MOONSPELL, Embrace By Dark03.12.2009, ‘Blue Box’ club, Sofia – Bulgariawords by Ivaylo Alexandrov,В photo: Georgi GeorgievВ  There have been many good concerts this year. No, no, I’m not complaining, just noting. Nice, special, awaited and surprising at the same time. The one from the last night was all of these. Most of Evil surprised us that […]

TANGRA MEGA LIVE 15KULTUR SHOCK, KONTROL, Pero Defformero01.12.2009, Universiada hall, Sofia – Bulgaria words byВ Nick The Stripper, photo: Elena Nenkova Winter 2009 in Bulgaria is a drab, miserable affair, somewhat oppressive and bereft of joy. Not an attractive proposition by any stretch of the imagination. Unless, of course, you ski or snowboard, in which case […]

MILENA 25 YEARS ON STAGE28.11.2009, Universiada Hall, Sofia – Bulgariawords by Nikola Shahpazov, photo: Ivaylo Tchilingirian – digitalartsbg.com When SME announced this was going to be a monstrous 5-hour concert I instantly though it was a good (for you can’t expect Milena to celebrate 25 years of musical activity with just any live) but somewhat […]

W.A.S.P.,В Shecky & The Bloodrain17.11.2009, ‘Hristo Botev’ hall, Sofia – Bulgaria words byВ Stefan YordanovВ – Stiff, photo: Georgi Georgiev Bulgarian metalheads just love W.A.S.P.! This is the inevitable conclusion from this 4th visit of Blackie Lawless and his gang here in this country. 24 years after the controversial debut album, which in a way triggered plenty of […]

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Benefit Concert30.10.2009, Madison Square Garden, РќСЋ Йорк текст: Иван Драндийски, СЃРЅРёРјРєРё: Иван Драндийски и РґСЂ.В  Ето РЅРё, СЃРєСЂРѕРјРЅР° РіСЂСѓРїР° РѕС‚ 5 човека РЅР° РїСЉС‚ Р·Р° РќСЋ Йорк, заради 1 концерт Рё 1 театър. The Big Apple РЅРё посреща СЃ красивата СЃРё есен, натоварения трафик Рё лудницата около Halloween Рё […]

AMORPHIS,В Before The Dawn, AmoralВ 30.10.2009,В ‘Blue Box’ club, Sofia – Bulgaria ords by Nikola Shahpazov, photo: Elena Nenkova Nino Nikolov, the only literary scholar who managed to translate the Finnish national epic Kalevala in Bulgarian, had absolutely no idea that some 17 years after the first edition of the book here, 800 Sofia fans would sing (though […]

ZZ TOP, Down&Out,В Toma 21.10.2009, Akademic Stadium, Sofia – Bulgaria words byВ May Davidoff, sketches: various They’ve got the most famous beards with the exception of Fidel Castro! The latter got nicknamed “the Beard” in the late 50s (when CIA’s series of miserably failed attempts to assassinate him kicked off) while they got christened “tres hombres” in […]

TARJA TURUNEN, Kings of Modesty, FurnazeARENA MUZIKA 200912.10.2009, Universiada hall, Sofia – Bulgaria words by: Nikola Shahpazov, photo: Georgi Georgiev It’s hard, nearly impossible to say a Tarja Turunen gig unpleasant. Despite of the inherent negativity in metal (ever since the first seconds of War Pigs and the satanic poetry of Black Sabbath), this concert […]

MR.BIG 01.10.2009, Universiada hall, Sofia – Bulgaria words by Nasso Ruskov, photo by Danny Boy. The special radio Tangra Mega Rock night at the Arena Muzika 2009 festival! 2009 has so far been a remarkable year for rock music. Up to this point we have seen the release of a number of exceptional albums and […]

PAUL DI’ANNO,В Smallman, Lavina.25.09.2009, ‘Blue Box’ club, Sofia – Bulgaria. words byВ Metal Willie, photo: Milena RadevaВ (Pro-Rock mag). 2001…that was quite a long time ago when you think about it. A year that, for us here in Bulgaria, brought the usual post-Commie (i.e. modern “democracy” with a distinct old style Commie mentality) grief, but that was nothing compared […]