Crossbones

III - 2017 Full-length studio album
Alive CD Single – April 2015 EP
Toxic Waste - 2015 Best of 1998-2013
Days Of Rage 1997 Full-length studio album

Crossbones was founded in 1996 in Tirana the capital city of Albania. First rehearsals took place in a friend’s house basement...hell yeah!
...and they hit the road to rock n roll with powerful explosive vocals, heavy guitar riffs, and breathtaking drums. The first members were Olsi BALLTA (founder/vocals) and Arbi XHELO (co-founder/guitar),then Klodi SHEHU (guitar) and Alban MALE (drums & keyboards) joined the band and till 1998 they always had session bass players. The band had no name until Ols (vocals) opened an Albanian-English dictionary and picked the first word of a random page…and it was CROSSBONES (1996). Crossbones is the 1-st Albanian (AL) rock band releasing an album on CD, called "Days Of Rage" in 1997. It was recorded in a home studio and at that time the quality of sound was not so important more than the fact that Crossbones was entering Albanian rock music history as the first band ever recording and producing an album on CD of course with a little help for the financial issues. Crossbones is part of "Era e ndryshimit" history of rock bands in Albania, a book by Kozeta Kurti, published in 2010. They are definitely the most recognized band in Albanian (AL) rock/metal scene. Crossbones performed live in several concerts and rock festivals in Tirana the capital of Albania, Durres city, Thessaloniki, Skopje /F.Y.R.O.M., Ulcinj / Montenegro and the most important ones so far are:

Anibar Festival - Peja/Kosovo August 19 2016
SteelWings Moto Meeting - June 2016
RockStock - May 27 2016 + Septem(IT)
Opening Act for Rotting Christ 26.12.2015
RockStock Music Festival - 26.10.2015
Telekom City Rock Concert July 25 2015 Mother Tresa Square Tirana
8Ball Club Thessaloniki, Greece April 24, 2015
BokLand April 2015 Tirana/Albania
Top Show Magazine March 6, 2015, Tirana/Albania
Rockstock February 25, 2015, Tirana/Albania
BokLand February 6, 2015, Tirana/Albania
Rockstock Festival June 2014 Tirana/Albania
Rockstock April 30, 2014, Tirana/Albania
FESTON October 2013 Tirana/Albania
TOP FEST 1/2/4/6/12 – Nomination for best rock Top Fest 1/12 Tirana/Albania
Steel Wings Anniversary Moto meeting –2012/2013/2014 Tirana/Albania
Moto meeting Ulcinj/Montenegro – June 8, 2012
ROCK THE BLOCK – May 12, 2012, Tirana/Albania
Tribute Metallica 30-th Anniversary, December 28, 2011, Tirana/Albania
Black Box – September 16, 2011, Fine Arts Academy, Tirana/Albania
Rock the Block 2009 Tirana/Albania
Nata e Bardhe November 29,2008 Tirana/Albania
Nata e Bardhe November 29, 2007, Tirana/Albania
What’s Up Fest –“NENE TEREZA” Square -Tirana/Albania October 5, 2007
Top Fest Rock Marathon - Tirana/Albania 2005
“Mjaft” Fest – Durres 2004
Radio Rock Fest - Tirana/Albania 2004
Underground Music Festival-Skopje /Macedonia 17-19 December 1999
Tirana Rock Festival 1996 (Tirana – Albania)