Origin: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Locations: Sarajevo / Lukavac (Tuzla) / Banja Luka
Formed: 2010
Status: Split‑up
Genre: Black Metal
Themes: Devil worship, Vengeance
Label: Unsigned/Independent
Years active: 2010–2011
Nekro Tomb is one of those short‑lived but revealing micro‑projects that emerged during the chaotic early 2010s Bosnian underground—a period defined by constant cross‑pollination between Sarajevo, Tuzla, and Banja Luka musicians, many of whom would later become central figures in the Black Plague Circle or the Banja Luka raw lineage. Nekro Tomb sits precisely at that crossroads: a brief, violent spark where two future titans—Vožd Jovan Pogani and Odron—collided before their respective scenes fully crystallized.
The project’s aesthetic is exactly what its name promises: necrotic, hateful, primitive black metal, driven by themes of devil worship and vengeance. The sound is raw but not directionless—closer to early Balkan necro black metal than the ritualistic Sarajevo style that would emerge later. It is a document of a moment when the underground was still forming its identity, and when musicians were experimenting with different configurations before settling into their long‑term projects.
Smrt vam dolazi (2011)
“Death is coming for you.”
A fitting title for a project built on venom and retribution.
The demo is raw, aggressive, and unpolished—exactly the kind of tape‑traded artifact that defined the era.
This is the only known release before the band dissolved.
Also in: ex‑Wolfdoom
A figure tied to the early Tuzla/Sarajevo raw underground. His bass work anchors the demo’s primitive heaviness.
Also in: Jarac, and a vast constellation of Banja Luka raw black metal projects
(ex‑1389, ex‑Frosthvalmirr, ex‑Goat Evil, ex‑Nan Elmoth, ex‑Black SS Vomit, ex‑Odium Malum, ex‑Sahrana, etc.)
This period captures Pogani in transition—from Tolkienic melancholy (Nan Elmoth) toward the feral, blasphemous rawness that would define Jarac and the Banja Luka lineage. His guitar/drum work here is harsher, more violent, and more necro than his earlier material.
Also in: Cave Ritual, Deathcircle, Izrod, Night’s Majesty, Nigrum Ignis Circuli, Obskuritatem, Sulphuric Night, VraÄŤ, and many more
This is one of Odron’s earliest recorded appearances—before he became one of the defining voices of the Sarajevo Black Plague Circle. His vocals here are less ritualistic and more feral, but the seeds of his later style are unmistakable.
Nekro Tomb is a liminal project, important not for its longevity but for the convergence of its members:
It is one of the rare points where the Banja Luka and Sarajevo trajectories intersect before they diverged into two distinct underground cultures:
Nekro Tomb sits right at that fork in the road.
It is a minor project in output, but a major artifact in terms of genealogy.