BL BOOM Alter-Culture Association are celebrating their first Birthday! Because of their one year anniversary, BL BOOM Alter-Culture Association decided to treat the world with a compilation that showcases current and active alternative metal/hardcore/punk bands exclusively from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Why Bosnia? The still unofficial NGO BL BOOM Alter-Culture Association is located in this country, so the most logical choice was to showcase our own bands. The songs in this compilation are either not yet released from upcoming albums, or they were released during this year, or during 2013. The Vehemence Compilation represents excellent work done by bands who live and work in a country were such a profession is not very respected. One of our missions is to help all artists from our country, to push their work forwards, and to showcase what they have done and what they are doing not only to the people from the Balkans, but also to the rest of the world. This compilation is free to download, but we would very much appreciate if you could donate any amount that you wish by "naming your own price". Money donated to this compilation will be evenly distributed among all the participating bands, BL BOOM Alter-Culture Association takes only 5% of the entire sum (not per payment). All the bands are aware of this and they have all consented to these options. Since BL BOOM Records is currently not a real studio, we act only as publishers. None of these songs were recorded by us, but by individual bands, persons or studios. All the information about the bands, their work and the songs can be found within each track or by reading the following below.

BRAINSWITCH
Brainswitch are an alternative metal band from Mostar who enrich their sound with elements of psychedelia, grunge harmonies and post-rock elements. The band are currently working on their debut album named And The World Will Sleep which will contain 12 songs and should be released at the begining of 2015. The album is recorded at MC Pavarotti Studio and Epicentar Studio in Mostar. The mix of the album will be done by Đeno Mujić & Petra Zizak at Epicentar Studio and mastering by James Plotkin at Plotkinworks Studio (Philadelphia, USA). The song from this compilation The Lost Perseids was also recorded, mastered and mixed by the same individuals and studios. The band released this song as a single that announces the upcoming album by allowing us to promote it through our compilation and webzine. The lyrics (written in English) are a reflection of conscious and subconscious experiences and fantasies. Without excessive narration, the text is trying to convey the image of the short format of the content, sometimes inconclusive, with a taste of morbid and abstract. The members of the band are Goran Tiro (Guitar), Zlatko Drljević (Drums), Adnan Karadža (Guitar), Višeslav Lucić (Bass) i Adam Kresić (Vocals).

Contact:
redrumstyle@gmail.com
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/brainswitchband
MySpace:
myspace.com/brainswitchband
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCIku5m_6o73hr9vbrahMEmQ

MISERY CROWN
Misery Crown are a southern/stoner/sludge metal band from Bihać. They first gathered during the summer of 2012. From the very beginning, the members of this band are trying to create a unique sound and atmosphere by combining their geographical North with a musical South under various social and musical influences. They released their album When North Meets South in 2013. Shortly after, they released their EP One Stone in 2014. The song for this compilation One Stone is part of the same titled EP. They recorded and produced the EP themselves. The members of the band are: Ensar Bistrivoda (Vocals), Šahsudin Osmanović (Guitar), Riad Šahinović (Guitar), Benjamin Čišić (Bass) and Muris Mureškić (Drums).

Contact:
miserycrownofficial@hotmail.com
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/miserycrownbih
Bandcamp:
miserycrown.bandcamp.com
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCp95nj_7wvxxUJWs0ftfCMg

ESSENCE OF BLACK
Essence of Black are a doom metal band from Sarajevo. They first got together during the summer of 2012. Because of their combinations of traditional and modern doom metal, they have created a distinguishable and unique sound which they enriched with strong lyrics, something that makes them very special. They will soon begin recording their first album Devouring Innocent Souls. The song from this compilation Black Rhapsody, which they released as a debut single, will be a part of the upcoming album. The members of Essence of Black are Faruk Kefa Čemer (Vocals), Admir Mehmedspahić (Bass Guitar), Alen Vejzagić (Lead Guitar), Edin Čišić (Rhythm Guitar), Muris Mureškić (Drums). The production of the song and upcoming album was done and is being done by Šahsudin Osmanović – Loli.

