I have heard..Mixing virtually every kind of Metal with virtually every kind of music,plus making it as Metal as they can with preserving the originality of the source..I know,I am bullshitting,but if there is justice,then the Red Hot Chili Peppers should kiss asses to Waltari,believe me.On this album you can even find a Death Metal hidden track at the end of Mysterious (after the silence,blah,blah..)..And what to say about the great cover of The Cure and The Stranglers??...I am not their fan anymore,or better to say;I don`t follow their work anymore,they released dozens of albums,but this one remained for me a true beauty.

Tracks;
01.A new beginning
02.Mad boy
03.So fine
04.A forest (Cure cover)
05.4S
06.Celtic funk
07.(Your) Nature is wild
08.To give
09.Piggy in the middle
10.Freddie Laker (Stranglers cover)
11.Autumn
12.Rhythm is a cancer
13.Misty man
14.Mysterious

WALTARI - SO FINE , cd 1994

DISSECTION (Cro) - Submit , demo 02.1993.

So,we have Dissection again (for the new people here,Dissection-the Croatian ones-did two demos and then changed the name into AEON.),and this time we go from the very beginning and here is their first demo,an extremely good beginning.Recorded in the EAR Studio,the legendary studio where most of the bands from Pula recorded their demos.).Played very well,they were one of the first serious bands in Croatia playing Death Metal.Unfortunately,they lasted just few years and then split-up.You should have this one,to document a period of Croatian Metal.And,oh yeah,more Dissection/Aeon to come on this blog..Thanx to Rio666.

Tracks;
01.Left to decay
02.Congest
03.Submit to suffer

DISSECTION - SUBMIT , DEMO 02.1993.

HOPE (Cro) - Hope , demo 2002

I am ashamed for not knowing about this band before..it shows how interested I was in the Croatian Metal scene..well,now I am interested,and I became a fan of this band.I am very happy that in Croatia there is a Christian Thrash Metal band.I received from them their material,so I am glad I can put it here.This is the first of few recordings from Hope I will put here,and this is their first demo,recorded in the rehearsal room,so the execution of the material is purely live and raw.Enjoy this one.And special thanx to Mika for the stuff and the permission!Bog te blagoslovio,prijatelju.

Tracks;
01.I believe
02.The almighty
03.New soul
04.With a smile
05.The Cross (Suffer in serenity)
06.A.D.S.
07.Hope
08.In rememberance

HOPE - HOPE , demo 2002

BIJELO DUGME (BiH) - Sta bi dao da si na mom mjestu , lp 1975

Their first album had an unexpectedly good response on this blog,so I am putting here their second album,released less than a year after the first.This one have a much better production,it is played in exactly the same vein as the first one,and who loved the first one will love this one even more.Bijelo Dugme changed their style through the years from this Hard Rock to a Pop-Rock that I will not put here,even if those poppy albums have an emotional meaning for me.The third album will be here soon too,and that will close the Bijelo Dugme`s Hard Rock trilogy.Oh yes,and if you ask me,this one is the BD`s best album by far.

Tracks;
01.Tako ti je mala moja kad ljubi Bosanac
02.Hop-cup
03.Dosao sam da ti kazem da odlazim
04.Ne gledaj me tako i ne ljubi me vise
05.Pozurite konji moji
06.Bekrija si,cijelo selo vice,e pa jesam,sta se koga tice
07.Sta bi dao da si na mom mjestu

BIJELO DUGME - STA BI DAO DA SI NA MOM MJESTU , LP 1975

REAL KIDS (USA) - Real Kids , lp 1977

A nice Punk-Rock,almost Pop-Punk album from a legendary,but totally underrated band.This is their first album,which contains tracks that should have been instant hits.Every song is easily sing-along-able,with a pretty clean (not totally Punky) sound,so a must for all those who like an extremely Melodic Punk`n`Roll.I adore this album.

Tracks;
01.All kindsa girls
02.Solid gold (thru and thru)
03.Rave on
04.Better be good
05.Taxi boys
06.Just like darts
07.She`s allright
08.My baby`s book
09.Roberta
10.Do the boob
11.My way
12.Reggae,reggae

REAL KIDS - REAL KIDS , lp 1977

PNEUMONIA (Cro) - Fort Bourguignon ,Pula , 22.09.1988.

Yeah!This is a cult recording.Pneumonia`s first live show turned into a nightmare.You can hear it throughout the whole show,they were so drunk that the guitarist shortened every phrase or riff in every song,so they hardly catch each other all the way!But anyway,it sounded pretty cool and sounded like a hell of a show,of course a soundboard recording (with Sale from Kud Idijoti on the mix).If I say that the show starts off with the legendary Thrashing Or Die track,that is enough for you to take this show at once.

