Here are some photos for a start, many more coming soon, as well as some pretty
cool live footage of our performance. And yes, new music is coming! Cheers!
Monday, July 11, 2011
Exit was a Blast!
We had a great time @ Exit festival, and the gig was really good one.
Here are some photos for a start, many more coming soon, as well as some pretty
cool live footage of our performance. And yes, new music is coming! Cheers!
Here are some photos for a start, many more coming soon, as well as some pretty
cool live footage of our performance. And yes, new music is coming! Cheers!
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
No Gods, No Masters review
You can check this awesome blog HERE
"When I think of Serbia the LAST thing I think of is music like this. I thought stoner rock was exclusively an American western thing, or at least where all the good stoner stuff has originated from, but man DO NOT trust these random little foreign countries. Tona are a sick band that plays just that kind of style, really going above and beyond with some unusual and very groovy guitar riffs. Unlike Clutch, the vocals are pretty tolerable and don't have that annoying as FUCK monotone voice that you get when listening to them. Some songs such as Down To Play and Red Cylinder has a real traditional hard rock sound to them jam packed with aggressive, almost punk riffs. Other songs like Pieces, which starts out with a harmonica piece, and Box, are a bit more low key, tossing in that familiar prog rock with diverse basslines to fuck with your mind. Another thing to add is that the lyrics interchange from English to Serbia so if you fancy that sorta then than this should be right up your alley. I was reading a review on it on another album and someone compared them to the Melvins and System Of The Down. Okay, I can see the Melvins but System Of A Down? Granted they both shared the same stage back in the day at Ozzfest but other than that I can't EVER seeing them being compared to SOAD. Just silly talk! Anyways, if you're a straight up instrumental enthusiast who loves a bit of edge in their rock, I'd highly advise picking this album up."
"When I think of Serbia the LAST thing I think of is music like this. I thought stoner rock was exclusively an American western thing, or at least where all the good stoner stuff has originated from, but man DO NOT trust these random little foreign countries. Tona are a sick band that plays just that kind of style, really going above and beyond with some unusual and very groovy guitar riffs. Unlike Clutch, the vocals are pretty tolerable and don't have that annoying as FUCK monotone voice that you get when listening to them. Some songs such as Down To Play and Red Cylinder has a real traditional hard rock sound to them jam packed with aggressive, almost punk riffs. Other songs like Pieces, which starts out with a harmonica piece, and Box, are a bit more low key, tossing in that familiar prog rock with diverse basslines to fuck with your mind. Another thing to add is that the lyrics interchange from English to Serbia so if you fancy that sorta then than this should be right up your alley. I was reading a review on it on another album and someone compared them to the Melvins and System Of The Down. Okay, I can see the Melvins but System Of A Down? Granted they both shared the same stage back in the day at Ozzfest but other than that I can't EVER seeing them being compared to SOAD. Just silly talk! Anyways, if you're a straight up instrumental enthusiast who loves a bit of edge in their rock, I'd highly advise picking this album up."
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Good stuff coming soon
We are working hard on the new material. Good stuff coming soon. Heres a photo so you can make a poster or something.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Great review @ Holy Grail from Hell!
Check out HOLY GRAIL FROM HELL )) HERE
Tona - 1000 (2008)
Tona are a Rock band from Serbia (Tona In Serbian means Tons), and they play a unique brand of Rock which is so hard to label, somehow the same thing we've got with the Melvins. 1000 is the name of their 2008's album and it's a pretty solid record in most of aspects. It's so interesting that Tona's music can be both complex and simple at the same time, that's one of the things that I like about them.
Melodic interludes play a big role in Tona, most of the song starts with them, there are only three or four exceptions out there, songs like "Pieces" or "Oreol" which are pure rock n' roll tracks; "Pieces" for example is one of the highest peaks of the band's songwriting, a extraordinary slab of Rock n' Roll, decorated with some Harmonica and awesome groovy guitars. The other song that really made me dazzled was "Go Slow", Rhyming vocals, downbeat melodies and progressing structure that some bluesy solos been added to set the listener's mind on fire.
Vocals are probably the best part in this band (Goddamn it ! It reminded me Buzz Osborne's voice several times when I was listening to the record) ; so talented, to the point and catchy. Whether they're playing a mellow song like "Box" or a hard piece of groove like "Bull May" George (Vocals) does the best job. It varies from chanting clean singing to rhyming screams based on the music going in the background.
