POST MORTEM (U.S.A.) - Coroner`s office , lp 1986

This is a band that left a trace on me and especially on my band Devastation.This is a cult album,a very dirty and Punky Thrash Metal,and also some Doom influences (ie:part of No time and I want to die).The first track Armies Of The Dead (covered also by Devastation,and recently approved by John Alexander himself!) is one of the best album openers I have ever heard.Try it!If you are into old school,you must have this one!
PS:This band in various line-ups had some musicians you might met before,as Seth Putnam (Anal Cunt) and Michelle Meldrum.

Tracks:
01.Armies of the dead
02.Waiting for the funeral
03.Ready to die
04.No time
05.Concealed
06.(It was) Just a tought
07.Syncopated Jazz
08.Soupy sales
09.Coroner`s office
10.Death to the masses
11.I want to die
12.Run amok

POST MORTEM - CORONER`S OFFICE , LP 1986

KUD IDIJOTI (Cro) - Budimo solidarni sa bogatima , EP 1987

The second EP of the Pula`s most famous Punk Rock band (not in the bad meaning of the phrase!!) was a sound improvement for them,it is a little bit dirtier and directly raw,altough Kud Idijoti were still not what they will become later,a band that forces the "being as natural as possible",and that goes for the sound mainly.So,three new tracks,among them the legendary explosive Partisan song O Bella Ciao in Punk version.A must.
PS:The singles (the first three mainly) are out of print,and almost extremely hard to find (hehe...you know what I mean..)
PPS:No video for this single;I found this one with my brother Chriss on the drums!!!

Tracks:
01.Lutke na koncu
02.O bella ciao
03.Kako da zivim bez para

KUD IDIJOTI - BUDIMO SOLIDARNI S BOGATIMA , EP 1987

RAPID FORCE (Ser) - Apotheosis of war , cassete 1993

Oh,yeah,another Serbian Thrash Metal band,in the beloved oldschool way.I got this from Roihlem (Thanx) and if you ask me,I never noticed this band back in time (well,the cassette/cd was released during the war years,during the total blockade of information from Serbia),but I am glad that documents like this one remained in time,and that we,collectors of such stuff can give it forward.So,oldschool bangers,stuff for your teeth.
PS:I wrote "cassette" because this is a very fair cassette rip.

Tracks:
01.Shame
02.Far from myself
03.Blindness
04.Blackout
05.Union
06.Sky`s burning higher
07.Legacy of pain
08.Real N.M.E.
09.Hero

RAPID FORCE - APOTHEOSIS OF WAR , cassette 1993

CANDLEMASS (Swe) - Nightfall , lp 1987

This is one of the most emotive albums I have ever heard.I probably skipped a lot of My Dying Bride and similiar stuff,because I found it too depressive.But Candlemass,and especially with this album,they got me the moment I heard this guitar sound,this beautiful voice of Messiah Marcolin (which voice I knew from the pre-Candlemass band Mercy) and the depth and power of their songs at the same time.I never did recommend specific songs from albums,because I think an album is a whole story,and songs are only pieces.But this time,I invite you to listen to 01.the power and the heaviness and the melody of Bewitched + 02.The sadness and the lyrics of Samarithan + 03.The heaviness of At the gallows end.Of course,every song has great songwriting and really beautiful lyrics..oh,come on,do you need anything more??
PS:Please watch the video of Bewitched,it is soooooooooooooooo Metal!!

..and there`s more:I decided to put here the lyrics of SAMARITHAN.Too beautiful.

SAMARITHAN
Lyrics by Leif Edling

One day I saw a man
Dressed in rags, with a staff in his hand
Begging for a penny to survive

How poor a man can be
I gave him hospitality
A room, a bed and lots of food to eat

Still I hear his last few words
"I can never return what you've done
But heaven will remember and repay"

Fifty years had gone since I saw him
I was dying and I'd soon be dead
Three angels stood in front of my bed

The first one she said to me, don't be afraid
I'll give you immortality and grace for your soul
The second had eyes of gold, gave me my wings
The third gave all wisdom an angel could give
.. to me

I joined with my destiny
I knew I was born again, an angel to be
A vision beyond my dreams, called me by name
So in devotion I spread my wings, to heaven I had came
.. to stay

Tracks:

01.Gothic stone+Well of souls

02.Codex gigas
03.At the gallows end
04.Samarithan
05.Marche funebre
06.Dark are the veils of death
07.Mourner`s lament
08.Bewitched
09.Black candles

CANDLEMASS - NIGHTFALL , LP 1987

VATRENI POLJUBAC (BiH) - Zivio Rock `n` Roll , lp 1981

Heh,another vintage Hard Rock band from the ex-Yugoslavia,exactly from Sarajevo,Bosnia and Hercegovina.For the people of the Yu-language,the lyrics of this band are funny or stupid,anyway,the music is a pretty raw and strong Hard Rock,you surely can`t go wrong with this one.VP released cca 10 albums,but this one is pretty good,and it is again an album I bought in Sarajevo,I don`t have it anymore but I remember it was a pretty good album.Enjoy it.

Tracks:
01.Krv i znoj
02.Sad se vidi,sad se zna
03.Ne ide to
04.Kako da znam
05.Svi za Rock`n`Roll
06.Zivio Rock`n`Roll
07.Jasna stvar
08.Postovani ska ska
09.Hej,zaboravi
10.Sto put na dan

VATRENI POLJUBAC - ZIVIO ROCK`N`ROLL , lp 1981

ATOMSKO SKLONISTE (Cro) - Criminal tango , lp 1990

I am boring to myself..I have to repeat one more time,this is an album I loved and still love a lot.We were all scared back in time,when Bruno Langer (bass,and from this album on,vocal) decided the band will continue without Sergio Blazic.Actually,Bruno remained alone,and continued the band with first 3 more members (and,I remember that show,it was pretty brilliant),and then with just two guys who are still today with Bruno,Ranko on guitar,and Nikica on drums.