Facebook:
www.facebook.com/EOBDoom
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/channel/UChLpQTedwE6hl8O5-hGaXqg

AS I FALL
As I Fall are a band from Banja Luka who got together in July 2009. Their idea was to play a new generation of metal, with Swedish melodic death sounds and American core music elements. They won the 44th Zaječarska Gitarijada in 2010 by performing their song Memories of a Cold Day, which was recorded by Srđan Branković (Alogia). They performed at the fourth Jelen Demofest in 2011 in Banja Luka. The next year was filled with great performances, including performances at three big local and regional festivals: Sarajevo Metal Fest, Wacken Open Air EX-YU Finale (Zagreb, Croatia), Urban Fest Osijek (Croatia) and EXIT Fest (Novi Sad, Serbia). They are currently finishing their first full lenght album at the studio Cirith Ungol. As I Fall are Sandro Fazlinović (Vocals), Nikola Mijović (Guitar, Back Vocals), Dražen Kecman (Guitar, Production), Miroslav Golubović (Bass Guitar) and Žarko Jež (Drums). The former members of the band are: Dario Glavonjić, Milan Popović and Miodrag Vujinović. They are currently not thinking about live performances until they complete their first album. They have invitations to perform from the entire Balkans and they will slowly continue with live performances after their finish their first album. The song Voiceless from this compilation will be on the album. They made a lyric video for this song that was the first video of this kind in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Besides this song, the album will have 13 other tracks. Guitarist Dražen Kecman is producing the album.

Contact:
drazen_kecman@yahoo.com
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/aifmetal
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/user/AsIFallOfficialPage
Reverbnation:
www.reverbnation.com/asifallmetal

XEPER
XEPER are a melodic death metal band from Tuzla. The band was founded in 2013 by Danijel Hasić and Benjamin Hakić. Their beginnings were difficult, but changes within the band quickly ensued. Mirza Muminović (Bogamber, Effigy, ex Extinction) became the drummer, Tarik "Jack" Sakić became the bass guitarist and Salkan Grbić became the lead vocalist. By fusing melodic riffs with elements of death, progressive and black metal, XEPER are trying to revive the soul of extreme metal sounds during the nineties, with a slightly more modern approach. They released a demo named Unborn in 2014 which has a tracklist of three songs: Lost Kind, In Vain and Cold December Night. The song from this compilation Cold December Night was recorded during the end of March in 2013 at the Gluhara Youth Center in Tuzla. The song was written in memory of the tragically deceased Denis Hasić, the brother of the guitarist and cofounder of the band, Danijel Hasić. The recording and production was done by Darko Saračević (Holographic Human Element).

Facebook:
www.facebook.com/pages/XEPER/242408592591850

MY LAST SUICIDE
Melodic death metal band My Last Suicide from Banja Luka began working in March 2009. At the very beginning, the members had various concepts about what kind of music they should make and what should have influence upon them. During the process of maturing and defining the path that the band should take, they finally came upon a melodic death metal sound that currently defines them. During 2010, they recorded two demo songs: Ignored and Betrayed Soul, which were very well accepted by the audiences. During the same year, they released two more demo songs In Memoriam and North. In 2011 they went to Smederevo (Serbia) to studio PARADOX where they recorded their EP Personality Disorder which they released right away. The EP has six songs. A year later, they released the song Crucified For Nothing for which they made their first music video. The song in this compilation I Am God was released this year. The current members of My Last Suicide are: Dragan Golubović (Vocals), Aleksandar Talić (Guitar), Gojko Šmitran (Guitar), Daniel Knežević (Bass) and Aleksandar Zrnić (Drums). They had countless live performances throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Balkan region, as well as performances on various festivals such as Urban Fest Osijek (2011), Prnjavorstock Fest Beograd (2011), Rastok Fest Jelah (2012), Scream Fest Ljubuski (2012), 46th Guitar Fest in Zaječar (2012) and many others. They are currently working on new material and they are getting ready to record their first full length album.

