Mud Factory is a Serbian metal band from Vranje formed in 2012.
Mud Factory was formed in 2012 by vocalist Stefan MilanoviÃÂ, bass player Nemanja StankoviÃÂ, guitar player Milan Stefanoviàand drummer Nemanja MilanoviÃÂ. The band played at several festivals around the Balkans throughout 2013. In the Poà ¾arevac Gitarijada (guitar festival), they were chosen as the second best band. They later won the ZajeÃÂar Gitarijada. They also participated in two local festivals: Balkan Street and Reload Festival. On 23 August 2013, Mud Factory released their first extended play titled Born for Doom. Later in September, they released a music video for their song "Reason Not to Kill", recorded in an abandoned glass factory. Drummer Nemanja Milanoviàdeparted the band in 2014 and was replaced with Vanja Seneà ¡i, who was a friend of the band. That year, the band won the qualification festival for Wacken Open Air in Kragujevac and performed in the superfinal at the Underwall Festival in Zadar . Mud Factory's second EP, Project Extinction, was released on 21 April 2015 under the Nocturne Media label. "Where They Sleep", a song from the EP, was later released as a single and a music video.
Mud Factory created a music festival named Factory Fest, which held its first celebration on 30 January 2016 in PanÃÂevo and held a second celebration on 18 February in Vranje. Bass player Nemanja StankoviÃÂ explained the concept of the festival in an interview:
In August 2016, Mud Factory played at the 50th ZajeÃÂar Gitarijada. In June 2018, the band performed at the Exit Festival in Novi Sad. That same year, on 1 September, they performed at a music documentary festival at Nià ¡.
They played Arsenal fest in 2019. as well as some minor shows in Serbia.
Mud Factory published their first LP album "The Sins of Our Fathers" on 11.12.2020. via Wormholedeath records. Album was mixed and mastered by Fredrik Nordström in Studio Fredman, Sweden, and supported by SOKOJ and Wacken foundation.
Mud Factory initially played stoner metal, but are currently aligned to groove metal and death metal genres. Guitarist Milan StefanoviÃÂ, however, has stated that the band did not "like to generalize their genre", and simply deem themselves as a metal band. Serbian Metal Portal, a metal enthusiast website, has cited deathcore, stoner metal, and groove metal as sources for Mud Factory's music."
Mud Factory cites Machine Head, Lamb of God, DevilDriver, Whitechapel, Gojira, and Mastodon as influences.
Current members
Former members
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Extended play (EP)
Singles