The Trigger is a Serbian hard rock/heavy metal band from Belgrade.
History
The band was formed in 2005 by guitarist and songwriter Dušan Svilokos Đurić, female vocalist Milena Branković, and bass guitarist Petar "Pera" Popović. Keyboardist Marko Antonić, and drummer Zoran Jović "Đavo" were soon added to their ranks and the five-piece band started working on songs for their debut album, entering the studio in 2006. The band was performing and releasing albums for their domestic market under the name "Trigger", until they added "The" to their name in 2019, for legal reasons, as their first album in English for the international market was about to be released.
The band's debut album Ljubav (Love) was released in December 2007 through PGP-RTS. Ljubav was imagined as a concept album, featuring lyrics dealing with dark sides of love. The album was met with mostly positive reactions by the critics. The promotional video was recorded for the song "Jedan dan" ("A Day"). "Jedan dan" won the first place on TV Panonija chart, TV Metropolis Top 10 chart, and Radio 202 Hit of the Week chart. During the same year, the band started the concert promotion of the album, starting with the appearance on Belgrade Beer Fest. In 2008, the band was awarded with the Discovery of the Year Award by TV Metropolis, and was polled the Best Young Band of 2008 by the listeners of the Radio 202 show Hit 202.
In 2009, the band released the live mini-album Metropolis Live, consisting of five songs from Ljubav, recorded in 2008 at the band's performance in the TV Metropolis show Metropolis Live. The album was available for free via a digital download at the band's official site. In 2009, the band also recorded the video for the song "Više neće biti nas" ("There Will Be no more of Us"), and won the Metal Album of the Award at the Sarajevo Indexi Awards Ceremony. The band also appeared on a New York City Hard Rock Radio Live compilation. In 2010, Dušan Svilokos Đurić and Milena Branković, under the name "Disparador", appeared on the various artists album Vreme brutalnih dobronamernika, which featured seventeen bands which recorded songs of poems of a Serbian poet Milan B. Popović. Disparador participated in the compilation with the gothic industrial-oriented song "Pokrov iznad mene" ("Shroud above Me").
In 2011, the band announced the release of a new studio album, entitled EX, which will feature covers of songs by former Yugoslav new wave artists. The band promoted their upcoming album with a concert in Belgrade club Danguba, featuring guest appearance by the heavy metal band Forever Storm. The first part of the album, containing covers of Piloti song "Ne veruj u idole" ("Do not Believe in Idols"), Azra song "Kurvini sinovi" ("Sons of Whores"), and Haustor song "Ena", was available for free download from the band's official website in May 2011. The second part of the album, featuring a cover of VIS Simboli song "Bejbi, bejbi" ("Baby, Baby"), a cover of Bulevar song "Trenutni lek" ("Momentary Remedy") and a cover of Petar i Zli Vuci song "Ogledalo" ("Mirror"), was released for free download in May 2012. The third and final part of the album, featuring a cover of Jakarta song "Spiritus" and a cover of Beograd song "Opasne igre" ("Dangerous Games"), was released in November 2012. Keyboardist Marko Antonić leaves the band after EX, and instead of looking for a replacement keyboard player, the band continues as a four-piece.