Post#42 » Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:39 am
Actually, guys, the best thing for me from former Yugoslavia was Rapid Force. t's a band of a former Heller guitar player Kosta Bogdanović. They released a demo in 1990 called "To Sky And Back". Fantastic US melodic thrash, something like Forbidden. In 1993 came their first album "Apotheosis Of War" which is the rarest damn vinyl in former Yugoslavia. I talked to the then bass player and he told me it was pressed only in 50 copies, although from another source I found out it was 150... but definitely not mroe than that. The only copy I've ever seen is in my posession. It was being sold by teh Explosive Records guys on ebay for a fixed price of 300 dollars. On this album they strayed away from the original style towards more groovy Pantera sound, but still retaining some of the old school sound. Recently their second album came out. Now they sound like an all-out Pantera copy.
Funny that no one mentioned Anesthesia from Zagreb. Pretty good band that released an album "Eye For An Eye" in 1993 on Croatia Records (former Jugoton). I have the CD version with one song more than the LP, but that song was released on vinyl as a promo 7" single without a cover.
Gordi simply rule! They used to be a sort of progressive-dumb rock in the 70's on their first 3 albums, but "Pakleni trio" and "Kraljica smrti" are damn good album for 1981 and 1982; the first real metal album in the old YU... that is if you omit the lyrics. Zlatko made the worst lyrics ever in YU rock.
As for teh rest of the list, I'd go for Pergament. Actually, "Mr War" EP that you're refering to as promo, is an all out EP that was unfortuantely only released on tape due to sanctions and bad economic situation in Serbia at the time. Originally, it was planned to be released on vinyl and CD as well.
Divlje Jagode had diversity in their music, from hard rock, through heavy metal to American sleaze-glam, but the classic period is the trio of albums with Alen Islamović on vocals: "Motori", "Čarobnjaci" and "Vatra".
You should all hear Bombarder with today's line-up. They've re-arranged all old songs in their repertoire and they sound much, much better.