written by Marko Jakob

Pix666: Hello Maria. The most important question right at the beginning. Are you well and are you healthy? And how’s Alex? Many greetings to him.

Maria: Hello and thank you for asking. We are luckily fine and healthy at the moment. Me and several more people from our crew had a long unusual flue that is thankfully over since several weeks but now we are ok and we don’t break isolation mode for maybe 2 months..
Thanks and hugs back from Alex too;)

Pix666: You are from Russia – what is the general mood in the country?

Maria: I think just like everywhere the general mood is not very optimistic. Many people are going crazy when they are imprisoned within 4 walls, being unable to hang out with friends or visit a performance of their favourite band. Additional troubles come because of income decrease as many people are loosing their jobs. Just like everywhere. Most of my friends feel pretty ok and stay optimistic, being able to still work partly and distantly, taking this time as a kind of vocation, fulfilling different creative plans that were waiting on a shelf for a long time. Russia entered the main quarantine later than many others so we were better informed and prepared.

Most of Moscow citizens like in any huge megalopolis live in small dark flats and feel really uncomfortable this times. On the other hand many of Russians have little country houses called Datchas far from civilization and its pleasures. So do I and luckily spend most of this time in the woods.

Pix666: Did you have to postpone or cancel many of your planned concerts?

Maria: Not really, initially we didn’t plan any gigs for 2020 because we wanted to fully focus on the album and now we certainly have all chances to finish it very soon.

Pix 666: You had some fantastic performances last year, also at famous festivals in Germany. How much do you miss being on stage these days?

Maria: Glad to hear you liked it! yes, we spent awesome, fantastic time in Germany last year, gigs and several days off, these memories warm my heart today and of course i miss festivals and stage a LOT.

Pix666: Your last album ‚Poison‘ was released three years ago. Do you use the current situation to write new songs – will a new album maybe be released earlier than originally planned or does it make no sense to release an album at all at this time?

Maria: yes, as I said we thankfully working hard on the new album and its 85% ready, and we actually have many new songs for next releases already. Of course it makes sense to release things more often in any times. People still need their artists, because they need more inspiration nowadays, even if they can donate less they have more time for music now.