Svarog (band)

Svarog
Svarog performing in the movie Geto in 1995
Background information
Origin	Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Genres	Doom metal, sludge metal, hardcore punk
Years active	1993–1996
Labels	Gong, Multimedia Records
Associated acts	Eyesburn, Sick Mother Fakers, Pussycat
Website	Official Myspace
Past members	Boško Blažić Milan Barković Vladimir Vilovski Zoran Đuroski

Svarog (Serbian Cyrillic: Сварог) was a Serbian sludge/doom metal band from Belgrade, notable as one of the first representatives of the genres in Serbia.

The band was formed on November 1993 by the guitarist Zoran Đuroski "Đura Mysterious" (a former Brainstorm, Crist, SMF, Pussycat and Overdose member), vocalist Boško Blažić (a former Sunrise member), drummer Vladimir Vilovski "Šola" (a former Brainstorm and Sick Mother Fakers member) and bassist Milan Barković "Bare" (a former Pussycat member).

The November 5, 1994 performance, held at the Belgrade KST club, was recorded for a live album, released as Smor (Dull) on the band's own independent record label, named Gong, in 1995. The album, available on compact cassette only, featured thirteen tracks, including cover versions of the Discharge "Final Bloodbath" and Black Sabbath song "Electric Funeral. The album production was done by the band themselves, with the help of the sound engineer Ivan Brusić, with whom the band had mastered and produced the recording at the Belgrade Atelje Studio.

During the same year, the band appeared as performers in the movie Geto (Ghetto), starring the Električni Orgazam drummer Goran Čavajde "Čavke", about the underground Belgrade rock scene, with a music video for the song "Trial Song". A live recording of the song "War (Is Within"), made at the November 11, 1995, Belgrade KST performance the band had with the Gornji Milanovac band Bjesovi, was released on the various artists compilation Groovanje devedesete uživo (Roaring Nineties Live) by Multimedia Records in 2009.

During the Spring of 1996, vocalist Boško Blažić left the band, and Svarog became a trio with Đuroski taking over the vocal duties. Same year, on May, the band went on a tour of Slovenia with the bands Love Hunters, Ništa Ali Logopedi and Goblini. The band even started recording material for the debut studio album, however, after the recording of only two songs, the band disbanded.