According to the FOCUS Information Agency, a museum dedicated to heavy metal music was launched by the mayor of the Bulgarian coastal town of Kavarna, Tsonko Tsonev (pictured). Dubbed Kmetal a combination of the word "mayor," which in Bulgarian is "kmet" and heavy "metal" music the museum is now on a national tour and is presently making a stop in the country's capital, Sofia. Among the items being exhibited are autographed guitars, a miniature model of the Ronnie James Dio monument and a gold DEEP PURPLE "Burn" album signed by Glenn Hughes.An avid hard rock and heavy metal fan, Tsonev has attracted dozens of top metal bands to his hometown DEEP PURPLE, MOTÖRHEAD, MANOWAR and SCORPIONS among them as part of the annual Kaliakra Rock Fest, later renamed the Kavarna Rock Fest.Tsonev, mayor since 2003, has an assistant named assistant Maria who is a fan of "melodic death metal." He told BBC in a 2011 interview: "I didn't run for office on a heavy metal platform. It just happened that way, step by step." In October 2010, Tsonkov, a lawyer by education, unveiled the world's only statue memorializing legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio. The 250-kilogram bronze, erected just five months after Dio's death, sits in the center of Kavarna's main park.
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