Eyesburn

## Dog Life

Eyesburn is a reggae core band from Belgrade, Serbia formed 1994. The original line up was: Nemanja Kojic aka Hornsman Coyote (guitar & backup vocals) ( ex Bloodbath )  Laza (bass), Alek (drums) ( Ex Bloodbath )  and Nenad (vocals). Since the band originated from the BG HC scene, the first album on cassette was recorded live at BG club KST. Eyesburn played mostly in Belgrade clubs, occasionally having a gig or two elsewhere in Serbia.

During that period, second guitar player Gillespie joined the band and they all started to work on band’s first studio album ”Dog Life” . Unfortunatelly, vocalist Nenad left the band just weeks before studio, and Coyote took his place as a lead singer, continuing to expand his enormous musical talents and skills.

After the album release, Gillespie also left the band, and band continued to play as a trio. At the same time, Coyot starts to take active role as a trombone player as well, and the band started musical exploration of other genres (reggae, dub, drum & bass) making its own specific mixture of styles, and creating their own unique sound which many people liked immediately. All that lead to expanding the line up again and Nino joined the band as a second guitar player

## Fool Control

Soon after, Eyesburn recorded their most popular album ”Fool Control” which showed the band`s ability to grow and solidified them in the music scene

in 1998 Eyesburn played on festival Jaci od mrznje in organisation of  Rock The Nation with band Pro Pain .

Eyesburn also recorded soundtrack for the popular youth film “Munje”, band expanded into wider popularity. They have play and tour mostly in Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Slovenia.

## 21st century

During 2001-2002, Eyesburn participated in EXIT festival in Novi Sad where they performed along with Tony Allen, Asian Dub Foundation, and Fun-da-mental.

They also performed as guests for big Belgrade concert of Lee Scratch Perry, (together with Ank Steady Spear) and  Burning Spear

Eyesburn brought back their enormous energy with the new project ”Gabau” wich represents specific turnover to reggae sound and continues with another project featuring Ank Steady, “Cool Fire”

## Cavalera cooperation

in 2002. Eyesburn members played together with Boban from Ritam Nereda as guest band for Max Cavalera ( Soulfly . ex Sepultura ) concert Eye For An Eye in Belgrade.

The following album “Solid” has been published in 2003. and was hailed by fans and critics as their best album to date. Showcasing a matured and developed sound that explored their their hard core metal roots.

All that led to a invitation from Max Cavalera to do one song for the Soulfly album “Prophecy”,(Moses),and to play on the 2004 Prophecy Europe Tour.

Also, Coyote apears on the Soulfly album “Dark Ages” in 2005. Eyesburn was on tour in Serbia and later in other countries (Bosnia, Slovenia, Austria, Bulgaria as guests of Soulfly and Black Sabbath.

In March 2005, Laza and Nino left the band. The current lineup features Coyote (vocal, trombone, guitar), Zoran Djuroski Djura, Alek (drums), with new members: Dule (saxofone, ex Dvojac Bez Kormilara), Vucko (bass, ex Del Arno Band), Vukasin (trombone and back-up singer, Smoke’n’Soul, and Utvar (Partibejkers’ drummer).

In April 2005. they started recording new album in Novi Sad studio “M” and studio “Cameleon” in Zemun. In December, the same year they have published the album “How Much For Freedom?”

Eyesburn members parted ways in 2007, went on to work on other projects.

## Later period

They reformed in 2011,

In 2012. Eyesburn were invited by Konstantin Polzovic to perform as guests on The Prodigy and AAA production joint organisation event Warriors Dance Festival in Belgrade and they played along Lollobrigida , Goblini , Ritam Nereda , Skrillex and The Prodigy

in 2012/ Eyesburn played at Koncert Godine

in 2013. Eyesburn realis album named “Reality Check” and went on hiatus in 2016, only to be reunited in almost original lineup in the early 2019.

In 2022. Eyesburn released studio album named “Troops of Light”.

## Discography

Studio albums

* Dog Life (1998)
* Fool Control (2000)
* Gabau! EP (2001)
* Solid (2003)
* How Much for Freedom? (2005)
* Reality Check (2013)
* Troops of Light (2022)

Live album

* Freedomized (1995)