Contact:
zrnadrumm@hotmail.com
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/pages/My-Last-Suicide/206607379377422?sk=timeline
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/user/ZrnaDrum/videos
Reverbnation:
www.reverbnation.com/mylastsuicide
Deezer:
www.deezer.com/artist/5824788
MySpace:
myspace.com/mylastsuicide
Wimp:
wimp.no/wweb/artist/5586406

FESTIVAL OF MUTILATION
Festival of Mutilation are a technical death metal band. The band was founded by Jasenko Džipa (Guitar), Marko Gačnik (Drums) and Saša Džino (Bass) in 2006 in Sarajevo. During the middle of 2007, they had their first live performance in Sarajevo as an instrumental band. Shortly after that, vocalist Ermin Habibović joined the band. Various live performances in Serbia and Bosnia followed. They released their first album in 2009 named Gods of Infernal Desolation. This album can be described as brutal technical death metal with elements of Bosnian traditional music sevdah. The following year ensued two different vocalists. Their lineup finally stabilized with the vocalist and guitarist Goran Džidić (Forensic Clinic). They released an EP Personal Cosmos in 2011. They took advantage of having two guitars, the EP is very fast, complex and melodic. They also changed their sound a little bit. During the same year, they re-released their first album Gods of Infernal Desolation through an American label Old Cemetary Records. They recorded a music video for the song Indiscipline, which they released in 2013. The song from this compilation Katul Ferman will be a part of their second album, which they will release soon. The production was done by guitarist Jasenko Džipa.

Contact:
fombosnia@gmail.com
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/FestivalOfMutilation
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/user/FestivalOfMutilation/videos
MySpace:
myspace.com/festivalofmutilation

LIFE AND DEATH
Life And Death are a Bosnian death/thrash metal band from a small town named Goražde on the river Drina. From the beginning, Life And Death was a one man project by Haris Sijerčić (Guitar, Vocals, Music, Lyrics) and it exists since January 2010. In order to promote the project, Life And Death began to actively work during the middle of this year. Drummer Adnan Došlo and bass guitarist Arnel Spirjan joined Life And Death. After that, they were ready for their first live performances. Their lyrics have an accent on humankind, nature and everything positive that is supposed to come from human hearts, regardless of skin color and other differences that basically don’t exist – as long as you’re positive and you’re coming from the imaginary land called Rock ’N’ Roll. All of their lyrics are in English. Their music is death/thrash metal with elements of all the other metal subgenres, without limits or prejudice. Life And Death are good and old death/thrash metal that might surprise you from time to time with elements of progressive, melodic, power, blackish or technical metal. They have an honest approach to their composing, an honest emotion and love towards the entire old school metal culture with all of its sub-genres. The song from this compilation The Reign of Terror and Pain is their first single at it is completely dedicated to the victims of the Syrian war. The song was recorded at their home studio.

Contact:
lifeanddeathbosnianmetalband@gmail.com
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/LifeAndDeathBosnianMetalBand
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCFZ8pCcDSEmOoP8WyFQJIDQ
Reverbnation:
www.reverbnation.com/artist/artist_videos/4511935?sel_video_id=13260617&autoplay=true

CORNIX
Cornix are a thrash metal band from Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) that got together on the 15th of June in 2013. The band was founded by vocalist Marko Ristić and solo guitarist Branko Strahinja Juzbaša. After a short while, rhythm guitarist Aleksandar Bjelošević, bass guitarist Zoran Ćulum and drummer Marko Pilipović joined the band. Cornix’s music is old school thrash metal – fast riffs and drums, and they want to keep it that way. During April this year they released their first demo album named Thrash metal je živ (Thrash Metal is Alive). Branko Strahinja Juzbaša produced and recorded this demo album. The lyrics and music were written and created by the entire band. Their song from this compilation is part of this album. Bands that have influenced Cornix are: Heller, Bombarder, Sodom, Kreator, Antrax, Sadus, Destruction, Venom, Razor, Nuclear Assault and many others.

Contact:
cornixbl@gmail.com
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/pages/CORNIX/167595630091036
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCN8mk0zDgJI2hpW9o8U5lLg/videos

DOZËR
Dozër are a thrash metal/punk band from Sarajevo. They got together in 2008. The band was founded by Shex, Sommy and Amir. They began recording their first demo in their home studio right away. Drummer Zira joined the band in March 2009. Soon after, the band began to have live performances. Their most notable shows are when they were supporting Municipal Waste in Zupanija (Croatia) and Malignant Tumor in Sarajevo. They also appeared on the EXIT Festival 2010 in Novi Sad (Serbia), Sarajevo Metal Fest 2010 and Sarajevo Punk Fest 2012. In September 2009, Dozër released their first demo release, containing four songs. On November 8th 2013, their debut album, entitled Noć za teške priče, was released through Beyond the Sun Records. The song from this compilation Urlajmo skupa is a part of that album. The album was released through their very own label Beyond the Sun Records. It was recorded in Shtalla Studio. Mirsad Sommy Čović recorded it. Mirsad Sommy Čović and Nenad Kovačević mixed it. Nenad Kovačević did the mastering. The members of the band are: Shex (Vocals), Sommy (Guitar), Sergio (Bass) and Zira (Drums).

