Bloodbath

Bloodbath Was heavy metal bend from Belgrade in Serbia.

Formed in 1987 by Stanimor Lukic Staca and Nebojsa Basic Kerry

1988. Bend first performance was at contest at Rakovica gitarijada and they won by audience voting.

First demo published in 1989. by band with raw thrash metal recordings.and songs Nuclear Execution and Empire Of Hate. in brutal heavy metal thrash style.

Vocals at demo recorded by Sale ( later SMF band )

## Toxic Death

Line up is almost same but with Damjan on vocals and the next demo was recorded and that material soon will become first 12" EP Toxic Death

Recording were made at Studio Akademija , produed by Di Gezza ( Miroslav Dukic keyboard player and studio owner , from legendary Yugoslavian psychodelic band Tako from 1970s )

They sent cassette tape to Konstantin Polzovic who was Explosive fanzine editor at time and he decided to publish all recordings as 30 min EP LP .Line up was : Staca - guitars , Kerry - guitar ,Damjan vocals , bas and Mengele drums.

Since war and sanctions start in Yugoslavia record was manufactured in Balkanton Bulgarian state factory for manufactiring records.

As for cover band use to choose artwork " Grim Reaper  1851. engraving from Alfred Rethel named " Death the destroyer"

Songs on EP was heavly influenced by early Slayer , Sodom and Sepultura.

Bands pictures and EP reviews started to be publIshed and concerts schedulded - some of them as support for band Annathema .

One of most notable performabce was on YU Metal  attack at 29.april 1990. where bemd played among other metal acts like Epidemic Zone , Heller , Annathema , Bombarder , Ludilo and Pergament.

Many of the people in audience come first time to see and hear Bloodbath then new and exciting band with ravaged thrash death metal.peeformance.

Another notable concert took place in august 1991. when Bloodbath played wit Annathema , Pergament , Bombarder and others at Hard Metal festival.

## Traumatic Memories

Soon after in 1992. Staca and producer Geza try to improve extreme agression metal music style to bit more progressive thrash death metal with keyboards.

Kerry left band and went into army even he send some riffs on tape and participate

After months of recordings first full lenght Bloodbath album was finished and named Traumatic Memories.

Themes of lyrics on albums were disorder of human mind.

Video for song Psychopathic Mind featured scenes of violence and was not aired in regular tv programs

Album with cover HR Giger artwork named " Li II " become instant success and band get even more media exposure.

Bigger concerts in Belgrade and Novi Sad with other band supporting and Bloodbath become new generation leaders of thrash metal fans in Yugoslavia .

Their albums and cassetes were top selling items in Explosive records label mail- order.

Numeruos concert followed with Black Orchid , Necrophobia and Demoniac suppprting and tour was named " Brutal reality Tortour " 1992/1993.

Video for song Traumatic Memories was recorded during tour.

Band performed at famous Dracula rock festival in Brasov Romania along Romanian bands Neurotica and Celelalte Cuvinte on 1993.

In 1994. Bloodbath performed as headliners on both days of Balkan Hororor opera event that took place in Belgrade .

Bands who were performing before them were Rapod Force , PMS, Necrophobia , Dead Joker , Sanatorium , Neurotica and many others.

With groving problems in war torn society at time and after many concerts band decide to leave guitar player Vladica and took Boban Milunovic ( from bands Overflow and Rapod Force ) as fresh blood for recording of new album.

in 1995 Bloodbath again played 2 concerts in Romania .

## Frustrations and end

1995. band recorded album Frustrations in studio Do Re Mi  in Novi Sad .but high recording costs and circumstanes in state that was vanishing in war make impossible for band to function again at previous levels and band soon after stoped to exist.

Last big concerts were at Koncert Godinein Novi Sad as well as Zajecarska gitarjada earlier that year.

Borders were closed , many were waiting in army reserves for call to participate at warfield and of course concerts were not taking place anymore.

Studio costs for Frustations were paid by Explosive records but album was later resold to Silver cross label who album published only as cassetes format in 1996. already after band break up .

Release did not gain any significant success and stayed until today only as cassette release.

## Discography

demo 1989 cassette

Toxic Death EP LP 1990 .(Panonia Concert / Explosive records) LP / cassette

Traumatic memories 1992 ( Explosive records ) LP cassette

Frustrations 1996 ( cassete only )

## Band members

Stanimir “ Staca “ Lukic - guitars

Damjan Petrovic – vocals

Aleksandar Petrovic Mengele– drums

Vladica Filipovic – bass

Nebojsa Basic Kerry guitars

Nemanja Kojic – guitar  ( Dead Ideas , later  Eyesburn , Hornsman Coyote )  1994/1995

Boban Milunovic - guitar ( ex Rapid Force / Stray Train )   1993.1994