Nostradamus
The Bulgarian-born virtuoso guitarist, Nikolo Kotzev, whose home has been the Finnish town of Mariehamn since 1989, not only plays the guitar brilliantly, but also possesses considerable talent with the violin. He received private lessons at the tender age of five to play this instrument. As an adolescent, he began taking an interest in rock music and started playing guitar in his first rock band at the age of 15.During his years of study, he gathered practical knowledge as a session guitarist in recording studios close to his location of study before he (without graduating from the academy) toured Scandinavia and Europe for several years with a top-forty band.The next stop in his musical career was the Swedish group Baltimore, which practically consisted of only Nikolo and singer Bjorn Lodin. Together they made two albums which were released in Europe, Scandinavia and Asia, but the collaboration terminated due to personal and musical differences.Nikolo who is not only an excellent musician but also an extremely talented writer and producer started working on his own songs to begin a solo project, later to be called Brazen Abbot. Three albums have been released so far, with many renowned musicians such as Joe Lynn Turner, Goran Edman and Glenn Hughes, lending their talents to those releases.Disography:Baltimoore - Double Density  ´92 SPV  Baltimoore - Thoughts For Food  ´93 SPV Brazen Abbot - Live And Learn  ´95 USG / JVC Brazen Abbot - Eye Of The Storm  ´96 USG / JVC Brazen Abbot - Bad Religion  ´97 USG / JVC Nostradamus