Contact:
dozer.bh@gmail.com
Bandcamp:
dozerfuckendozer.bandcamp.com
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/dozerbih

UVIJEK DRUGI
Uvijek Drugi are a hardcore/punk band that got together in 2001 under the name RGK. They are from Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina). They have been working under the name Uvijek Drugi since 2011, with a slight change of members. Since they are not interested in politics, the lyrics of their songs are mostly themed with social issues. When they were RGK, they usually performed throughout the entity Republic of Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina). As Uvijek Drugi, they have performed throughout the city of Banja Luka. Their plan is to postpone the release of their album as much as they can, which was recorded at an improvised studio at the alternative venue DKC Incel in Banja Luka. They still have no idea how to name their album, but they believe that it will be listenable and that, perhaps, one of the songs might turn out to be a potential hit. The song from this compilation named Uvijek Drugi is part of this unreleased album. If you see the members of this band together: Marko Ćulibrk (Guitar, Vocals), Ljubiša Ćetojević (Guitar, Vocals), Bogdan Zakaljuk (Bass), Dražen Lovrić (Drums) in the vicinity of women, don’t worry, open your next beer, they will flee from them by themselves.

Facebook Group:
www.facebook.com/groups/153993657995930/

POPIK
POPIK are a punk/rock band from Sarajevo. They got together in 2014. POPIK was created as an answer to all the BiH craziness, lies, deceits, genocidal intentions of Bosnian politicians, as well as their mental and physical aggressors who would like it most if we were all dead so that they can plant pitchforks and shopping centers on our bones. POPIK is music for the capable. POPIK answers only to what they say, and not how people perceive what they are saying. In other words, POPIK is not a band but a REACTION. In an apathetic society filled with hypocrisy and mental primitivism, POPIK is a shot of adrenaline straight into your heart. POPIK is a live force ready to talk, discuss and argument, with mutual respect, a force that is based on ideas of common sense and logic. They are not a politically correct band, they are also not a politically oriented band, even though they have slight sympathies towards the left side – it’s not a political choice, but common sense. The song from this compilation NGO is part of their first demo release. The recording, production and mixing was done by Emir Saračević.

Contact:
popikpunk@gmail.com
Bandcamp:
popik.bandcamp.com
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/PopikPunk

95th DIVISION
95th Division are an experimental hardcore/neo crust band from Bihać. They got together in 2012 as a duo. They explain their music as a mix of everything that had an influence on them, from various music genres to the current life situation they are in. 95th Division are Mehmed Osmanović (Vocals), Amedeo Amiti (Bass), Amir Muhić (Guitar) and Matija Prelec (Drums). They released two demo albums and a live album: Through the Dark of Happiness, split Rompiendo Fronteras with the Indonesian metal/hardcore/punk band Soul Are, and live split Spreading Antifa Words | Live in Mostar with grindcore band Kill The Scum from Novi Sad (Serbia). They have performed in Belgrade, Split, Ljubljana, Pula, Mostar, Subotica and many other cities. The song from this compilation Those Screams Are Stronger Than Your Hate is from the live album Spreading Antifa Words | Live in Mostar, which was recorded with a Dictaphone during the performance.

Contact:
hc_1992@live.com
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/95thDivision
Bandcamp:
95thdivisionn.bandcamp.com

STATEMENT OF HATE
Statement of Hate are a band that first came together in 2009 under the name Carnage. After four years of garage playing, changing members, searching for the right sounds and genres, they changed their name to Statement of Hate. They then began to play hardcore/metal and record their songs. In April 2013, they self-recorded and self-released their first album Ogromna količina balkanske mržnje (Huge Amount of Balkan Hate) with 10 tracks. In the beginning of 2014, they released the single Tone (Sinks) which is now also part of this compilation. They are Nikola Savo Kekerović (Vocals), Milan Šironjić (Bass Guitar), Aljoša Božić (Guitar) and Žarko Jež (Drums). Their releases so far are: Ogromna Količina Balkanske Mržnje (2013: Self-Released), Ogromna Količina Balkanske Mržnje (Live in Mostar: 2013), I LOVE MOSH Heavyweight Compilation No.2 (2013), Single Tone (2014), Bosnian Metal Compilation Vol. 2 (2014).

