The Bulgarian melodic death/black metal band CLAYMORE is formed in the summer of 1999 in the city of Ruse. Founding members are Kamen  (bass), Martyn  (guitar) . Choosing the keyboard was complex and after three months of auditions we chose Tsvetelin  (keyboards) - He became one of the pillars of Claymore. After a number of changes over the years, the current staff is: Martin - guitar; Kamen - bass; Tsvetelin - keyboards, Nikolai - drums, Emil - vocals;
CLAYMORE quickly became popular among Bulgarian fans with unique and pure style of melodic death/black metal combining aggression and melody in one with influences from other styles like heavy,thrash,death,grind as well as a good amount of classical music. Their first ever performance is in September 1999 to start a long tour in many cities across Bulgaria captivating audiences everywhere. This earns them a place at the biggest Bulgarian Underground Music Festival (Bourgas 2000). This was the beginning ...
At the end of 2000 CLAYMORE record their first demo tracks quickly followed by a demo CD tilled "Warriors of Claymore" which is posted on many web magazines and played on radio shows in Bulgaria and abroad.
During 2002 CLAYMORE worked hard on the sound quality for the recording of the actual demo "Released" consisting of 5 songs. These songs represent  their style and part of their live shows.
CLAYMORE 's remarkable popularity and success earns them a place in "Trash till Death", "Heatework festival", "Heart Rock festival", "Chaos fest", "Massacre Fest", "Legacy Open Air Fest", "Barock Fest", "Nightmare Fest", "Ost festival","Sea Black Festival"etc. where they played along side well known international bands like Destruction (Germany),Dimmu Borgir (Norway), Mystic Circle (Germany), Napalm death (UK), Sinister (Netherlands),  Lord Belial (Sweden), Graveworm (Italy), Eastern Front (UK), Exumer (Germany), Negura Bunget (Romania), Izegrim (Netherlands), Spoil Engine (Belgium), Zombie INC (Austria), etc.  CLAYMORE recorded their first full-lenght album "Prolonged Active Antagonism"  and took part in "Black Curse Over Europe" tour in 2008. The album is out on D.O.P. (Bulgaria). Official mp3 distributors are Forces of Satan (Norway), Toxicity Records – Vodafone Live (Bulgaria).
They want to spread their music among the Underground circles all over the world
.That actually happens   - completion of the second album "Vengeance is Near" led to a deal with the Japanese label Red Rivet Records  great step in the progress of the band . Included is the song "Centuries of chaos part II" compilation magazine TERRORIZER magazine issue 247