EXILED (Ser/U.S.A.) - Blood sea , cd 2007

Can you imagine a more Metal cover as this one?You probably can,but let me explain you why I told that.I want you to understand how METAL this cd is.What we have here is a band that plays great Heavy Metal,and they do it very well!This band is from Arizona,and has a member that lives a period in Serbia and the other in the US.As I was told,he does all the music for this band,and that means he is a great talent.Well,enjoy this recording,and you surely will if you like uncompromising Metal.Oh,yeah,and let`s not forget:Darko is the contributor!Thanx!

Tracks:
01.Fire across the land
02.Fools gold
03.Circle of violence
04.The kingdom has fallen
05.The medieval chant
06.Blood sea
07.United in bloodshed
08.They spoke to us
09.The world stood still (Srebrenica)

EXILED - BLOOD SEA , CD 2007

DIES IRAE (Cro) - Live on Mayday , 1998

Unfortunately,no pics of this band.We already had the chance to hear from them on this blog,now this is one of two official live recordings from this Heavy Metal band from Slavonski Brod,formerly known as Sauron.The quality is very good,soundboard recording here and a truly Heavy Metal setlist.The band ended their path in 1999.

Tracks:
01.Intro
02.Eye in the sky
03.The truth unknown
04.Meaning of life
05.Solid as a wall
06.Comes a day

DIES IRAE - LIVE ON MAYDAY , 1998

ZABRANJENO PUSENJE (BiH) - Das ist Walter , lp 1984

..and this is the second excellent album from 1984,the album from one of the strongest band of the 80s coming from the beautiful city of Sarajevo.ZP (translated it is No Smoking) when the war started,they escaped in Croatia and Serbia,and the band splitted in two equally ultrabad sequels,the Serbian ZP (with the vocalist and the symbol of the first band,Nele Karajlic) and the Croatian ZP (with the guitarist and soul of the first band,Sejo Sexton).I could talk for hours about the ZP of the 80s,but instead,I give you this great and strange album,less Poppy than Bajaga`s and more to the ground and more instrumentalistically sophisticated.After the Punk outburst of Anarhija All Over Bascarsija,the band touches almost every corner of New Wave and rock music.One sad thing is that the title of the album (as well as the intro) are taken from a TV serie called "Valter defends Sarajevo" in which Sarajevo was shown as a symbol of never giving up..
after all that happened to the city and its citizens,I am very happy that the city is breathing again with full lungs.I love you,Sarajevo.

Tracks:
01.Intro/Das ist Walter
02.Anarhija all over Bascarsija
03.Abid
04.Put u srediste rudnika Kreka Banovici
05.Selena,vrati se
06.Necu da budem svabo u dotiranom filmu
07.Seki is on the road again
08.Kino Prvi Maj
09.Pamtim to kao da je bilo danas
10.Zenica blues
11.Cejeni odlaze

ZABRANJENO PUSENJE - DAS IST WALTER , LP 1984

BAJAGA (Ser) - Pozitivna geografija , lp 1984

These days I gave an ear to two albums from the good old Yugoslavian Rock scene,and accidentally both were from 1984,a very good year for the ex-Yu Rock discography.This one is the first album from Momcilo Bajagic-Bajaga,at the time still the guitarist of Riblja Corba.Everyone expected some Hard Rock album like the RC`s,but Bajaga made a collection of funny easy-listening Poppy New-Wave songs.It is a collection of songs that Bajaga first offered to RC,but the leader Bora Djordjevic refused them all,and that was also one of the reasons Bajaga left RC soon after.A nice album,bringing me some nice memories,and almost a must for all of you collectors of Yu-Rock records.

Tracks:
01.Berlin
02.Mali slonovi
03.Poljubi me
04.Limene trube
05.Znam coveka
06.Tekila gerila
07.Marlena
08.Kosooka
09.Tamara
10.Pustite me druze
11.Papaline

BAJAGA - POZITIVNA GEOGRAFIJA , LP 1984

C.O.H. (Cro) - C.O.H. , cd 2008

As I announced to you,here is the third one-man-band from Pula,and the second from Bolesno Grinje (haha,and what about Rio??).This is BG`s bassist Hoc solo album (he have the "solo" name in the same vein as his bandmate Jule,he just inverted his nickname.),and it is a very nice Punk/HC collection of songs.I am totally proud of those two guys,who are holding the Pula`s name very high.And,of course,can`t wait next weekend to meet Bolesno Grinje in Novi Marof,Yeah!!Enjoy this stuff,man!