Facebook:
www.facebook.com/pages/Statement-Of-Hate/355647557794100?sk=timeline
Bandcamp:
statementofhate.bandcamp.com
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/user/statementofhate
Soundcloud:
soundcloud.com/statement-of-hate

SALVATION
Salvation are a hardcore band from Bihać. They first got together in 2005. After several live performances, they stopped existing as a band. At that time, their lineup was as following: vocalist Amar Kantarević, Adis Čehić as the bass guitarist, guitarist Emir Toromanović and drummer Dino Alijagić. After several years, Salvation begin with their work once again, but this time as a two man project. The members are Emir Toromanović as guitarist and back vocalist and drummer and main vocalist Dino Alijagić. The song from this compilation Warriors is the first single they released as a two man project. The production was done by Šahsudin Osmanović.

Facebook:
www.facebook.com/pages/Salvation/667030813404190

NULA PLUS
Nula Plus from Tuzla are considered to be the pioneers of nu metal/hardcore by many in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also in the region. Since 2001, when the band was founded, they released their EP 0+ by actively working in 2005, as well as the album Cener in 2010 which they recorded in the studio WIRED in Belgrade (Serbia). Their most important year was 2005 because during that year, they performed at the biggest and most organized festival at that time which was dedicated to young bands in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Their performance was spectacular. The festival was called Moja BiH and sponsored by EUFOR and radio MIR. At the festival, they received an award for the most energetic band in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After that, they began collaborating with awarded BiH producer Ahmed Imamović (10 Minuta, Go West, Belvedere) on their music video for the song Billy Badass which was previously featured in the Canadian movie Two Days Earlier. Since 2001 and up until 2014, Nula Plus have performed all over the Balkans at various concerts and festivals, and always ending up to be the main attraction among the masses. They are currently working on finalizing the material for their third release. The song for this compilation Green Room is part of the album Cener, it was recorded and produced by aforementioned studio WIRED.

Contact:
nulaplus.info@gmail.com
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/nulaplusinfo
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCxtIM9_kitQmyhvkQyBpn3A
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/zeroplusbh
SoundCloud:
soundcloud.com/nula-plus

PERISHMENT
Perishment got together in Doboj during the year 2004. The music that they make can be placed into the category of thrash/old school thrash metal. They recorded their first song V.O.T. in 2006. They released their EP DEMOnstration of Torture on the 11th September in 2008. This EP has five songs. They are currently working on the songs for their first album, which should be ready by the beginning of 2015. The song from this compilation The Final Words will be part of their not yet released album. The music and lyrics were written and made by all the members of Perishment. They self-recorded all of their material. The members of the band are: Nihad Ibrahimkadić (Vocals), Mirel Spahić (Lead Guitar), Aleksandar Petrović (Rhythm Guitar), Haris Hasančević (Bass Guitar) and Mirza Aljić (Drums).

Facebook:
www.facebook.com/PerishmentBand
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/user/PerishmentTV
Reverbnation:
www.reverbnation.com/perishmentband
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/trueperishment
Twitter:
www.twitter.com/perishmentband

VIOLENT AGGRESSOR
The thrash metal band Violent Aggressor (ex Aggressor) got together in 2007 in Banja Luka. They had many local concerts, but they also performed at other places in Bosnia and Herzegovina with renowned bands from the region such as Bombarder, Toxicdeath, Perishment, Machinery, Bogamber, Toxictrace, My Last Suicide, Carnage, As I Fall and many others. They recorded their first demo release Eternal Slaughtering in 2010 through Okkullt Darkness Records. This demo release has 5 songs and one cover song of a track by legendary German band Kreator. They continued to actively work and perform, preparing new material for their album Unleash the Evil. The album was released in February this year, and it has 10 songs. The song Devastation from this compilation is part of the album. The album was recorded at a mini studio in the home of guitarist Aleksandar Bijelošević. Violent Aggressor are Mladen Dodoš (Vocals), Aleksandar Bjelošević (Guitar), Nikola Arežina (Guitar), Nemanja Đurić (Bass) and Boris Stanković (Drums). They are currently under the label Grim Reaper Records (Serbia). Bands that have infulenced them are Kreator, Slayer, Sepultura, Sodom, Exodus, Testament, Iced Earth and many others.

