Jelusick - 'Apolitical Ecstasy' (official audio)

Somewhere between my anger and pain
Lies a wounded child in vain
Still holding on
Someday he’ll find his piece of mind
And find out he’s one of a kind
And let the awakening begin.

Don’t you cry, don’t you cry
If there’s poison in your veins
Just let it die

Under these skies there’s
Rule "not to follow"
Under my skin
I’ll always survive
Don’t pull me under

With new tomorrow
There’s no time to borrow
Under your skin
I won’t be alive

Somewhere between
This heart and this mind
Lies a broken man inside
Still holding on

Don’t you cry now,
Don’t let it slip away this time
Don’t be blind, if there’s
Poison in your veins just let it die

When the sun goes down
Who’s the saddest clown
That will drag the toys all over town
Into another day
To hide the rain
And to play the role
Just one last time

Death penalty
For apolitical ecstasy

Ο Dino Jelusick (ή Jelusić όπως είναι το πραγματικό του επώνυμο) είναι Κροάτης τραγουδιστής, μουσικός και συνθέτης. Το 2003 είχε λάβει μέρος στον παιδικό διαγωνισμό τραγουδιού της Eurovision (με το δικό του μουσικό κομμάτι, "Ti si moja prva ljubav") και την ίδια χρονιά κυκλοφόρησε και ο πρώτος προσωπικός του δίσκος ("No.1").

Το "ξεπέταγμα" το έκανε μέσω του hard rock συγκροτήματος Animal Drive, έχει συνεργασθεί με πληθώρα γνωστών μουσικών, από το 2016 αποτελεί μέλος των Trans-Siberian Orchestra και από το 2021 των Whitesnake (ως πληκτράς και δεύτερα φωνητικά).

Το βιογραφικό του τα αναφέρει αναλυτικότερα:

«Dino Jelusick (Dino Jelusić), born 4 June 1992, is a Croatian rock singer, musician, and songwriter. He was the founder, principal songwriter and lead singer of hard rock band Animal Drive, which was formed in 2012 and dissolved in 2020.

Besides working on several hard rock and metal projects, Dino became a permanent member of American rock band Trans-Siberian Orchestra since 2016.

He also worked with Gus G, Mike Mangini, George Lynch, Will Hunt, Jeff Scott Soto, Joel Hoekstra, Steve Smyth, Jon Oliva, Kip Winger, John Macaluso, Deen Castronovo, Phil Demmel, Mike Portnoy, Henrik Linder, Justin Johnson, Tony Franklin, Kyle Hughes, Virgil Donati, Kiko Loureiro, Jordan Rudess, David Coverdale, Tommy Aldridge, Reb Beach, Michele Luppi and others.

Dino got his master’s degree in the Academy of Music, University of Zagreb, in 2020. On July 27th 2021, David Coverdale and Whitesnake announced that Dino became new snake and member of Whitesnake!

After a part of the Whitesnake farewell tour was canceled, August 2022, Dino jumped in to sing for The Dead Daisies, replacing legendary Glenn Hughes. So far Dino recorded numerous songs and albums with some legendary musicians: World of War 2 (Michael Romeo), Dirty Shirley with George Lynch, Magnus Carlsson’s Free Fall, Ralph, Stoneleaders...

As his parents also played musical instruments, Dino was introduced to music and singing at the age of three and started performing at the age of five by appearing on television and on international festivals.

Dino participated and won the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in Denmark with his own song “Ti si moja prva ljubav“. He released his debut solo album, No.1 in 2003 and an English version in 2004.

He toured the United States, Scandinavia and Australia until 2005 and the tour included four concerts in Denmark with a total audience of 100.000 people. The same year Dino became the youngest nominee of the Croatian music award Porin at the age of twelve.

In 2005, he was one of the three main acts at the Langeland festival in Denmark along with UB40 and Ronan Keating. In Croatia he released a conceptual album “Prošao sam sve” inspired by Marijan Gubina’s book “260 days”.»

Οι Jelusick αποτελούν το νέο προσωπικό σχήμα του Κροάτη καλλιτέχνη. Σχηματίσθηκαν προ πενταετίας και είδαν (προ τριετίας) σε κυκλοφορία το ντεμπούτο τους, το οποίο φέρει τον "Follow The Blind Man". Ο διάδοχός του βρίσκεται ήδη εκεί έξω. Φέρει τον τίτλο "Apolitical Ecstasy" και κυκλοφόρησε το περασμένο φθινόπωρο...

Band: Jelusick
Country of origin: Croatia
Formed in: 2021
Genre: Melodic Metal / Hard Rock
Years active: 2021-present

Audio: "Apolitical Ecstasy"
Album: "Apolitical Ecstasy"
Type: Full length
Release date: September 19th, 2025
Label: Escape Music

Track listing:
01. Jaws Of Life
02. Power To The People
03. Hangman
04. Seasons
05. What The Hell is Goin' On
06. Groove Central 1
07. Fool In Rain
08. How Many Times
09. Torn
10. Apolitical Ecstasy

Line-up:
Dino Jelusick - Vocals, Keyboards
Ivan Keller - Guitars
Luka Brodarić - Bass
Mario Lepoglavec - Drums