Rock, Stoner, Metal
UMA, formerly known as Uma Thurman, a stoner band from Rijeka, presented their instrumental outbursts at many stages with excellent critique of the audience. Their trippy flair, fierce stocks and noise requires more than just listening to music and calls for deep relaxation of the mind with the occasional explosion of emotion.
Electronic, Jazz, Fusion, Nu jazz
Pop, Alternative
Fani Solomun is a 26-year-old Croatia-based indie singer-songwriter.
Electronic, Jazz, World Music, Experimental
Eikonoise was created in 2014 as a multimedia project, founded by an artist, academic painter, producer, and composer Bojan Miljančić. In 2019, he released his album Immanens, the conceptual title of a debut album by the project Eikonoise.
Pop, Rock
Vinyl 33 is an original rock-pop band based in Osijek, Croatia, made up of experienced musicians and friends who previously played in well-known regional groups such as Leteći odred, Crni Petar, Bluestrip and Crepes Suzette.
Doom, Sludge
Founded in 2013 in the city of Karlovac, Left to Starve embraced the ethos of the DIY punk community while blending aggression of dark hardcore and heaviness of sludge metal resulting in a couple of releases.
Punk
Bakterije are a punk band from Čakovec, Croatia, known for their raw energy, socially aware lyrics, and steadfast presence on the regional punk scene. Emerging out of Čakovec, Bakterije channel the spirit of street-punk and Oi! influences, delivering short, fast, direct songs with a clear attitude.
Rock, Blues
Voodoo Ramble is a Croatian blues-rock band founded in 2010 by guitarist, singer, and songwriter Boris Dugi-Novacki – Zamba. From their early days, the band moved naturally between blues and rock, building a strong reputation through energetic performances at biker gatherings, blues festivals, and club shows across the region.
Rock, Indie, Alternative, Electro rock
One Possible Option (abbreviated: OPO) is a rock band formed in 2011 in Rijeka, a port town in Croatia known as a creative hub for the local alternative rock scene. Known for being an energetic live band, capable of putting on a show that’s both controlled and subtle at times and energetic and raw when needed.
Hip-hop, Rap, Electronic, Funk
Hip-hop, Rap
Bore Balboa is a prominent Croatian rapper who grew up in Brodarica, near Šibenik. Known for blending elements of trap and contemporary hip-hop with personal lyrics rooted in his Dalmatian background, Bore Balboa became a defining voice of his generation in the Croatian rap scene.
Metal
ARISES are your atypical groove metal band, proof of long-lasting bond and alliance between the members, fifteen years in the making, with vast experience in live performance, sharing big stages supporting some of the most incredible acts today.
Jazz
Bruno Mičetić is a Croatian guitarist, composer and educator based in Rijeka, known for his versatility across jazz, rock and metal. Along with his jazz work, Mičetić leads the rock/metal band Keops, whose material he writes, and also pursues his jazz projects such as “Fat Manager” and “Beauty Of Your Soul".
Rock, Alternative, Blues
The Screaming Wheels represented Croatia at the 35th International Blues Challenge (Memphis, USA) in January 2019 where the critics and fans declared them a ‘Croatian sensation’.
Alternative, Garage Rock, Surf Rock
Rock, Funk, Garage Rock
Detroit Groove Gang is a band and collective, founded on December 28, 2016. Built on simplicity and as a reaction against the current rock scene and its polished production, the band creates music spontaneously, in the moment it is played.
Alternative, Acoustic, Singer-songwriter
Metalcore, Groove Metal, Deathcore