Tracks:
01.C.O.H.
02.Reason
03.Cop on my back
04.Live your fucking life
05.Work till death
06.Headless stories
07.No more dickheads
08.Punch drunk
09.Bitter taste
10.Last march before retreat

C.O.H. - C.O.H. , CD 2008

KURAC OD OVCE (Cro) - Covjek s greskom , cassette 199x

This one is a nice melodic Punk/Hardcore band Zlajo provided me,their last work from the end of the 90s (even it is maybe from the 2000s,not quite sure),seemingly a band that is still active,or maybe reactivated recently.As you can see I don`t know much about them,but what you have is a very fair recording.

Tracks:
01.Balkanska filharmonija
02.Poljubi djevojku
03.Odrastanje
04.Proklet bio R`n`R
05.Nada
06.Kolaps
07.Pogled u nista
08.Za kamilicare II

KURAC OD OVCE - COVJEK S GRESKOM , CASSETTE 199x

SCAFFOLD (Slo) - Evil empire - Morbid world , demo 2000

Here we go with some Slovenian oldschool Death Metal,Scaffold are formed in 1994 and are still active,though they have only two demos and a live recording through all 14 years of existance.Sure,it must be mentioned that they appeared also on some compilations,one of them is Stormbreed,which you can find here some posts back.Nice demo.

Tracks:
01.Evil empire-Morbid world
02.Crush the rules
03.Irritably cutting
04.Torture through thoughts
05.Wasted energy

SCAFFOLD - EVIL EMPIRE - MORBID WORLD , DEMO 2000

IVO PETROVIC (Cro) - Ivo Petrovic , cd 2008

I am proud I can present this cd.I discovered that Ivo,a dear friend of mine,released this cd,and of course asked him to be so kind to let me present it here.And for that I thank him very much.
You rule,man.
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Lately Pula became a city of very interesting musicians,and some of them have the guts to record and produce their own solo albums.I already presented ELUJ (the solo album of Jule from Bolesno Grinje),I am preparing the presentation of the solo album of another member of Bolesno Grinje,but this time I present the solo album of this extremely talented guy,the former guitarist of the now already defunct Grindcore band Mercenary Cockroach.Ivo Petrovic is a true Metal guitarist (I don`t mean troo,trve or stupid shit like that) and by that I mean a guitarist that reached the essence of Metal and showed it through his work with fantasy,virtuosity and everything a guitarist must have to be a Metal guitarist.This cd contains 4 instrumentals with all instruments played and programmed (drums) by Ivo himself,and helped by few guests on the first song,plus a singed track,with Sandi Orbanic as guest on vocals.Except for the last song which is a pure Speed Metal outburst,the rest of the material is strongly influenced by Dream Theater and similiar bands.This material should be played live,but for the moment it will remain on the cd,and we can only hope that some day soon Ivo will find people who will be able to perform his music and with whom he will present this stuff to us live.Meanwhile,you know what to do..
PS: To contact Ivo directly,try at his myspace page.

Tracks:
01.Song for Nina
02.Pieces of time
03.The discovery
04.Night skies
05.Departure

IVO PETROVIC - IVO PETROVIC , CD 2008

MEGABITCH (Cro) - 18 minutes , cd 2000

The second (and final) release from this Punk/HC band with members from Pula,but studying in Zagreb.The material is very good,if you listened to their demo/cassette,then you know what is all about.The title of the CD is easily guessable,it is the lenght of the stuff on it (actually,it is one second shorter).So,get it.
PS:A detail;the rar file is labeled as demo,my mistake.

Tracks:
01.What`s so bad
02.My dad
03.Die
04.Samba
05.Washer
06.Slow

MEGABITCH - 18 MINUTES , CD 2000

ZAKLAN (Ser) - Demo 1 2006

From the rich Serbian Metal scene,here is another great Black Metal band from Serbia,this time sent to me from Hrvoje (thanx Hrvoje!!).Excellent demo,performed very good and musically blackened to the bone.You know that I don`t support the topic used by that kind of bands,but musically I like the musicianship of this band.Very interesting for BM fans!

