IRON MAIDEN – ‘Flight 666’21.03.2009, ‘Arena Cinema’, Sofia – BulgariaВ  words by: Stefan Yordanov, photo:В  Stefan Yordanov. ‘Arena’ theatre is not your usual place to see hundreds of people in Iron Maiden t-shirts. Well, yesterday, on April 21st 2009 that really happened. All the chavs and chalga girls from the suburban Sofia who use to […]

HAMMERFALL, Sabaton, Bloodbound10.04.2009, Universiada hall, Sofia – BulgariaВ  words by: Stefan Topuzov, photo: Ivaylo Tchilingirian – digitalartsbg.com Friday afternoon. Beer after beer and the heavy metal mood seems to get stronger and stronger! After all, we’re about to witness a show by one of the biggest names in the genre. Everyone around me is explain […]

BABYFACE CLAN , Panican Whyasker, Animacionerite09.04.2009, Blue Box club, Sofia words by: Stefan Topuzov, photo: begemot. I’ll have to admit that alternative music is on the outskirts of my musical taste. And even if my interest was limited, I could notice that there wasn’t pretty much any of it in Bulgaria in recent years. Last […]

GORGON ELECTRO MINI FEST III -COMBICHRIST, Aesthetic Perfection, Virgins o.r. Pigeons, Shemale Zero29.03.2009, ‘Blue Box’ club, Sofia – Bulgaria words byВ Nick The Stripper, photo: Dee Dee Sunday is a day for lying around and, in the words of Jack Kerouac, practicing “do-nothing”. Tis a day to be competely and utterly and wonderfully lazy…unless you’re an […]

IN FLAMES, Urban Grey20.03.2009,В ‘Denitsa hall’, Sofia – BulgariaВ  words by Steffan Yordanov, photos:В  begemot … And the Bulgarian audience has no fucking reason to complain about their first gig here, in Sofia. The venue was a great choice. Only 2000 km West places like ‘Denitsa’ hall are may be the most desirable ones because they […]

SOULFLY, Hornsman Coyote, Incite, Senser, Subscribe, Artery15.03.2009,В ‘Universiada’ hall,В Sofia, BulgariaВ  words by Steffan Yordanov, photos:В  begemot It’s not a secret any more that Soulfly have invested a lot of their heart and soul into Bulgarian audience for the last 7 years and that is why the band’s fourth coming sold out ‘Universiada’ hall to 2000 people. […]

LORDI, Brandon AshleyВ & the Silverbugs, Fatal Smile 6.05.2009 Sofia,В “Hristo Botev” hallВ  words by Stefan Topuzov, photo: Diamond_Adi. They are probably the only big thing that Europe has come up with in terms of SHOCK ROCK in a while. LORDI look like GWAR, but without the extra profanity volume, and provide a theatrics heavy show comparable […]

ST. VALENTINE RIOTNO USE FOR A NAME, Crowfish, A-Moral, Empty Face, La Muchedumbre, Perfect Skies, Rise Above14.02.2009Sofia, 4km party centre Words by: Nikki The Stripper, photo: Dee Dee Some people spend St. Valentine’s in a fancy restaurant, eating dinner, amidst candles. Others spend it naked in bed, with candles also…dripping hot wax on their skin. […]

ST. VALENTINE RIOTNO USE FOR A NAME, Crowfish, A-Moral, Empty Face, La Muchedumbre, Perfect Skies, Rise Above 14.02.2009 ‘4km Party Centre’, Sofia, Bulgaria Words by: Nikki The Stripper, photo: Dee Dee Some people spend St. Valentine’s in a fancy restaurant, eating dinner, amidst candles. Others spend it naked in bed, with candles also…dripping hot wax […]

THE RASMUS12.02.2009 ‘Universiada’ hall, Sofia, Bulgaria Words by: Metal Willie, photo: Begemot The Rasmus – reviled by many a “serious” music fan and adored by their shrill-voiced legions of pubescent girlies. And it is, of course, the latter who make up most of the 1,500 + crowd in this 3,000 capacity venue in Bulgaria’s capital […]