INTERVIEWS

19 March 2007

“Damn the man!” Drummer JC Dwyer presents “Age of Tyranny/The Tenth Crusade” – the tenth studio fist by the mighty Pro-Pain, scheduled to smash Europe’s face on March 30 via Soul Food/AFM Records… Vassil Varbanov: Hey, JC, where are you at the moment? JC Dwyer: I am home, in Texas. V. V.: The idea to […]

14 March 2007

An ICQ talk between Tangra Mega Rock and a crazy motherfucker… Fur Bulgarian language speakrs only… TMR: kopelentse, kakvo po diavolite pravish v Thailand? K: doidoh za prostitukite, no me domyrzq i sega leja na plaja… obslujvam se sam edin vid 4e sym si skypernik TMR: sam li si tam ili ne mojesh da kajesh […]

12 March 2007

“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 […]

09 March 2007

“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, […]

05 March 2007

“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 […]

05 March 2007

“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 […]

05 March 2007

“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 […]

05 March 2007

“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, […]

27 February 2007

“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” […]

27 February 2007

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.