Facebook:
www.facebook.com/pages/Violent-Aggressor/592040544170946?ref=hl
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQRW4eLBYygcLCpuS2eMy0DWZtiT80ahj
Reverbnation:
www.reverbnation.com/violentaggressor?profile_view_source=header_icon_nav
Grim Reaper Records:
www.facebook.com/pages/Grim-Reaper-Records/464975653514839

HETREM
Hetrem are a progressive thrash/death metal band from Široki Brijeg. They first gathered on the 15th of June in 2007. In the beginning, they played cover songs of popular metal bands. Soon enough they began creating their own music. Since today, they had plenty of performances locally and throughout concerts and festivals in Bosnia and Croatia. Their most important performances are: 4th place at the WH Fest (Široki Brijeg) in 2009 (30 bands in the competition), 2nd place at the FARSA Festival in Čapljina in 2009, 2nd place at the Jaeger Music Night competition, and their biggest accomplishment at the Jelen Demofest in Banja Luka where they recieved an award from the audience (they were among the 30 bands that passed to the festival out of 301). They were awared 1.500 Euros. Their first album Human At Sight was released by Miner Records during this year. The song from this compilation Suffering is the fifth song on the album. The song shows physical and mental pain through the music and lyrics, something that people live through every day. All of their songs are self-recorded. Suffering was also part of the American compilation Thrash or be Thrased along with the song Brain Irritation and nine other bands from the entire world. Hetrem are Filip Musa (Vocals, Guitar), Berislav Arapović (Guitar), Denis Leko (Drums) and Tomislav Tokić (Bass).

Facebook:
www.facebook.com/hetrem1/timeline
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/channel/UC3YraeTDmYRzslEsix_c8RQ
SoundCloud:
soundcloud.com/hetrem

DISPARITY
Disparity are a melodic death metal band from Široki Brijeg and Mostar. They gathered in 2013 and the band members are: Zvonimir Mandić (Vocals), Filip Musa (Bass), Ante Dujmović (Guitar), Toni Grbešić (Guitar) i Denis Leko (Drums). They are currently working on their first EP release, and so far they have released two songs: Horn of Nephilim which is part of this compilation and Mirror of Infinity. Both songs were recorded at a home studio and they have received excellent reviews from audiences so far.

Facebook:
www.facebook.com/DisparityOfficial
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCxd2uRmNqjVdZ-hF5HZ7o-w

MAN DOWN
Man Down from Sarajevo was founded in 2011 by Kenan Nizić, Adnan Muratović and Ivan Radosavljević. During their existence as a band, there were many lineup changes and troubles during their work, but they managed to endure by creating music and working even harder. Guitarist Tarik Čaušević joined the band in 2013. After his arrival, they began working on their first release, the EP Invasion. They released the EP during this year. Man Down are striving to create the most brutal sound possible. They do not consider themselves a classical death metal band, and their music is influenced by various other genres such as hardcore, thrash metal and nu metal. The current members of the band are: Kenan Nizić (Vocals), Tarik Čaušević (Guitar), Paško Zdilar (Guitar), Semir Vesković (Bass) and Darko Trogrlić (Drums). The song from this compilation Victims of War is part of their first EP Invasion. The EP was produced by Jasenko Džipa (Festival of Mutilation).

