NEW MODEL ARMY – Here Came The War

NEW MODEL ARMY, Bastardolomey 24.04.2009В Party CenetrВ ‘4 РєРј’, Sofia – BulgariaВ  words by Stefan Topuzov, photo: Tihomir Rachev ‘That’s how it is with cult bands’, me and a couple a friends make a sad statement about the show’s attendance while insubordinately drinking beers on the outside, despite the Sofia city authorities’ latest moronic decision to ban […]

MARK FOGGO’S SKASTERS are great!

MARK FOGGO’S SKASTERS, Wickeda, La Muchedumbre24.04.2009, ‘Blue Box’ club, Sofia – Bulgaria words by: Nasso Ruskov, photos: Elena Nenkova. Tangra Mega Rock’s 3rd birthday bash was destined to be one helluva monster knees up! This is, after all, the one and only true rock’n’roll radio station in Bulgaria – where anything goes on air and you […]

IRON MAIDEN – ‘Flight 666’

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 […]

THE HAMMER FELL DOWN

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 brought the alternative back

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 […]

Sunday Bloody Sunday (Welcome to the Church of Combichrist)

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 love Bulgaria

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 […]