Just in time for the end of the year, this is part 5 of our tour report:
After the long drive to Belgrade, we were looking forward to a more relaxed travel schedule to Sofia. And the trip was in fact without unpleasant surprises, but presented us with a most scenic drive between Niš and the Bulgarian border through a beautiful gorge with steep mountain walls. The border was kind of funny too. They had six different booths and we had to stop at every one of them and present our documents. At the first booth we got handed a USB memory stick, the purpose of which was a complete mystery to us, and we almost forgot to give it back at the last booth. But even despite this we didn't get hassled at all and so we could continue to Sofia without a hitch.
What was special about the concert in Sofia was that there were not just Haggard and us playing: There were another two bands:
Balkandji, a folk metal band from Bulgaria and
Exciter, oldschool thrash metal pioneers from Canada. There were a few discussions with the technicians about the running order of the bands and how to do the changeovers between them, but this was finally solved by the nice guys of Balkandji who offered that we could use their drum kit. Thank you so much!
Not only are the musicians of Balkandji exceptionally nice (and not just because of the drums!) but they also make really interesting music. We recommend everybody who is into folk metal to check out their stuff at the
Myspace page of Balkandji. Too bad they didn't have a CD out when we were there. We are very much looking forward for their CD release - is it out now?
After Balkandji it was our turn! You can find pictures of our show at various bulgarian sites:
Pictures of the show from Stanislav Nedev / Z-Imaging.
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