Metal-Rules.com recently caught up with BRAZEN ABBOT mastermind Nikolo Kotzev to discuss his past and future projects. The following is a brief excerpt from the interview:

Metal Rules: You had Jörn Lande [ex-ARK, ex-MASTERPLAN] on Nostradamus and then again on the Brazen Abbot album Guilty As Sin, was he too busy to be on the new one, My Resurrection?

Kotzev: "I think he had contractual restrictions then because he was working with Masterplan and he's manager was advising him not to spread around on too many projects."

Metal RulesWould you like to work with him again in the future?

Kotzev: "I would, he's a fantastic singer. He's a great singer. Actually I'm writing a new rock opera, where he has agreed to take the lead role."

Metal Rules: I was going to ask you about the new opera that you've been working on.

Kotzev: "Yes, it's taken a long time to do that because it costs a pile of money, and I hope that the situation is going to be the same when I'm ready to start recording, that Jörn will still be available."

Metal Rules: Have you any others in mind that you'd like to have involved in the new project?

Kotzev: "I have talked to Joe Lynn Turner and Göran Edman and they've agreed to be on the rock opera, but the other singer are not decided yet, there will be eight singers, three female and five male."

Metal Rules: Can you tell anything about the concept for the new rock opera?

Kotzev: "Yes, it's a fantasy story which was inspired by a Bulgarian tale that I read, folklore from this area. I kind of put together a story which deals with human values, the eternal battle of good and evil, there's also a love story. It's education in terms of how people should live their lives, it's has a social value as a story, but it's going to have a darker feel to it than Nostradamus. I haven't yet decided if it takes place on this planet, in another dimension or whatever. It has some stranger characters in it and it's going to be filled with violence, dark feelings because I really wanted to make a statement that this is not a fairytale but something much more scary, much darker."

To read the entire interview go to this location.