Lyrics are most in English but we've also got some songs that lyrics are in Serbian ("Oreol" for example). "Through Water" the last song in the album is the only song that is mostly instrumental, and there're scant lyrics going on, just like Pelican's "Final Breath", as a matter of atmosphere.
I think we've spoke about the good features of this album but what are the negative points there, I think the only negative thing is the production, guitars don't sound enough heavy and drums could be a bit louder. But when we overview the whole record in a couple of minutes what we reach is that not only their work is quite good, they would even compete with top American or British acts cos I think If CKY are a group of talented musicians, TONA are gods.
In the end I recommend this album to every one of you, Listen to it and Listen to it loud.
Holy Grail's Rating : 4/5
Tona - 1000 (2008)
Tona are a Rock band from Serbia (Tona In Serbian means Tons), and they play a unique brand of Rock which is so hard to label, somehow the same thing we've got with the Melvins. 1000 is the name of their 2008's album and it's a pretty solid record in most of aspects. It's so interesting that Tona's music can be both complex and simple at the same time, that's one of the things that I like about them.
Melodic interludes play a big role in Tona, most of the song starts with them, there are only three or four exceptions out there, songs like "Pieces" or "Oreol" which are pure rock n' roll tracks; "Pieces" for example is one of the highest peaks of the band's songwriting, a extraordinary slab of Rock n' Roll, decorated with some Harmonica and awesome groovy guitars. The other song that really made me dazzled was "Go Slow", Rhyming vocals, downbeat melodies and progressing structure that some bluesy solos been added to set the listener's mind on fire.
Vocals are probably the best part in this band (Goddamn it ! It reminded me Buzz Osborne's voice several times when I was listening to the record) ; so talented, to the point and catchy. Whether they're playing a mellow song like "Box" or a hard piece of groove like "Bull May" George (Vocals) does the best job. It varies from chanting clean singing to rhyming screams based on the music going in the background.
Lyrics are most in English but we've also got some songs that lyrics are in Serbian ("Oreol" for example). "Through Water" the last song in the album is the only song that is mostly instrumental, and there're scant lyrics going on, just like Pelican's "Final Breath", as a matter of atmosphere.
I think we've spoke about the good features of this album but what are the negative points there, I think the only negative thing is the production, guitars don't sound enough heavy and drums could be a bit louder. But when we overview the whole record in a couple of minutes what we reach is that not only their work is quite good, they would even compete with top American or British acts cos I think If CKY are a group of talented musicians, TONA are gods.
In the end I recommend this album to every one of you, Listen to it and Listen to it loud.
Holy Grail's Rating : 4/5
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Review @ How much Longer must We tolerate Mass Culture?
How Much Longer Must We Tolerate Mass Culture : Tona
Whenever I see a band described as “post-rock” I scratch my head a bit. Any genre broad enough to cover both Yes and GG Allin would seem to contain enough multitudes that it wouldn’t need a postscript. Either it’s rock, or it’s not, and if it’s not rock, it could bear some relation.
But Tona aren’t post rock. No, they understand that they are fully in the rock. Never mind that they might employ an eastern modality here, a country lick there, and a grab bag of influences, this still is self-consciously Rock music. There’s no fashionable poses of being in with this marketing genre or that. Certainly, a nod to the so-called “Stoner Rock”, but isn’t that stuff basic rock music, anyway? No, this is asynchronous rock- it’s outside of time. You’ll hear a snippet of Motorhead, a flash of Black Flag, a moment of latter-day Clutch, a moment of Kyuss, a few seconds of the Melvins, and some Thin White Rope. The vocals, while sung, and not growled are full throated and masculine- think Germanic military chants, like Laibach, but not as an affected gesture; that’s just George’s voice. Boris and Filip have a pretty broad range to choose from, sonically- from delicate neo-jazz phrases to full-bore overdriven skronk. Yes, lots of distortion, but more of a late 70’s tube-driven creaminess than a late ‘80’s scooped out shine, or a 90’s thud- even less the contemporary twinkle and crunch- Boris and Filip would blow minds in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, because they play with a much more broad musical understanding, but their tone would not be out of place on a latter-day Thin Lizzy record (and what’s a higher standard than that?)Vladimir and Roger- the rhythm machine- quite frankly they’re locked in so tight that it invites comparison to something artificial, but the tone used keeps it completely organic- lots of splash cymbals and walking bass lines, so it can help but have a kinda woodsy edge. Still, musically, this is rock- don’t expect Belle and Sebastian!
