Yeah, we have some serious problems here. Some struggle from the lockdown and miss live shows. Others can't go to work to earn money and some even are scared to lose our democracy. I think that last one is stupid. But you have so many interesting question beside the pandemic.

I hope that we won't go back to normality. I wish that we all as humans learn from this. Especially how small and tiny we are. How fast things can turn, how thankful and helpful we could be. Yeah, normality to go to concerts and so on. But there is a great chance to re-think the things now.

Well, I miss this thought. Not one special part of it, I miss all of it. I miss to sit in my garden with the guys and drink beer before the rehearsals - and after and during. I miss to laugh together. We always have so much fun because one is always cheerful and that's also very contagious

First of all, it's true. I maybe am the first mayor whose also singer in a metal band. As I was working in the financial business before, that was also it sometimes. I wanted to give something back to society. I wanted to do something more real but I have nothing to show and I don't want to be a professional singer. So what else than politics could I do? A bit to be honest – I was pretty scared of this new way to life and work. That's why I had to put PhallaX on hold.

Why we chose Latin? I don't remember. We all woke up the morning after and there was this title, written on a shitty piece of paper. Some more information but… Yeah it's complicated 😉 After all when we released the "Relics Of Harmony" the idea was, that some archaeologists could dig out the album. They have been searching for some decency and grace – and harmony. What you hold in hands now, is what they found. That's the story.

That's easy. There is a judge screaming at you to shut your fucking mouth, sit down and be calm. He told you to search form decency, grace – and harmony. But so fucked up 😉

Oh there is so much. Summarized it's everything that the pandemic is trying to tell us. Environment, contentment, pride and arrogance, capitalism. Such as equal rights, war, human trafficking. You know, as long as there are assholes on this planet, we'll have things to write about.

I cannot exactly tell influenced. It's more like growing older. PhallaX is like our child and we, the drinking and drug taking parents, have to take care of it haha. It's our job to keep the child on the right path. I think have been doing a good job so far. We have so many different characters in the band and everyone can put his ideas in the songs. Whatever one is listening to can be found in the song. Always trying to make it a metal traditional metal song.

No, that was no decency decision. And image is not our thing. Think of us what you want. And when you do that, we did a good job. We don't want to make someone see something that is not real. When we want to do harder music wen do that – for our fun. Fun fact: wen never wanted to sound harder – that just happened.

Who knows – I don't.

You know, you can't plan a song. And you can't sit down and say – now I'll write a song. It comes, and when it comes you have to be there. Some songs are written in a few minutes and some just take months. For example, "Jornsack Newton" that happened on one night on tour with the Chrome Division guys – and was written pretty fast.

We started drum recording on like 22th November 2017 – that's true. Then came the election and everything was upside down. You know this job needs a lot of creativity and so I had nothing left to give.

Mr. Krämer is a nature boy. He doesn't work with samples. Except the ones he made by his own. Listen to the "steam machine" on silent tragedy – that was a bunch of things we found in his kitchen. I tell you, to make you understand how he works. And that's what we wanted here. We wanted to let the people hear the whiskey on our fingers. Dome was on tour with his band during the chrome division tour we did together. He knows us – that made the mix and master very easy.

Yup! You are just right. And a little bit to show that we could do a classic power metal song if we wanted.

It's as simple as it could be. Be the light and you'll never walk in darkness. There can be so much that helps you to stay positive and this song is more or less a list of this things and a manual, a how-to. Based on a quote from Theodor Fontane. He was like, rain is good for crowing, but you need sun! So much sun sun!!!

I don't remember how this was created. But yeah, a good song to end a show. So good, that we wanted to write another one like this. So me and my brother Felix (guitarist with the long beard in PhallaX. He guitar, me on drums) started jamming. The result was "I shit on your parade". That's how songwriting can escalate and once more – you can't plan a song or songwriting. But rocksolution is a kickass one – mic drop!

Do you have children? Did you ever try to think about what you would scream in the fucking face of a motherfucker who tried to touch your kids or wife? If you didn't you'll never have to because here it is. Maybe this is the worst thing you can do to a loving father. Finally, there are movies about this. In the end always the father wins. But in reality this is not usual. So on every show I scream this words to the unknown danger.

I don't think well do this video streaming thing. I'm not so much into that. The only online show I watched was the Sonata Arctica acoustic thing. That was awesome, and it was something special. No online show can replace the feeling of a live event – not at least 10% of it. That's not worth the work and we can wait. And one day the clubs will open, and there will be tons of zombies on withdrawal. This are going to be shows to remember. This will be the day we'll be back.