Tomcat

The time has come to shoot a documentary about Slovenian metal and hard rock as the eighties knew it. Well, a slice of the seventies too. Denis Brnčič, the brave driving force behind the project, will see it through. No matter what. Come…

Last Friday, right on the heels of Dirty Skunks' 15th anniversary bash, came another 15th birthday party: the one for On Parole, the country's only homegrown metal label!

Despite the title, absolutely nothing went wrong for Tomcat on their second studio album.

Two-plus years of new songwriting have produced a new (and second) studio album, fittingly titled "II". So March 17, 2016 rolled around, and with it came Orto bar and a proper gig party, with the band celebrating the release of the new…

The seventh MetalWitch festival has arrived! This time at the club Cirkus, in the old Vič cinema. In Ljubljana's Vič district, of course. Five bands, five separate entities, five different musical stories.

By Tuesday morning, with everyone shuffling around slowly and gasping for water, Metaldays already looked like Romero's Day of the Dead, while the main stage served up probably the biggest names of this year's festival - Zakk Wylde's…

The 2006 Eurovision winners came back to Slovenia for the second time, with their seventh studio album, »Scare Force One«, in their pocket.

The classic rock grazing ground by Kranj's railway station has sprung back to life! Naughty Swedes Sister Sin rolled in, with Slovenian heavy rock assault troops Tomcat standing beside them this time as support.

In a week when Slovenia was wrapped in an icy embrace like none we can remember, Medvode's Lipstikk N' Leathür festival went ahead with its fifth edition in a row.

In a cozy rehearsal space, partly kitted out with money from album sales, Tomcat talked about their past, their plans for the future, and the state of Slovenian (hard) rock in general.

Retro Kult have an album in their pocket that they can be seriously proud of, and after a successful launch show, the tough job ahead is getting its sound out to as wide a crowd of music gourmets as possible.

Kudos to the organizers, who proved that unity really is strength and that you can pull off way more than just a decent festival on short notice. We're already looking forward to Paranoid Mania 2014.

Ljubljana/Kranj hard 'n heavy outfit Tomcat deliver one of the strongest contenders for "feel good" album of the year with Bits 'n Pieces.

Last Friday, the afterburner roar of an F-14 Tomcat jet shook Medvode's Jedro!

A great hard rock vibe and a rowdy, high-spirited atmosphere were the hallmarks of Saturday's get-together in Kranj.

So Shutdown are the heavy rock revivalists who caught this wave right as it hit European soil. Their studio debut is basically paving the "track" for a Slovenian answer to the phenomenon. Heartfelt congrats to the band for all their guts,…

Requiem return to the vineyards of the Primorska region!

Instrumental "tour de force" trio GHB played a gig at Orto bar that was tailor-made for every fan of names like Vai, Satriani and Gilbert!

The night with L.A. Guns beat expectations (admittedly not high ones) and, for a moment at least, brought to this sleepy corner of the world the spirit of the Sunset Strip, something Slovenia is chronically short on.

Author: Urban Bolta Location: MC Jedro / MedvodeConcert date: 02/03/2012Attendance: 120Ticket price: 5€ Last Saturday, the Medvode club Jedro came alive again. It hosted the third edition of the Lipstikk N Leathür festival, which has…

Location: Krško / MC Krško / SloveniaConcert date: 21.01.2012Attendance: 80Ticket price: €6.00 (presale) / €8.00 (day of show) Requiem finally in Krško! That's what Posavje's rock fans could have been yelling at this…

"The night was a success in every way: Lizzy Borden's first-ever gig in Slovenia delivered on everything the band has to offer. The only complaint is the small crowd. In my book, a bit under 100 people is just not the turnout a band of…

Author: Urban Bolta Location: Channel Zero (Metelkova) / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 11/28/2011Attendance: 100Ticket price: €20 / €24 We finally got it, the Lizzy Borden show in Ljubljana! Lizzy had already announced a Ljubljana…

Author: Urban Bolta Location: MIKK /Murska Sobota / SloveniaConcert date: 07.10.2011Attendance: 100Ticket price: €4 (reserved) / €5 (day of the show) Murska Sobota, and its main alternative club MIKK in particular, has a long history of…

Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Venue: MC Firestarters / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 17.08.2011Attendance: 150Ticket price: €0.00 (no cover charge!) Riding the sturdy wave of a fresh gallop, the old guard of the…

Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: Komen, Karst region / SloveniaDate of the show: 13.08.2011Attendance: 1,200Ticket price: €45.00 A calm, fresh morning sprinkled with dewdrops at Metal Mania Open Air. The second and…

Venue: Orto Bar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: December 17, 2010Attendance: 150Ticket price: €5.00 Holy hell. Does anyone still remember the last time you could take a glam rock missile straight to the face in Slovenia? Those events…