L to R:Ranko,me and Nikica,Varazdin,June 28th,2006

I also remember the recording of this album,recorded in the studio of Radio Pula,and it lasted (if Bruno is honest) 10 hours.The production is (my opinion) very good,but a little thin.However,I remember also the first promo gig for this album (I have a short video cut of that gig on a VHS tape,and for a second you can see me,my brother and Beli from Anti-Otpad jumping and singing like crazy in front of the stage!!!I hope I will be able to transfer it and put it here.),the show was perfect.You see,this record means a lot to me,a lot of memories..but if you like Hard Rock made by AS,or if you collect their releases,then..you know..

Tracks:
01.Johnny II
02.Cocaine baby
03.Ljubavna masina
04.Zar ptica
05.Tesko je biti andjeo
06.Tajna
07.Ne racunaj na mene
08.Kineski bicikl
09.Nikad vise

ATOMSKO SKLONISTE - CRIMINAL TANGO , LP 1990

OLOTILA (Fin) - Oy imatran voima , ep 1995

I have this EP on a tape of assorted HC and Grindcore ep`s and singles,and I have to repeat as I said for many bands and stuff here,I adore this one.Melodic Finnish HC/Punk with two vocals (male and female) and with saxophone.Sounds strange to you,but it is simplier and better than you might think.
PS:I remember,this band played in Pula in 95 or 96,and had their saxophone stolen just before the show (not stolen in Pula,of course).I wasn`t there unfortunately,and I don`t remember very well how it ended..

Tracks:
01.Ivo
02.Orpo
03.Smurffi-vaara
04.Hetken hiljaisuus
05.Katharsis
06.Tulevaisuuteen (Dezerter cover)
07.Luonnon puolesta (live)
08.Annos elamalle (live)
09.Jalkeen

OLOTILA - OY IMATRAN VOIMA , EP 1995

ADRENALIN O.D. (U.S.A.) - Cruisin` with Elvis in bigfoot`s U.F.O. , lp 1988

Great record,a vinyl I still have and won`t let go.This is pretty hard to find around,I suppose there is a CD version (this should be the one,on the vinyl version there is only 10 tracks,without the last Kiss cover),and wherever you search for this album,even in wikipedia,you get only the title and the year of releasing.But lucky me,I found also this rip.The album is AOD`s usual perfectly played fun-Punk/HC,but I really fell in love with this record.I hope you will too.
PS:The song featured on the video is not from this album!

Tracks:
01.If it`s Tuesday,it must be walla walla
02.Bulimic food fight
03.Swindel
04.Stew
05.Second to none
06.My mother can`t drive
07.Theme from an imaginary midget western
08.Something about Amy Carter
09.Flipside unclassified
10.Baby elephant walk
11.Detroit Rock city (Kiss cover)

ADRENALIN O.D. - CRUISIN` WITH ELVIS IN A BIGFOOT`S U.F.O. , LP 1988

USUD (Cro) - Creator`s sorcery , cd 2006

Usud are one of the best Death Metal bands in Croatia,as well as one of the most active.This is their CD from 2006,we already had their first cd here,so now here is the second,for those who downloaded the first.Complete your collection with this great piece.

Tracks:
01.Morning light
02.Creator`s sorcery
03.Arkay the enemy
04.Death coil
05.Black aura
06.Burning angel
07.Fortress of hate
08.Darkened room
09.Unholy crusade

USUD - CREATOR`S SORCERY , CD 2006

DARGORON (Ser) - Dargoron , cd 2006

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..

Tracks:
01.San
02.Kletva
03.Glas sudbine
04.Vatre
05.Dargor
06.Izmedju svetova
07.Nebeski svod
08.Intro
09.Sruseni snovi
10.Senka moje duse
11.Strah
12.Crveni mesec

DARGORON - DARGORON , CD 2006

ACRODUS (Slo) - Brain washing , demo 1994

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.

ACRODUS

Tracks:
01.Intro
02.Congested mind
03.Demokracija
04.Falling sickness
05.Fuck off commercial
06.Legality of spirit

ACRODUS - BRAIN WASHING , DEMO 1994

VIDEO ; Bolesno Grinje in private , March 2008

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!!!

Party in the van 09/03/08

FANZINE ; BRAIN DAMAGE (U.S.A.) - issue 2 , 1985

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!

BRAIN DAMAGE , ISSUE 2 , 1985

KROMOZOM 4 (Fra) + HEIMAT LOS (Fra) - Split LP 1987

KROMOZOM 4

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

KROMOZOM 4 + HEIMAT LOS - SPLIT LP 1987

IGNITE (U.S.A.) - Scarred for life , cd 1 1994

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

08.Scarred for life

IGNITE - SCARRED FOR LIFE , CD 1 1994

MASSACRATION (Bra) - Gates of Metal fried chicken of death , cd 2005

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)

MASSACRATION - GATES OF METAL FRIED CHICKEN OF DEATH , CD 2005

BULLDOZER (Ita) - Fallen angel , single 1984

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)

BULLDOZER - FALLEN ANGEL , SINGLE 1984

MASS DESTRUCTION (Ita) - rehearsal 03.1994.

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

MASS DESTRUCTION - REHEARSAL 03.1994.

KUD IDIJOTI (Cro) - Bolje izdati plocu nego prijatelja , EP 1987

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)

KUD IDIJOTI - BOLJE IZDATI PLOCU NEGO PRIJATELJA , EP 1987

FAKOFBOLAN (Cro) - Jedini dokaz , cd 1998

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

FAKOFBOLAN - JEDINI DOKAZ , CD 1998