“We have no plans for anything, we simply try to better ourselves and make the best possible music.” Dark Tranquillity‘s original bass player and current guitarist Martin Henriksson present the Gothenburg sextet’s brand-new album, “Fiction”, and reveals some quite peculiar stories… Vassil Varbanov: Hey, Martin, how are you? Martin Henriksson: I’m very good, how about […]

“We had a real singer when we started, but he left, so we tossed the coin and I lost. That was the cost – whoever loses is gonna be the singer…” The Toy Dolls‘ founder, frontman and only surviving memner through all these years, Michael “Olga” Algar, confesses he cannot sing, states he’s a pessimist, […]

“A friend of mine picked up the phone and said, “Some guy says he’s Ritchie Blackmore!” And it really was…” Rainbow’s last vocalist Doogie White talks about the fourth studio album by his current Scottish-Danish band Cornerstone, “Two Tales of One Tomorrow”, as well as about babysitting, working with Ritchie Blackmore, auditioning for Iron Maiden, […]

“Things have changed now, and we like to make Ferraris, not Mercedes.” Saxon‘s 56-year-old vocalist Biff Byford tells about the good times the British heavy metal godfathers are experiencing now, with the release of their brand-new studio album “The Inner Sanctum”… Vassil Varbanov: Hello, Mr. Byford! How are you doing? Biff Byford: Hey, it’s nice […]

“Are you happy with the world today?” “We’re happy with the Manowar fans!” Scott Columbus, the heroic drummer of the American kings of metal Manowar, talks about the band’s fans, the kick-ass new album “Gods of War”, the fans, the world today, the fans, the kick-ass new album, the readiness to die for metal, the […]

“I hope everybody knows we’re presenting lyrics that have nothing to do with our personal lives.” Around 5 p.m. on March 5, 2007, exactly three hours before their first ever show in Sofia, Bulgaria, Alex Webster – founder and bass player of America’s death metal masters Cannibal Corpse – entered the halls of Tangra Mega […]

“In the end, that’s what I think we are – a live band that records albums.” Leif Jensen, vocalist of the German thrash metal quintet Dew-Scented, presents his band’s brand-new, seventh studio album. Its title – “Incinerate” – starts with an “i”, as always when it comes to Dew-Scented’s recordings (“Immortelle” [1996], “Innoscent” [1998], “Ill-Natured” […]

An interview with Sofia Music Enterprises’ boss – the guy who’ll bring Iron Maiden in Sofia on June 4, 2007. Coming soon… Meanwhile, you can download and listen to the interview… in Bulgarian.

“I chose to remix Ahat’s song because of their hair styles!” The Scotsman Howard Bernstein, best known as Howie B. (worked with a.o. U2, Tricky, Bjork), arrived in Sofia in late Ferbruary 2007 to present his very own remixed version of the classic Bulgarian rock track “The Black Sheep” by Ahat at a special DJ […]

“I’m the frontman, the One Man Army, and I’ve got The Undead Quartet behind me…” Former The Crown vocalist Johan Lindstrand talks about the new album “Error in Evolution” by his current band One Man Army & The Undead Quartet. Vassil Varbanov: Johan, how are you? Johan Lindstrand: I’m fine. V. V.: There’s a new […]