Yes, they are Serbian, and yes, I think that plays into this. They’re not political, but there is the kind of urgency, and determination you just don’t hear in more western countries. Take it this way- when some Anarchopunk band from Orange County screams about war, pain, and death, there is an understood comfort underneath it- they can always go off to college and become lawyers, and when some Satanic Death Grind metal band from Norway screeches about wanting to burn churches, you know full well they have one of the best social nets in the world underneath them. A band from Serbia, from Uzbekistan, from Burma? Even if they come from the upper class, there’s something underlining whatever the band does- if this falls through, there aren’t necessarily the resources to go for plan “B”. Shouldn’t we all have a little of that?"
Read it all HERE
Whenever I see a band described as “post-rock” I scratch my head a bit. Any genre broad enough to cover both Yes and GG Allin would seem to contain enough multitudes that it wouldn’t need a postscript. Either it’s rock, or it’s not, and if it’s not rock, it could bear some relation.
But Tona aren’t post rock. No, they understand that they are fully in the rock. Never mind that they might employ an eastern modality here, a country lick there, and a grab bag of influences, this still is self-consciously Rock music. There’s no fashionable poses of being in with this marketing genre or that. Certainly, a nod to the so-called “Stoner Rock”, but isn’t that stuff basic rock music, anyway? No, this is asynchronous rock- it’s outside of time. You’ll hear a snippet of Motorhead, a flash of Black Flag, a moment of latter-day Clutch, a moment of Kyuss, a few seconds of the Melvins, and some Thin White Rope. The vocals, while sung, and not growled are full throated and masculine- think Germanic military chants, like Laibach, but not as an affected gesture; that’s just George’s voice. Boris and Filip have a pretty broad range to choose from, sonically- from delicate neo-jazz phrases to full-bore overdriven skronk. Yes, lots of distortion, but more of a late 70’s tube-driven creaminess than a late ‘80’s scooped out shine, or a 90’s thud- even less the contemporary twinkle and crunch- Boris and Filip would blow minds in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, because they play with a much more broad musical understanding, but their tone would not be out of place on a latter-day Thin Lizzy record (and what’s a higher standard than that?)Vladimir and Roger- the rhythm machine- quite frankly they’re locked in so tight that it invites comparison to something artificial, but the tone used keeps it completely organic- lots of splash cymbals and walking bass lines, so it can help but have a kinda woodsy edge. Still, musically, this is rock- don’t expect Belle and Sebastian!
Yes, they are Serbian, and yes, I think that plays into this. They’re not political, but there is the kind of urgency, and determination you just don’t hear in more western countries. Take it this way- when some Anarchopunk band from Orange County screams about war, pain, and death, there is an understood comfort underneath it- they can always go off to college and become lawyers, and when some Satanic Death Grind metal band from Norway screeches about wanting to burn churches, you know full well they have one of the best social nets in the world underneath them. A band from Serbia, from Uzbekistan, from Burma? Even if they come from the upper class, there’s something underlining whatever the band does- if this falls through, there aren’t necessarily the resources to go for plan “B”. Shouldn’t we all have a little of that?"
Read it all HERE
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Awesome review @ No Funeral webzine!
So we have our first Texas review, and you know that it has
to be fuckin good! Thanks Brian! Check it out @ No Funeral
"I started corresponding with George in Serbia this year and he's one of the most dedicated musicians with whom I've interacted in a long time. George is the lead vocalist in Tona -- a band that treads the ground between stoner metal and heavy punk. Tona is one of those bands that marries a billion different influences into an entirely new being that fits like an old shoe. Say what? Follow me on this.
"Go Find Jays Circle" is reminiscent of the long-forgotten stoner band Nudeswirl with moments of Into Another's heavier material. "Oreol" throws Dag Nasty, the Minutemen, and SST/Sub Pop-era Soundgarden into the musical blender, to splendid results.
"Go Slow" finds guitarists Boris Radin and Filip Radovanov doing their best Josh-Homme-in-Kyuss impressions that do not come off as contrived.
