Heller (band)

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Heller
Rock Express
MembersAttila Milojković
Dejan Čvorović
Senad Prašović
Zoran Dankov
Hogar
Past membersKosta Bogdanović
Zoran Miladinović
Darko Smukov
Zoran Dankov
Saša Đaković
Duče
Žare

Heller is a

Southeastern Europe
.

History

1984–1993

The band was formed in 1985 by Attila Milojković (guitar, vocals) and Kosta Bogdanović "Kole" (solo guitar), with Zoran Miladinović "Deda" (bass guitar) and Saša Đaković "Müller" (drums). During the following year, the band had their first larger appearances at the Hit 202 held at the Belgrade Dom Omladine, with the band

Legija from Zagreb, Crna Udovica from Dubrovnik and Ruska Zima from Belgrade. The lineup also recorded a live demo recording, made at a performance in Zemun, featuring the songs "Dead or Alive", "Armageddon" and "Heller", which were broadcast on the national Radio 202
.

The following year, Miladinović and Milojković went to serve the Yugoslav People's Army, but Milojković was discharged from the army after a month, so the band kept on working with a new bassist Dejan Čvorović "Čvora". In the meantime, Bogdanović left the band, later working with Amnesia and forming the band Rapidforce,[1] being replaced by guitarist Darko Smukov "Dare", later a Brainstorm and Sick Mother Fakers member, only to be replaced by the guitarist Zoran Dankov "Dane". The lineup also recorded their first demo recording, featuring the material written in English and consisting of four live recorded tracks. The following year, in 1988, the singer Senad Prašović "Žmegi" came to the band, and Attila assumed only the guitar playing duty.

In 1989, the band released their first and only album through the

South-Eastern Europe. During the same year, the band also performed as an opening act for the German band Destruction in Zagreb and Ljubljana.[3]

In 1993, the band recorded a demo recording, prosaically

compact cassette
only by Take It Or Leave It Records, featuring seven tracks, including one recorded live. After the demo release, the band ceased to exist.

Post-breakup

In 2003,

Rock Express Records released a CD reissue of the self-titled album, featuring four bonus tracks, "Destiny", "Trash", "H.W.I.B." and "RR", released on the first demo recording.[5]

In 2013, the band reunited, in the lineup that featured Attila Milojković and Zoran Dankov on guitar, Senad Prašović on vocals, Dejan Čvorović on bass guitar and one new member, drummer Hogar.[6] The band had their reunion concert on Vračar Rocks festival, on 17 January 2014 in Božidarac club in Belgrade.[7] The band is announced to perform at the 2014 EXIT festival.[8]

Discography

Studio albums

Official demo recordings

  • Demo Tape (1993)

References

  1. ^ "The Thrash Metal Guide". Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Heller : Heller". Spirit-of-metal.com. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Heller – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". Metal-archives.com. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. ^ Lokner, Branimir. Kritičko pakovanje.
  5. ^ "Heller: Heller : Music CD". Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  6. ^ "Heller Band". Facebook.com. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  7. ^ ""Povratnički koncert grupe Heller"". Timemachinemusic.org. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Veliki povratak Explosive bine na EXIT". B92.net. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2020.

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