The Bulgarian melodic death/black metal band CLAYMORE is formed in the summer of 1999 in the city of Rouse. Founding members are Kamen (drums, ex-VIPER), Martyn (guitar, ex-VOMITORY) and Velislav (bass, ex-VIPER). Since then the band joined Tsvetelin (keyboards, ex-IK-1) and vocalist Svetoslav (ex-Coprophag) to form the current line up.
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,grind as well as a good amount of classical music.