Tag Archives: Nikolo Kotzev

Album review : BRAZEN ABBOT – Live And Learn and Guilty As Sin (CD reissues)

Posted on December 13, 2025 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date : 12.12.25] Classically trained Bulgarian multi-instrumentalist, Nikolo Kotzev founded Brazen Abbot in 1995. He could play every stringed instrument known to rock’n’roll mankind, but needed a singer. Over these two reissues, released simultaneously, the cream of European … Continue reading →

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Album review: BRAZEN ABBOT : Eye Of The Storm and Bad Religion

Posted on December 1, 2024 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date : 13.12.24] Prior to his Rock Opera project, Nostradamus (2001), classically trained Bulgarian multi-instrumentalist, Nikolo Kotzev had founded Brazen Abbot. The band’s second and third releases, Eye Of The Storm (1996) and Bad Religion (1997), have now … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALL POSTS, Reissues | Tagged Bad Religion, Brazen Abbot, Eye Of The Storm, Frontiers Music, Goran Edman, Joe Lynn Turner, melodic hard rock, Nikolo Kotzev, Nostradamus, review, rock opera, Thomas Vikstrom | Leave a comment

Album review : NIKOLO KOTZEV – Nostradamus, The Rock Opera – studio album version and Live In Sofia version

Posted on July 11, 2024 by brianmc

Frontiers [Release date : 19.07.24] Writing and producing Nostradamus, the Rock Opera, was a hugely ambitious undertaking and took its architect, Nikolo (Brazen Abbot) Kotzev, 3 years to complete. Released in 2001, it sold 50,000 worldwide. A significant achievement for … Continue reading →