Tracks:
01.Mrij..gospode
02.Vrazijeg kruna
03.Od besa

ZAKLAN - DEMO 1 2006

VONDUR (Swe) - The galactic Rock`n`Roll empire , cdep 1996

Ok,let`s pay the last tribute to this funny band..I said funny because they look and act funny,but actually I don`t know their real intention,do they really wanted to be funny or a parody or what?
Well,never mind.
This is their third and last release,a strange EP containing English version of two of their songs,and some bizzarre covers..now,imagine a band as Vondur (with members of Abruptum-it is the maximum of Blackness,right?) playing covers by Elvis Presley,Motley Crue and early Judas Priest..have I told you enough?Of course,there is also a Bathory cover here,so all in all,we can call it a must have..at least to throw a laugh or two.

Tracks:
01.Kill everyone
02.You don`t move me (I don`t give a fuck) (Bathory cover)
03.Rocka rolla (Judas Priest cover)
04.Red hot (Motley Crue cover)
05.Love me tender (Elvis Presley cover)
06.Panzer legions Vondur
07.The raven`s eyes are as mirrors of the bottom of Satan`s black halls

VONDUR - THE GALACTIC ROCK`N`ROLL EMPIRE , CDEP 1996

ANNATHEMA (Ser) - Don`t go down , cd 1997

You noticed that this blog slowed down recently..I am sorry I am not able to update it daily,but my day became so narrow that I rarely have some free time to update the blog.It won`t stop,no fear,but I hope you are patient enough to wait for the next posts.Thank you for that.
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Now,the third Annathema`s album is a full turn to another kind of Heavy Metal...You had the opportunity here to download both first and second album,now here is this one that is a huge step back for this band.More or less,it is the proof that sometimes bands should stop at the top.I am not saying it is not good:it is pretty good,a strong and powerful Heavy Metal,but far from the Thrash Metal they played.So,if you don`t mind the change of style,it is an OK album.

Tracks:
01.Don`t go down
02.Freedom for R`n`R
03.Castle
04.Dream
05.Wolf
06.Proud and drunk
07.Come on
o8.Take me
09.Pray
10.Star or red
11.Motorcycle
12.Don`t go down (remix)

ANNATHEMA -DON`T GO DOWN , CD 1997

DRUGI NACIN (Cro) - Drugi nacin , lp 1975

Here is this album I had ready for posting,and now comes the request for this,so..Drugi Nacin`s first album is what I call a Hippy record..I remember the Pula hippies back in the 70s and 80s,they were crazy about this album.Actually,it is an album of progressive Hard Rock,with some great Hard Rock moments as the first two songs,my personal favorites not only concerning the band,but in the whole Yu Rock history.Surely a great album for the fans of old 70s Hard Rock.

Tracks:
01.Opet..
02.Carstvo samoce
03.Na mom dlanu
04.Lile su kise
05.Zuti list
06.Stari grad

DRUGI NACIN - DRUGI NACIN , LP 1975

AWAITING FEAR (Ser) - Engraved memories , ep 2008

Our friend Darko is very active and he keeps on sending me interesting Serbian bands.This one is brandnew and this is their first release,a nice oldschool Death Metal EP,with a mighty female vocal in the purest Gossow/Classen style.The production is excellent,so this might be a nice piece of Metal for your collection.

Tracks:
01.Asylum
02.Engraved memories
03.Awaiting fear
04.Defiled mind
05.Bowel`s lullaby

AWAITING FEAR - ENGRAVED MEMORIES , EP 2008

MORSURE (Fra) - M.A.D. , demo 1984

Morsure were one of the best or at least most interesting bands of the "golden age of Thrash Metal" coming from France.Their full lenght album Accelleration Process was a pretty confusing album,because of the extreme use of electronic drums.The demo that preceeded the album shows that the album could sound a lot better if the acoustic drums were used for it.Well,if you liked the album,you will definitely like the versions with the common drum (even the recording is not the first copy,got it?).

