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Formed in 2006 as a solo project of Stoimen Stoyanov, NOCKTERN is a Bulgarian electro- rock band from Sofia, Bulgaria. During the years Nocktern was producing music with different artists and bands until his first EP entitled “No Sugar Added” was released in 2016 with a promo concert in the Bulgarian National Radio. “No Sugar Added” is a mixture between trip-hop, nu-jazz, ambient, and neo classical with a cinematic tone. Stoimen formed a band with which they played in different venues and festivals presenting the album.
That was the beginning of Nocktern’s live band, where different artists join the project for live performances of the compositions of this specific album.Later in 2017, he released a solo piano album of 3 songs called “Pieces of Lyla” which is a triptych of a girl passing through states of excitement, melancholy, and harmony.
NOCKTERN has shared a stage with musicians like Kayo Dot, Jozef Van Wissem, Ivan Shopov, Mytrip, Theodosii Spassov, 2hennings, Dayo, and more.
In 2020 a new member was involved in the project – Boris Malevanov (Heptagram), who takes his place behind the drums. In 2020 they released a few singles from the upcoming album that they were working on at the moment. The singles caught the attention with a style that is different from what Nocktern was before. Dark Pop with rock and electronica the style of this new band was evolving with every single they released. Later on, in 2021 Dido Peshev (Last Hope, Them Frequencies) joined the band on the guitars. Stoimen and Dido have played together before in their first band. The hardcore- sludge quartet Them Frequencies released 2 albums and had multiple European tours.
The first full-length album “Scavengers” was released in May 2021 and immediately caught the attention with the mix of genres between the songs. From dark pop to cinematic landscapes to neo-classical, industrial, and rock.
