Croatian band Ogenj released their awesome debut album and I listened to it and reviewed it for this webzine.

This band is kinda new band on this scene, but the guys from the band were playing in the bands prior to Ogenj for years, so they have plenty of experience and scene mojo. Ogenj means “fire” in Croatian dialect and this band plays a nice mixture of punkrock and folk ethno music characteristic for the northern Croatian regions. The album contains 12 songs in Croatian dialect that people speak in Podravina, Zagorje and Medjimurje(northern parts of Croatia). The music is very melodic, the violin adds to the power of the songs, but also, the melodies are somehow sad and nostalgic. The album starts a bit softer with first two or three songs, but “Hote, hote” is an absolute hit paraphrasing Nirvana and The Offspring in melody. Then things start to get awesome with my personal favorites “Domaj”, “Fakinska” and an anti war song “Bojno polje”. I saw this guys play live couple of times and their shows are energy blasts, so if you have a chance check them out live! This is a very strong debut album. I am personally not great fan of folk punkrock but this is a beautiful and awesome record.

8,5/10

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