Tracks:
01.M.A.D.
02.Morsure
03.Neither pity nor remorse
04.L` irremediable

MORSURE - M.A.D. , DEMO 1984

HYPNOSIC (Ser) - Demo 1989

Hypnosic are from Serbia,so far I don`t know absolutely nothing about them,except for this demo I recieved from Mel,it is a very good old school Thrash Metal stuff in the early Testament meets Kreator style.A demo you should have if you are a collector of Yugoslavian old Metal stuff!

Tracks;
01.Demons revenge
02.Poltergeist
03.Bored
04.Hystory

HYPNOSIC - DEMO 1989

MERCY (Swe) - Witchburner , lp 1984

Mmmm...Mercy..GREAT band from Sweden,you might like them for the fact that one of the members was the mighty Messiah Marcolin,later singer in Candlemass.Another member (actually,the founder of this band) was the a guy with Croatian roots,Andrija Veljaca,who unfortunately passed away in 2005,R.I.P.
When I heard this record for the first time,I was damn sure that this was the SLOWEST Metal I have ever heard.It is not completely slow,this record have few great and powerful Heavy Metal tracks.I got this vinyl and the video tape of one show of the band from some guys who have nothing to do with Metal,but were friends with the mentioned A.Veljaca,so indirectly,I got this stuff from him.The album is really great,especially if you like bands as Mercyful Fate..

Tracks:
01.Welcome to my graveyard
02.Judgement day
03.Voodoo kills
04.Witchburner
05.I`m your pervert priest
06.Pains of Golgata
07.Pray
08.Bangers of destruction (bonus)

MERCY - WITCHBURNER , LP 1984

DINO DVORNIK 20.August 1964. - 07. September 2008

THE CROATIAN KING OF FUNK

REST IN PEACE , MY FRIEND ...

Some tracks-In memoriam;
Afrika
Djiha,djiha
Jace,manijace
Jace,manijace (live)
Mislis da sam blesav (live)
Ti si mi u mislima (live)
Zasto pravis slona od mene (live)

DINO DVORNIK R.I.P.

STORMBREED V.1 - Croatian/Slovenian compilation cd 2001

Well,here`s another Metal compilation from the Balkans,this time (as in Novi Punk Val,hehehe) made by bands from Croatia and Slovenia.Actually,it is a Croatian compilation with few Slovenian guests.On this compilation is the cream of both scenes at that moment,which makes it a very representative compilation.Only extreme Metal here,right?No more words,get this now!

Tracks:
01.DEAF AUDITORIUM (C) - Monody of death
02.BENIGHTED (C) - Before the light
03.E.N.D. (C) - Free yourself
04.UNBORN (S) - Killing from inside
05.ABBATOIR (S) - Scream of the forgotten god
06.FIRMAMENT (C) - The bestial she
07.SCAFFOLD (S) - Wasted energy
08.RETALIATION (S) - Inner fire
09.MUTILATED (C) - True nature
10.DUSK DELIGHT (S) - Inner dungeons
11.KOZLAK (C) - Hladno srce je vjecna zima
12.TRON (C) - Shades beyond the cerement
13.OMNIMORS (C) - Shriek over the kingdom
14.AMAH (C) - Chaotic labyrinth of thoughts

STORMBREED V.1 - CROATIAN/SLOVENIAN COMPILATION CD 2001

BOMBARDER (BiH) - Bez milosti , lp 1991

Here`s now a band I dislike sooo much,I was thinking why should I put them here,but well,I am not putting stuff here for me,but for you.And as,to my endless wonder,Bombarder are a "cult" band from the ex-Yu,here is one of their albums,as I understood the last one before they moved from Bosnia to Serbia.The album is Metal 100%,spanning from Heavy Metal to Speed/Thrash Metal,and the music,as simple as it can be,is even not that bad,how bad is the main vocalist in both ways-vocally and lyrically (incredibly ridicolous).Well,I won`t spend a word more for them,I know you are looking for this,so here it is..
PS:The video is incredibly ridicolous too..just take a look..

Tracks:
01.Glasnik smrti
02.Speed Metal manijak
03.Bez milosti
04.Princeza
05.Bombarder
06.Kopac grobova
07.Propast
08.Noci uzasa
09.Metalna neman

BOMBARDER - BEZ MILOSTI , LP 1991