Звездомир Керемидчиев

Zvezdomir Keremidchiev (Звездомир Керемидчиев), better known as "Zvezdi" (Звезди) of "АХАТ" is a Bulgarian rock singer, musician and composer. Born on June 3, 1964 his first musical passions happened in third grade. In secondary school he heard Deep Purple and Black Sabbath for the first time and during conscription he met Denis Rizov (Денис Ризов) with whom later joined the group "АХАТ". Shortly before his military service, Zvezdi sings-up for the Pop Department of the Conservatory. Initially Zvezdi and Denis are members of Bulgarian groups Oasis (Оазис) and Sound (Саунд), where he played until 1986, a few months after Antoine Haddad (Антоан Хадад) invited Zvezdi to join "АХАТ". The great success of the band comes with "The March" album, released in 1989. The producer is Peter Gyuzelev (Петър Гюзелев) and the immediate hits from the album were the songs "Black Sheep" (Черната Овца) (chosen for "the best Bulgarian rock song of all time" by the "BG Radio" listeners), "Land of the Blind" (Земя На Слепци) and "The Axe" (Брадвата). In the early 90s "АХАТ" broke-up, and a few years later they reunited and released an English-language album in the US. In 1999 Zvezdi created the group "Аналгин". They released two albums - "7 Wounds, 7 Crosses" (7 рани, 7 кръста) (2000) and "Re-nalgin" (2002). Unfortunately "Аналгин" did not achieve the success of "АХАТ" and disintegrated in 2004. In 2009 the group got active again and with several new band-members and is playing mainly in clubs to this day. In 2010 Zvezdi became the host the radio show "My metal world" (Моят метъл свят), which is broadcast every Thursday from 22:00 to 00:00. Radio Z-Rock.