PORCUPINE TREE - Steven Wilson

23 April 2007

"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...

W.A.S.P. - Blackie Lawless

22 April 2007

"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...

PARADISE LOST - Nick Holmes

19 April 2007

"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...

SHEEP ON DRUGS - Lee Fraser

18 April 2007

"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...

MACHINE HEAD - Phil Demmel

15 April 2007

"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...

DIMMU BORGIR - Shagrath

09 April 2007

"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...

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT - Ritchie Blackmore & Candice Night

30 March 2007

"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...

TYPE O NEGATIVE - Peter Steele

21 March 2007

"I did the Playgirl thing just to give journalists something to ask the band about. Of course, I have succeeded." What doesВ Peter Steele В know about St. Cyril and Methodius? What does he think about Wikipedia? What was his main motive for doing the notorious Playgirl photo session?...

MARK FOGGO'S SKASTERS - Mark Foggo

20 March 2007

"I already sing about the obvious advantage of living in Holland!" Mark Foggo can't wait to visit Bulgaria with his Skasters for the first time ever, and the reason for his show in Sofia on March 23 shall be the first birthday of Tangra Mega Rock! Vassil Varbanov: Hey, Mark,...

AFTER FOREVER - Sander Gommans

19 March 2007

"Our music wasn't invented in the mid-90's, but it existed already in the 80's with bands like Warlock." Sander Gommans - founder, guitarist and backing vocalist of the Dutch melodic metal sextet After Forever - presents the band's new, self-titled full-length...