Very interesting topic for, thnx for all post it it)
Now I'll try to tell smth about me. My name is Alexey (both europeans prefer to call me Alex). I
Live in Kiev, its the capital of Ukraine. Country is situated in eastern part of Europe, now population is near 46 millions, currency is hryvna, official language is ukrainian (russian is very popular). Kiev is
Ancient city, more than 1500 years it exists on the planet, it was founded as the capitol of legendary Kyiv Rus. Now population of the city is near 6 millions, it's one of the largest cities in middle and eastern Europe (bigger are Moscow and St. Petersburg).
There are a lotof bands, but no groundbreaking names we have. Metal in our country is just forming, we have no normal printed zibes, tv shows, labels etc. Just 2-3 years ago situation starts to change.
For example this summer some festivals will be helded in Ukraine
-Global East Open Air (1-2. 08.09)
Motorhead
Tarja Turunen
Kreator
My
Dying Bride
Kingdom Come
Sonic Syndicate
Crematory
Deathstars
Ensiferum
and some other bands
-Pro Rock Open Air (17-18. 07. 09)
Arch Enemy
Carcass
Stratovarius
Doro
Sodom
Vader
Deadlock
Lake Of Tears
Heaven Shall
Burn
Grave Digger
Rotting Christ
some other bands
Also there will be some more fests, but not so great.
I've been working as chief-editor of webzine (one of the most powerfull in CIS countries) for 3 years, now i'm bored by that, maybe some time later I'll try that again. Now i'm manager of ukrainian band Infinite Tales, our new single was released jn april 22nd, I can post download links, if someone will be interested.
Here is some pics of my city