1000 is an album that would get the full, 100% Carducci seal of approval. The record is filled with soulful melodies that beautifully synchronize with the driving rhythms. It get the No Funeral seal of you-have-no-taste-if-you-don't-dig-this approval. America is a country full of rich weirdoes. Can't one of them pony up the dough to bring Tona to the states? 1000 is highly recommended for the living, the dead and those stuck in purgatory. Really, you need to download this. It's the only way to make up for that whole Bill Clinton thing."
No Funeral
to be fuckin good! Thanks Brian! Check it out @ No Funeral
"I started corresponding with George in Serbia this year and he's one of the most dedicated musicians with whom I've interacted in a long time. George is the lead vocalist in Tona -- a band that treads the ground between stoner metal and heavy punk. Tona is one of those bands that marries a billion different influences into an entirely new being that fits like an old shoe. Say what? Follow me on this.
"Go Find Jays Circle" is reminiscent of the long-forgotten stoner band Nudeswirl with moments of Into Another's heavier material. "Oreol" throws Dag Nasty, the Minutemen, and SST/Sub Pop-era Soundgarden into the musical blender, to splendid results.
"Go Slow" finds guitarists Boris Radin and Filip Radovanov doing their best Josh-Homme-in-Kyuss impressions that do not come off as contrived.
1000 is an album that would get the full, 100% Carducci seal of approval. The record is filled with soulful melodies that beautifully synchronize with the driving rhythms. It get the No Funeral seal of you-have-no-taste-if-you-don't-dig-this approval. America is a country full of rich weirdoes. Can't one of them pony up the dough to bring Tona to the states? 1000 is highly recommended for the living, the dead and those stuck in purgatory. Really, you need to download this. It's the only way to make up for that whole Bill Clinton thing."
No Funeral
Monday, July 27, 2009
Earthdog`s Visions of Doom!
Its nice to see that our album works well throughout the genres!
Review on Doom Mantia:
"Tona are from Serbia which makes them kind of unique,i don't know how many bands you have heard from there but i have not heard many at all.This album came as a bit of a surprise because i really only ever heard there songs on their Myspace page and on some shitty computer speakers.That's where i went wrong,this CD is made to be played loud to be fully appreciated.To sum up their style and sound is not all that easy,they mix up Metal,Rock,Punk,70's Hard Rock Sounds and some mean Stoner Metal to create something that hits your between the eyes if you are in the mood.I say that because it took me a while for this album to grab me,once it did however i found their songs to be really good and kind of infectious.The vocals are very clean and used to accent the rhythmic nature of the songs.The songs attack with some relentless energy although they do slow down sometimes throughout the album.There is some Motorhead style to some of their songs while at other times they sound more like some of the revved up Monster Magnet stuff.They also have the ability to mix up Progressive Rock with real Boogie/Bluesy based tunes also.Yes this is a mixed bag of a album but what they do they do real well.Production is a bit basic so that hurts the sound in places but they have come up with a album that shows some great promise for the future.Not really the type of band i would normally listen to but i found it quite addictive after a few listens."
Doom Mantia
Review on Doom Mantia:
"Tona are from Serbia which makes them kind of unique,i don't know how many bands you have heard from there but i have not heard many at all.This album came as a bit of a surprise because i really only ever heard there songs on their Myspace page and on some shitty computer speakers.That's where i went wrong,this CD is made to be played loud to be fully appreciated.To sum up their style and sound is not all that easy,they mix up Metal,Rock,Punk,70's Hard Rock Sounds and some mean Stoner Metal to create something that hits your between the eyes if you are in the mood.I say that because it took me a while for this album to grab me,once it did however i found their songs to be really good and kind of infectious.The vocals are very clean and used to accent the rhythmic nature of the songs.The songs attack with some relentless energy although they do slow down sometimes throughout the album.There is some Motorhead style to some of their songs while at other times they sound more like some of the revved up Monster Magnet stuff.They also have the ability to mix up Progressive Rock with real Boogie/Bluesy based tunes also.Yes this is a mixed bag of a album but what they do they do real well.Production is a bit basic so that hurts the sound in places but they have come up with a album that shows some great promise for the future.Not really the type of band i would normally listen to but i found it quite addictive after a few listens."
Doom Mantia
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