YU Metal Attack 1990.

Yu Metal Attack 1990. Yugoslavia , invitation ticket

## Organisation

After first outdoor heavy metal festival in former Yugoslavia  - YU Metal Attack 1989.. in early 1990 . preparations for next edition begins.

Since technical difficulties occurred at first edition ,Aleksandar and Konstantin Polzovic hired Studio Berar Stage audio/ lightning  rental company from Novi Sad , much bigger than previous year .

Same venue was booked again and Panonia concert help with contracts and public permits .

Stage was moved to other part of venue to be able to host more people

## Promotion :

Yu Metal Attack was promoted primaraly through Explosive fanzine , mail - order catalogs , flyers, posters and small ads in newspapers.

Tickets were sold through mailorder and with records / tapes through Explosive records adress base.

This time pre selling of tickets were even higher than previous year.

In mean time review of demo tape in Explosive fanzine of new thrash metal bend Bloodbath from Belgrade become best selling in Explosive records mail order.

## Performers announced :

New bands added to line up - Aragon , Ludilo , Scarlet , Epidemic Zone , Sarcasm and "hot" newcomers Bloodbath among already well known groups for heavy metal audience - Bombarder , Demoniac , Annathema , Pergament , Heller and Divlje Jagode.

## Day of the concert :

The morning of the concert started with a big storm. It rained for hours and the wind blew so hard that the branches in the nearby park were broken. The company that was supposed to install the equipment was late again. Unloading and assembly in the storm and rain was very slow. In such weather, it seemed that no one would even come to the concert.

Around noon rain stopped , weather got better and prepartion continued. Again , it was obvious that program will be tight with schedule. At the time when gates were open over thousand impatience people were waiting to get in.

## Concert

From the very begging of bands Ludilo show it was clear that this will be another amazing concert.

   Screaming and shauting from audience as support for each band ,.when Bloodbath appears hustle in audience continues. Bombarder who is going to be next on stage were trapped among many audience members asking for autographs , records , tapes , anything from band members , primarily singer Neso.

On stage technical problems started to occur , because of lack of time for soundchecks , band used time before show for just line check and some amplifiers were not working properly.

scenes from last year started again - all drinks were sold , along all sandwiches and toilets had not enough capacity for so many people in so long period.

Sarcasm , Epidemic Zone and Demoniac had epic performance. But problems with timing forced Pergament and Heller to use common equipment what they refused before their performances and both bands decided to cancel performance. They give explanation that they were unable to perform in full set up blaming organzers and technical problems.

But evening cotinued with killer performances of Annathema and Divlje Jagode.

## After :

More than 3000 people attended and that was bigger succces than YU Metal Attack 1989.

After all problems its decided that organising 1 day event with 10 -12 bands performing outdoor and been depending of weather  or pay / hire stage roof that was too expensive for costs having too much risk and for the next year (1991) organiser decide to look for indoor venue.

As time passed after the concert, more and more people talked  about it.

Neshas jokes between the songs of Bombarder, the performance of , Ludilo Bloodbath or Annathema,, many decades later, everyone fondly remembers this legendary heavy metal music event.

The war and the disintegration of the Yugoslavia state that soon followed, great accidents and migrations, made even more that many heavy metal devotees remember and retell this event even today with fondness and joy.

In Explosive records archives 3 hours long amateur video VHS recording of Yu Metal Attack 1990 .exist and it is not on You Tube;