SMV: Thunder in Sofia

20 October 2008

I am speechless. It is really hard to write for a concert of these heights. The three bassists who play under the acronym SMV could easily come out as вЂњABCвЂќ in the bass playing. And it was far more than only bassвЂ¦ Extraordinary technique, amazing cooperation, great synchrony, wonderful...

Hey, Plovdiv! Hey, Joe! Hey, Paul!

18 October 2008

Speed, technique, ease. And a name that combines them all. Paul Gilbert. A virtuoso, technical shredder вЂ“ needless turgid clichГ©s for a man that could be called simply вЂњwhat a talented guitaristвЂќ. Because after an hour and a half of delay and an hour and a half of play, most of the...

They Smashed Our Brains!

17 October 2008

They might have been a bit late but Benediction, Holy Moses and Nominon truly crushed us last night. The metalheadsвЂ™ bus caught on fire near Leipzig, Germany, and played the same trick twice again after passing the Bulgarian-Romanian border on the way from Ruse to Sofia. And thatвЂ™s why the...

THIN LIZZY Live in Sofia

03 October 2008

Last night I went to Thin LizzyвЂ™s concert. No, it is not quite right. OK, last night I was at Scott Gorham and friendsвЂ™ concert. No, no, that is not the truth. Last night I saw Whitesnake. Hmm, thatвЂ™s more like what IвЂ™ve seen. ВЅ ofВ Whitesnake + ВЅ of good musiciansВ for a dessertВ =...

Unique CREMATORY in Sofia!

27 September 2008

Crematory have always been an odd band. There were to many departures, breakups, style changes... followed by "triumphant comebacks" the last one being quite an adequate one - it's the album "Pray" I'm talking about. They consider the band to be a "professional...

Keith Emerson Band in Plovdiv

07 September 2008

I am sitting and watching the blank document and before my eyes are still the Moog synthesizer and the blond keyboarder before it. I am attempting to write but I wish I could paint sounds. I have never seen such a concert so far. One of the ones who put the start of the progressive rock pulled...

NILE, GRAVE, BELPHEGOR, AMON DIN, THE REVENGE PROJECT in Sofia

07 September 2008

Yes, the event was definitely scheduled for 5 p.m. and for sure at quarter past 7 p.m. the gates of the former movie theatre вЂњOsvobozhdenieвЂќ were overcrowded and nearly a hundred fans were pressing to the barriers crying вЂњCвЂ™mon! Let us in already!вЂќ And the rest of the 800 people around...

THERION in Poland

06 September 2008

THERION 6.09.2008 Plock, Poland words by Georgi Georgiev , photo: Tsvetan Todorov FinallyВ the long awaited dayВ came - to start on our 1600 km long journey to the heart of Europe and see the Swedish symphonic metal mastersВ TherionВ at their one and the only concertВ before 2010!!...

Rick Wakeman & Orchestra Live in Plovdiv

01 September 2008

This was not a rock concert. It was a chamber performance for lovers of rock music. On the 1st of September, opening the Autumn Hall of the Arts, Rick Wakeman with the help of the musicians from the Opera-Philharmonic Association Plovdiv, held a concert, unique even for him. If you have read the...