PS;the pic (the only pic of Pneumonia I`ve found!) is a caricature by an unknown thrasher,I don`t know how it founds the way to me,but it is the only pic I`ve found.
PS2;The last track Jimmy has a story;the Fort Bourguignon is a fortress,and it is built as a circle,and on the upper walls there were a homeless guy living called Jimmy (no one knew his name),who got upset with the HC played by Pneumonia,so by the end of the show he started throwing stones on the audience down.So Sale tried to calm him down through the mike.Just for the trivia part;Jimmy was found dead a month later,thrown down from the fortress walls.Here`s the pic of the Fort Bourguignon.



Tracks;
01.Thrashing or die
02.Carlo
03.Pioneer
04.Pneumonia
05.Society scum
06.No way for them
07.The skulker
08.Ultrablues
09.Mortal enemy
10.Equal people (D.R.I. cover)
11.Ribe me grizu
12.Dirty shoes
13.Union
14.Against
15.Jimmy

PNEUMONIA - FORT BOURGUIGNON , PULA , 22.09.1988.

HELLER (Ser) - Live in Belgrade 1988

This one is put here by request;I was asked for Heller,and all I found on my old old tapes were two live recordings.This is one,something like a radio show or so,with a very short interview in Serbian.The recording is from an old tape,even it doesn`t sound that bad.

Tracks;
01.Molitva (incomplete-cut in)
02.interview
03.Armageddon
04.Demonska vatra
05.Dead or alive

HELLER - LIVE IN BELGRADE 1988

DISCIPLINA KICME (Ser) - Zeleni Zub na planeti dosade , lp 1989

Disciplina Kicme was one of the best and most inventive acts of the ex-YU (don`t get me wrong,they still exist),they had an unique combination of bass,drums and trumpet/sax+a lot of samples,very danceable and aggressive at the same time.Through the time,DK`s progress runs from an alternative Punk act (at that phase,the band consisted only of bass and drum!!!),to a Jungle/Funky strange mixture.This was their..uhmm..fourth studio album,if I counted well.I am lucky to play as opener act for DK at the promo-show in Pula (the pic is obviously from that show!),and Koja (bass,vocal) nearly produced my band`s first album.Damn war!Enjoy this one!

Tracks;
01.Tata i mama
02.Zeleni Zub
03.Betmen,Mandrak,Fantom
04.Manitua mi
05.Ukus nestasnih
06.Ah,kakva sreca
07.Planeta dosade
08.Iza 9 brda
09.Glas nestasnih
10.Tata i mama 2

DISCPLINA KICME - ZELENI ZUB NA PLANETI DOSADE , lp 1989

S.O.B. (Jap) - Thrash night , EP 1989

F++king insane!!S.O.B.`s EP is amazingly insane,it is the best Grindcore coming from Japan I have heard.As you can see,the band is helped a lot by Napalm Death,they even play a cover here with Lee Dorrian and Shane Embury as guests (and Napalm Death played covers of Raging In Hell and S.O.B. on one of their Peel Sessions).The record is released by Lee Dorrian`s Rise Above Records,but even without all this help,S.O.B. are a hell of an act by themselves!!And the great cover..You should try this.

Tracks;
01.Raging in hell
02.Give me advice
03.Deceiver
04.Don`t turn your back
05.S.O.B.
06.Nightmare
07.No control
08.Luck or die
09.Thrash night

S.O.B. - THRASH NIGHT , EP 1989

GRIVA (Ser) - Kog sam djavola trazio u tebi , lp 1983

This band hailed from Novi Sad,and had a great story of how they became pretty popular in the ex-YU.Before this album,they released a single with a cover of SITNIJE,SESTRO,SITNIJE (in original Sitnije,Cile,Sitnije) by the folk singer Lepa Brena (the top selling folk singer of all the times),but the single wasn`t sold,but given as a gift with a comic-magazine Stripoteka.The effect was excellent,the magazine was sold out in record time,and it was pretty logical that the album had a great success.It is quite a good album with great tracks spanning from Heavy Blues or ballad to fast (almost) Heavy Metal.I don`t know what they sounded after this album,but this one is recommended.

Tracks;
01.Sitnije,sestro,sitnije
02.Tebi je vazna samo lova
03.Svi smo mi u stvari u dusi mesari
04.Sta je s tobom
05.Ti si lija,ti si zmija
06.Rolam
07.Kog sam djavola trazio u tebi
08.Lud za tobom
09.Placi samo placi
10.Svega ce biti,al nas nikad vise

GRIVA - KOG SAM DJAVOLA TRAZIO U TEBI , LP 1983