About nICK
Nick Nikolaev is a musician, drummer and model born in 1996. Picking up his first pair of sticks at the age of 12, quickly drumming became his main interest and started pouring all of his energy into music.
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He's worked with names like Jeff Scott Soto, Snowy Shaw, Mats Leven, Tsena Koev, Maestro "Mistheria", Rob Lundgren, "Stenli", Mihaela Fileva, Dara Ekimova, "hug or handshake" and more..
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He's an official endorser of "Diril Cymbals Italia" and "ADV Sound.".
2023 at the Summer Theatre of "Burgas"
early days
When Nick was 13, he entered the international "Sofia Drum Day 2010" and was awarded with a special prize from the jury. That pushed him to work even harder and in 2013 won first place for an original song with his fourth band "Anekdot" in the "Rock Academy" festival in Troyan.
At the age of 18, he was awarded "most attractive drummer in playing" in the semi finals of the"Wacken Metal Battle" in Bulgaria. Growing up with all of this happening, he was lucky enough to find and pursue his passion from a young age.
2010 at "Sofia Drum Day"
In the fall of 2017, Nick was invited to fill in as a drummer for the band of the bulgarian X-Factor winner - Slavin Slavchev - "Julian's Laughter" which really took his career to that next level. Just a few short weeks later, moved to the capital of Bulgaria - Sofia and performed on several shows and recorded two new songs.
After the performance, promoting a new single on the "X - Factor" (far right).
In the fall of 2019 Nick had his biggest breakthrough so far, getting the part to be behind the drums for the bulgarian pop/rock singer "Stenli", for which he cannot be more grateful and been in the band since.
November 2019, presenting Stenli's new album.
Since 2017, Nick has been working in multiple projects, including an All - Star group along Jeff Scott Soto, Mats Leven, Snowy Shaw, Tsena Koev and Maestro "Mistheria" of Bruce Dickinson. He also became a drum teacher in the private music "Rock School'' of Sofia.