Trigger (band)
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Trigger is a Serbia
n hard rock
/heavy metal
band from Belgrade
.
The band's debut album Ljubav
(Love) was released in December 2007 through PGP-RTS
. Ljubav was imagined as a concept album
, featuring lyrics dealing with dark sides of love. The album was met with mostly positive reactions by the critics. The promotional video was recorded for the song "Jedan dan" ("A Day"). "Jedan dan" won the first place on TV Panonija chart, TV Metropolis Top 10 chart, and Radio 202
Hit of the Week chart. During the same year, the band started the concert promotion of the album, starting with the appearance on Belgrade Beer Fest
. In 2008, the band was awarded with the Discovery of the Year Award by TV Metropolis, and was polled the Best Young Band of 2008 by the listeners of the Radio 202 show Hit 202.
In 2009, the band released the live mini-album Metropolis Live
, consisting of five songs from Ljubav, recorded in 2008 at the band's performance in the TV Metropolis show Metropolis Live. The album was available for free digital download
at the band's official site. In 2009, the band also recorded the video for the songs "Više neće biti nas" ("There Will Be no more of Us"), and won the Metal Album of the Award at the Sarajevo
Indexi Awards Ceremony. The band also appeared on a New York
Hard Rock Radio Live compilation. In 2010, Dušan Svilokos Đurić and Milena Branković, under the name Disparador, appeared on the various artists album Vreme brutalnih dobronamernika
, which featured seventeen bands which recorded the songs on poems of Serbian poet Milan B. Popović. Disparador participated in the compilation with the gothic industrial
-oriented song "Pokrov iznad mene" ("Shroud above Me").
In 2011, the band announced the release of a new studio album, enitled EX, which will feature covers of songs by former Yugoslav rock
artists. The band promoted their upcoming album with a concert in Belgrade club Danguba, featuring guest appearance by the heavy metal
band Forever Storm
. The first part of the album, containing covers of Piloti
song "Ne veruj u idole" ("Do not Believe in Idols"), Azra
song "Kurvini sinovi" ("Sons of Whores"), and Haustor
song "Ena", was available for free download from the band's official website. In September, the band released a cover of VIS Simboli
song "Bejbi, bejbi" ("Baby, Baby"), announcing the second part of the album.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
/heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band from Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
.
History
The band was formed in 2005. During the same year, the band started working on the songs for their debut album, enetering the studio in 2006. The lineup changed several times during the work on the album, but became stable at the beginning of 2007. It featured female vocalist Milena Branković, guitarist Dušan Svilokos Đurić, bass guitarist Petar "Pera" Popović, keyboardist Marko Antonić, and drummer Zoran Jović "Đavo".The band's debut album Ljubav
Ljubav (Trigger album)
Ljubav is the debut studio album by the Serbian hard rock/heavy metal band Trigger, released in 2007. Ljubav is a concept album, featuring lyrics dealing with dark sides of love.-Tracklisting:All songs written by Dušan Svilokos Đurić...
(Love) was released in December 2007 through PGP-RTS
PGP-RTS
PGP-RTS is a major record label based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is a successor of PGP-RTB which was established in 1958 in Belgrade, then capital of Socialist Republic of Serbia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....
. Ljubav was imagined as a concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
, featuring lyrics dealing with dark sides of love. The album was met with mostly positive reactions by the critics. The promotional video was recorded for the song "Jedan dan" ("A Day"). "Jedan dan" won the first place on TV Panonija chart, TV Metropolis Top 10 chart, and Radio 202
Radio Belgrade
Radio Belgrade is a state-owned and operated radio station in Belgrade, Serbia.The predecessor of Radio Beograd, Radio Beograd-Rakovica, started its program in 1924 and was a part of a state wireless telegraph station. Radio Beograd, AD started in March 1929...
Hit of the Week chart. During the same year, the band started the concert promotion of the album, starting with the appearance on Belgrade Beer Fest
Belgrade Beer Fest
Belgrade Beer Fest is an annual festival of beer in Belgrade, Serbia. Started in 2003, the festival is held annually over 4 to 5 days as a showcase event for various beer producers. In addition to domestic and foreign brews, the festival features live music performances each evening...
. In 2008, the band was awarded with the Discovery of the Year Award by TV Metropolis, and was polled the Best Young Band of 2008 by the listeners of the Radio 202 show Hit 202.
In 2009, the band released the live mini-album Metropolis Live
Metropolis Live
Metropolis Live is a live mini-album album by Serbian hard rock/heavy metal band Trigger, released in 2008. The album was recorded in 2008 on the band's performance in TV Metropolis show Metropolis Live, and features five songs from the band's debut studio album Ljubav...
, consisting of five songs from Ljubav, recorded in 2008 at the band's performance in the TV Metropolis show Metropolis Live. The album was available for free digital download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
at the band's official site. In 2009, the band also recorded the video for the songs "Više neće biti nas" ("There Will Be no more of Us"), and won the Metal Album of the Award at the Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
Indexi Awards Ceremony. The band also appeared on a New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
Hard Rock Radio Live compilation. In 2010, Dušan Svilokos Đurić and Milena Branković, under the name Disparador, appeared on the various artists album Vreme brutalnih dobronamernika
Vreme brutalnih dobronamernika
Vreme brutalnih dobronamernika is a compilation album released in 2010, featuring seventeen Serbian bands, which recorded the songs on the lyrics written by Serbian poet Milan B. Popović....
, which featured seventeen bands which recorded the songs on poems of Serbian poet Milan B. Popović. Disparador participated in the compilation with the gothic industrial
Industrial rock
Industrial rock is a musical genre that fuses industrial music and specific rock subgenres. Industrial rock spawned industrial metal, with which it is often confused...
-oriented song "Pokrov iznad mene" ("Shroud above Me").
In 2011, the band announced the release of a new studio album, enitled EX, which will feature covers of songs by former Yugoslav rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
artists. The band promoted their upcoming album with a concert in Belgrade club Danguba, featuring guest appearance by the heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Forever Storm
Forever Storm
-History:Forever Storm was formed at the end of 2006 by Miloš Miletić , Stefan Kovačević and Vladimir Nestorović . Before finding a drummer, the band recorded several demos using rhythm machine. At the beginning of 2007, they were joined by Vuk Stefanović...
. The first part of the album, containing covers of Piloti
Piloti (band)
Piloti is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade. Formed in 1981, and initially immersed in the Yugoslav New Wave scene, the band later moved towards mainstream pop rock, they came to prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s as one of the leading pop rock acts in former Yugoslavia...
song "Ne veruj u idole" ("Do not Believe in Idols"), Azra
Azra
Azra was a rock band from Zagreb that was popular across Yugoslavia in the 1980s. Azra was formed in 1977 by its frontman Branimir "Johnny" Štulić. The other two members of the original line-up were Mišo Hrnjak and Boris Leiner . The band is named after a verse from "Der Asra" by Heinrich Heine...
song "Kurvini sinovi" ("Sons of Whores"), and Haustor
Haustor
Haustor was a rock band from Zagreb, SR Croatia, a member of the Novi val movement, and an important act of the former Yugoslav Rock scene.- Biography :...
song "Ena", was available for free download from the band's official website. In September, the band released a cover of VIS Simboli
VIS Simboli
VIS Simboli are an imaginary band from the former Yugoslav film Strangler vs. Strangler.- History :The band was formed by Spiridon Kopicl and recorded only one song, "Bejbi, bejbi", inspired by the experience of Kopicl after seeing a television report on a victim of...
song "Bejbi, bejbi" ("Baby, Baby"), announcing the second part of the album.