Facebook:
www.facebook.com/ManDownInvasion
YouTube:
www.facebook.com/ManDownInvasion

FLINTSTONERS
Flintstoners are a stoner, desert rock and doom band that got together at the end of 2011 in Banja Luka (Bosnia). The band was founded by Đorđe Bukvić (Bass) and Duško Ristić (Guitar). In the beginning, they were the only two members. After a short while, the guitarist Srđan Gverić – Džo from the band Departed (Banja Luka) joined the band, along with the drummer Aleksandar Zrnić from the band My Last Suicide (Banja Luka). Flinstoners then finished their first songs Stoned (Seven Days I Smoked) and Escape. The band finally begins with their work. Flintstoners were instrumental at first because they were unable to find an adequate vocalist. After a while, the members of the band changed. Vladan Gvozdić from the bands Abort Us and Cornix (Banja Luka) became the new drummer. Milan Dojčinović became the band’s first vocalist. They continued with their work on new material. After a short break and several other member changes, Flintstoners stopped existing as a band. After six months, Đorđe and Duško decided to start up Flintstoners once again, by doing everything themselves. Duško kept on being the guitarst, while Đorđe became the drummer. Later on, Jovana Lekanić (Vocals) and Duško Gračanin Duc (Bass Guitar) joined the band. In March 2013, they recorded their first song Embrace Me. At the end of June during the same year, they recorded their second song Stoned (Seven Days I Smoked). The band had some problems so they stopped working once again. In September 2013, Flintstoners began working once again, but without a bass guitarist. Đorđe went back to being the band’s bass guitarist while Dario Karalić – Dado became the new drummer. From October 2013, Flintstoners have been working hard and they also had their first live performance. They recorded new songs and finished recording their album Desert Bedrock In Another Space. They also recorded the songs Escape and Lavender Fields. This song from the compilation was made featuring vocalist Strahinja Cerovina from the band Concrete Sun (Novi Sad, Serbia). This song is also part of their still unreleased album Desert Bedrock In Another Space. The album was recorded by Nikola Mijović in the Rewind Studio, and Nikola was also responsible for the mix and mastering.

Facebook:
www.facebook.com/pages/Flintstoners/482844735104857?sk=timeline
YouTube:
www.youtube.com/user/991duke/videos
Soundcloud:
soundcloud.com/fred-flintstoners
Reverbnation:
www.reverbnation.com/flintstoners

MOTHER’S CHAINSAW
Mother's Chainsaw are a metal band from Mostar. The band was formed in 2006 by guitarist and lead vocalist Danijel Raspudić Dane. They had several lineup changes while experimenting to find their original sound. After stabilizing their lineup to the current one featuring the founder Danijel Raspudić Dane (Vocals, Guitar), Milijan Raspudić Mika (Guitar), Mario Krišto (Bass Guitar) and Andrija Lesko (Drums), they recorded their first demo album To the Bone in 2010. They produced it themselves. The song from this compilation Dying Slow is part of this album, which they also released as a single during this year. This first album picked up great reviews and has found its way to the radio stations of Great Britain, USA, Italy, Germany, Belgium and several other places. The sound of Mother’s Chainsaw can be described as metal with elements of Balkan ethno music. Their characteristic combination of traditional melodies and heavy sounds, unconventional rhythms and rhythmic approaches unique to this region, distinguishes them as a unique musical refreshment with the power to occupy one’s full attention regardless of their musical preferences.

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www.youtube.com/channel/UC1BXB5fk5ySI5rqmDpMmZkA

BENEFIT
Benefit are a groove metal band. They got together in January 2010 in Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Vocalist Đorđe Radanović was at a high school party when he met the rest of the band members: drummer Bojan Katalina, guitarist Srđan Lakić, guitarist Boris Šarić and bass guitarist Mihailo Savić. They quickly began to perform throughout the city. In March 2013, Benefit received the award as first-ranked at the Tamaris Music Fest in Prijedor (Bosnia and Herzegovina). They won the Wacken Open Air Metal Battle 2014 for the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. They were also awarded the award of the audience at the Jelen Demofest 2014 in Banja Luka. Benefit have recorded their first EP with 5 songs, and the work should be finished and released by the end of this year. Their first demo songs were recorded with stoner rock elements, but as a band they strive towards more aggressive, yet still melodic sounds with noticeable sludge metal elements. Bands that influenced Benefit are Pantera, Lamb of God, Tool, Death and many others, yet Benefit really do strive towards a unique sound. This will be obvious on their upcoming EP, on which the song from this compilation My Time Has Come will also be a part of. The EP is being recorded at the studio Ton Studio 4 in Banja Luka, where My Time Has Come was also recorded. The main producer and recording master is Dragan Bošnjak.

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YouTube:
www.youtube.com/user/Benefitbl