“If people like what we’re playing – god bless them! And if they don’t like it… God bless them as well!” Less than two months before one of the most eagerly awaited metal events in Bulgaria – the first ever show by Iron Maiden fronted by Bruce Dickinson in Sofia, at the Locomotive Stadium on […]

“I’m sure the young blues guitarists that are really good can make a name for themselves.” Although just 30 years old, the Louisiana-born blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd has already sold millions of albums, got two Grammy nominations and two Billboard Music Awards. Recently he issued his new effort – a CD/DVD release entitled “10 […]

“For me progressive has always been synonymous with ambition.” On April 16, 2007 the English progressive rock band Porcupine Tree released its new studio album, premonitory entitled “Fear of a Blank Planet”. We called founder and main songwriter Steven Wilson (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards) for a progressive conversation about progressive rock and contemporary life as […]

“You either forget about anarchy and revolution and turn you into a part of the machine, or you’re going to rebel totally against it and become even more of a revolutionary.” With their brand-new album, “Dominator”, W.A.S.P. are about to prove they haven’t lost their immense might through the last two decades. Not at all. […]

“As long as no one says we’re a country and western band, I don’t mind calling us metal or goth metal or whatever you like.” Vocalist and band co-founder Nicholas John Arthur Holmes, better known simply as Nick Holmes, discusses the British gothic metal godfathers Paradise Lost‘s new, 11th full-length studio album, “In Requiem”, due […]

“If Sheep on Drugs means anything at all, it’s antidrugs. It’s about provoking thought.” Britain’s nihilistic industrial punksters Sheep on Drugs visit Bulgaria’s capital Sofia for the very first time in their career on April 20, 2007, for a joint show with the one-off reunited local avantgarde cultsters Babyface Clan, the energy waveВ vampires Lovers of […]

“Every album we put out is kinda risky, because in this genre of music your next record could be your last one.” Рђ conversation with Machine Head‘s lead guitarist Phil Demmel (ex-Vio-Lence) about the Oakland quartet’s brand-new studio release, “The Blackening”. Find out more about the current superstar situation surrounding Robb Flynn and his guys, […]

“Right now I’m not really part of the black metal scene.” Dimmu Borgir are to release their eighth full-length studio album, entitled “In Sorte Diaboli”, via Nuclear Blast on April 27, 2007. Some three weeks before this date we got the Norwegian black metal leaders’ vocalist Shagrath on the phone for a quite intriguing and […]

“When you listen to our music, I think what you need is med – wine mixed with honey.” Eight years after their former visit to Bulgaria, Blackmore’s Night return to the capital Sofia for a completely sold-out concert in front of 4000 people on April 17, 2007. Some two weeks before the show we called […]

“I did the Playgirl thing just to give journalists something to ask the band about. Of course, I have succeeded.” What doesВ Peter SteeleВ know about St. Cyril and Methodius? What does he think about Wikipedia? What was his main motive for doing the notorious Playgirl photo session? And what drink would be most suitable while listening […]