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DaN wrote:
lunaboy wrote:About ICEBERG ( АЙСБЕРГ )

I used some Google search with bulgarian language and found this one :

http://www.rivasound.com/artists/aizberg.htm

If I understand correct bulgarian language album was released back in 1988.
Good work. Anything else of interest in that text? A description of musical style perhaps?
Here's the translation:

ICEBERG are probably the only rock-group from Ihtiman (town) which got national recognition. /note: Given that Ihtiman is a very small rural town of about 13,000 population I would wager ICEBERG WAS the only rock-band back in the 80s from that town/.

One of the first Bulgarian rock-bands form the second generation, which managed to release a full-length album in 1988 /unclear on what format/. Bulgarian National Television (BNT) made a documentary movie about them in 1989, which was aired also abroad, in Eastern Europe mostly. Nevertheless, the sophomore album came only in 1994, thanks to Riva Sound Records /which later developed nice reputation of ripping ALL their bands off, haha!/. The band plays melodic hard rock in the best genre traditions, sung in Bulgarian. Iceberg are: Nikolay Balabanov (g), Konstantin Tanev (v), Vladimir Vandov (g), Ivan Ajnadjiiski (b), Ivan Petrov (d).

One remark: It is well known that the "Heretic" 1994 tape album is a compilation of old material from the late 80s. So therefore it is not a sophomore album, but a "rerelease" of the old stuff. I know coz I've seen Iceberg playing clubs in Sofia in the late 80s / early 90s quite often, and they always played the same songs from 1994 tape (plus some "covers" with unrelated Bulgarian lyrics like Pretty Maids - Savage Heart, Stormwitch - Tears by the Firelight, Grupa Galaktika - I'm Wizard, and Flotsam and Jetsam - Suffer the Masses, which they always somehow forgot to credit the original bands for :lol:
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i think the HELL from UK with your only official release "Save Us From Those Who Save Us"...the other albums(5+or-) are all demos and bootlegs.
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Did some one mention already Mexico's Cuero y Metal 7"? Pressed in 300 copies, only 50-60 are playable, the rest dont :lol:

or Apocalipsis also from Mexico... Their only album was pressed in abunch of copies, which I think no more than 200 survived...
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protodoom wrote:i think the HELL from UK with your only official release "Save Us From Those Who Save Us"...the other albums(5+or-) are all demos and bootlegs.
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Haha, that really cracked me up, "The Knell".
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metalmaster wrote:Did some one mention already Mexico's Cuero y Metal 7"? Pressed in 300 copies, only 50-60 are playable, the rest dont :lol:

or Apocalipsis also from Mexico... Their only album was pressed in abunch of copies, which I think no more than 200 survived...
South American Steel strikes again! Both are amazing, especially the godly Cuero y metal 7''.
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The Knell wrote:
protodoom wrote:i think the HELL from UK with your only official release "Save Us From Those Who Save Us"...the other albums(5+or-) are all demos and bootlegs.
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Warrior of the Rising Sun is that myspace metal hero that looks like he so badly wants to be Tomas from Helvetets Port, I hate how Hell have become this big myspace thing.
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ION BRITTON wrote:
South American Steel strikes again! Both are amazing, especially the godly Cuero y metal 7''.
want to hear that 7" for years. How does it sound? Cuero Y Metal were also part of a compilation LP. Does anyone know if those songs were unreleased?
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Nightlock wrote:
The Knell wrote:"Hell was a very fine band" - The Knell
Warrior of the Rising Sun is that myspace metal hero that looks like he so badly wants to be Tomas from Helvetets Port, I hate how Hell have become this big myspace thing.
They have? I didnt cared about Hell apart from the music, which belongs surely to the better buried NWOBHM bands. Those comments sure sound far too exaggerated to be taken honestly for me.
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The Knell wrote:"Hell was a very fine band" - The Knell
You forgot to add "BIGGEST HELL fan in Germany" :lol:
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Nightlock wrote:Warrior of the Rising Sun is that myspace metal hero that looks like he so badly wants to be Tomas from Helvetets Port, I hate how Hell have become this big myspace thing.
I think he and Metal Sanaz are planning to have the first myspace wedding online for the ultimate metal wedding celebrity prize of 2009
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Actually, I just knew Hell this year, or maybe last, thanks to this forum and yes, it's a very cool band, but those comments make it sound like they were even better than Mercyful Fate.
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stormspell wrote:
The Knell wrote:"Hell was a very fine band" - The Knell
You forgot to add "BIGGEST HELL fan in Germany" :lol:
:roll: :lol:
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stormspell wrote:
Nightlock wrote:Warrior of the Rising Sun is that myspace metal hero that looks like he so badly wants to be Tomas from Helvetets Port, I hate how Hell have become this big myspace thing.
I think he and Metal Sanaz are planning to have the first myspace wedding online for the ultimate metal wedding celebrity prize of 2009
Haha I wouldn't be surprised if what you're saying was true.
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Nightlock wrote:I think he and Metal Sanaz are planning to have the first myspace wedding online for the ultimate metal wedding celebrity prize of 2009
Haha I wouldn't be surprised if what you're saying was true.[/quote]

I wouldn't know if even it is true. I refused to drop to my knees and add Metal Sanaz as top mistress on my friend's list, and she has sworn to banish me from the metal community :lol:
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