"Its unfortunate that Space Eater disbanded few years back, leaving only the bass player Karlo Testen in the band, and we'll have to wait and see whats going to happen to the band. Also, people that left Space Eater, made a new band called Quasarborn. They've released few tracks so far but not enough for me to make something on them. I'll wait on something big, and we'll see", was something that I said some time ago, and it happened. Quasarborn released a debut album called "The Odyssey to Room 101", and I think that's big enough thing, to write about them.
I feel kinda special, because I'll talk about the band that's making its first steps in the music business. Yeah, I know that they have some pedigree for being in Space Eater, but hey, new band is a new band!
So, prepare for this technical thrash madness, cause its not only that they are the best thrash metal band in Serbia, they are one of the best thrash metal bands around. And this debut album will knock your socks off.
The nucleus of this band dates back to 2005, when Đorđe Luković (guitar and backing vocals), Marko Danilović Tihi (drums) and Luka Matković (guitar and lead vocals) formed a band at a tender age, hailing from Belgrade, Serbia. After the break up of that band, Luka and Tihi formed Fatality and their partnership continued throughout the years, when they finally joined Space Eater, a legendary Serbian thrash metal band, in 2009, in which they were joined by Đorđe, just a few years down the line.
Under the Space Eater flag, they toured Europe twice, recorded two albums (“Aftershock” and “Passing through the Fire to Molech”), played the legendary Exit festival, etc. With more than enough experience under their belt gathered over the past few years, the three of the aforementioned members decided to leave the Space Eater ranks and to form a band of their own, recruiting yet another old acquaintance, Miloš Tomasović (bass guitar and backing vocals).
Finally, it is 2016 and the four members of the band settled upon the name “Quasarborn”. Their musical roots are still firmly rooted in the late 80s thrash metal style, there is a lot more variety this time around, with influences creeping up out of numerous genres (such as death, black and heavy metal, classic and progressive rock, and even some jazz and ethno). Besides the music itself, what Quasarborn really takes a lot of pride in, is the fact that that they are a DIY band. Namely, their music is recorded and mixed by Luka (for Citadela Sound Production) and Tihi is the one responsible for all the visual material Quasarborn-related.
They released their debut album on 18th of May 2018, called "The Odyssey to Room 101" which in my opinion is one of the best Serbian metal albums ever released. The best song on this album for me is the title song and as you can guess, song was created under the strong influence of Orwell's novel 1984, but also the Huxley's "Brave New World". Its the last chapter of the story that follows the album and describes the last moments of life of the protagonist in which he is tortured and deprived of every trace of humanity, dignity and identity. Destiny worse than death.
Sources:
https://quasarborn.com/band/
http://balkanrock.com/quasarborn-objavili-novi-spot/
I was so eager and hyped to hear this album and it didn't only blow me away, but really subverted my expectations.
So check them out! \m/
Line up:
Luka Matković - Vocals, Guitars
Đorđe Luković - Guitars
Miloš Tomasović - Bass
Marko Danilović - Drums
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Links:
https://quasarborn.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/quasarborn101/
https://quasarborn.com/
https://www.instagram.com/quasarborn/
https://soundcloud.com/user-100264088
https://twitter.com/quasarborn101
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIOMS02CPM1FBpybHNQ1Byw