Persons

Dmitri Petras

• bandmember since: founding member • instruments: basses, pipes, gabop, a bit of voice, programming and zombification • date of birth: 20-VI-1968 • past projects: Llanfair P.G. • side projects: soon but not right now • favourite music: Black Sabbath / Heaven & Hell, Motorhead, Bathory, Samael, Primordial, Paradise Lost, Cruachan, Summoning, Skyclad, Thyrfing, In Extremo, Swallow The Sun, Reverend Bizarre, Shape Of Despair, Pink Floyd / Roger Waters solo, Genesis (before 1980), Marillion (with Fish only), Frosted Glass • favourite books: Douglas Adams' "Hitch Hiker's Guide To Galaxy", almost any books by Terry Pratchett, European fairy tales and epics • favourite movies: South Park, Futurama, Flesh+Blood, The Addams Family, The Wall, Dogma, Pulp Fiction, Private Parts, Moulin Rouge • favourite food: meat and everything spicy, salads • favourite drinks: brandy and black coffee (separately!) • hated music: I hate music. Really. • hated books: "PHP Programmer's Guide", John Fawles' "The Collector", Stephen King's "Talisman" (part two), fantasy, Driving rules & regulations (I don't understand sorry ;)) • hated movies: TV series • hated food: porridge • hated drinks: instant coffee • equipment: Warwick Corvette Double Buck 5string, Boss CL-50, Shure SM58

Iana "R2D2" Nikulina

• bandmember since: January 2002 • instruments: keyboards, Jew's-harp, screaming, nerves of other band members • date of birth: 24-VI-1977 • past projects: don't remember, sorry • side projects: Frosted Glass • favourite music: Morgana Lefay, Soilwork, Fates Warning, Skyclad, Crimson Glory, Death, Rough Silk, Testament, Angel Dust, Strapping Young Lad, Sodom, Ayreon, Annihilator, Storm, Cradle Of Filth, Evereve, Crematory • favourite books: W.Golding "Lord of Flies", G.Orwell "1984", P.Sherman "Pacific Ocean War: Aircraft Carriers in Battle" • favourite movies: F.F.Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" • favourite food: fruits • favourite drinks: spiced coffee, alcohol cocktails • hated music: Hammerfall, Autopsy • hated books: H.Oldy "Path of the Sword", V.Nabokov "Luzhin Defence" • hated movies: A.Tarkovsky "Mirror" • hated food: hospital grated soup • hated drinks: "Summer" coffee drink • equipment: Kurzweil SP2, Roland A33, Korg X5, Korg 05R/W, Sennheiser 840e

Stas Matveyev

• bandmember since: November 2003 • instruments: guitars • date of birth: 07-VII-1979 • past projects: Morrah • side projects: Bloodninja • favourite music: Smash Mouth, Joe Satriani, Blackmore's Night, The Tea Party, In Extremo, Tyr, Tool, Mastodon, Between The Buried And Me, Muse, This Binary Universe • favourite books: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D.Salinger, Dune by F.Herbert, Babylon by V.Pelevin, Vurt, Automated Alice by J.Noon • favourite movies: cartoons • favourite food: raw or smoked fish, chinese cuisine • favourite drinks: tea, whisky, cognac, home-made cocktails • hated music: Russian rock • hated books: I do not read them • hated movies: Italian movies about asses (T.Brass) • hated food: Dosirak • hated drinks: Near beer • equipment: Greco LP Custom, ESP Custom

Ruslan "James" Anisimov

• bandmember since: November 2008 • instruments: throat, esophagus, tongue • date of birth: 5-V-1976 • past projects: Saint’s Everlasting Rest • side projects: Seducer’s Embrace • favourite music: King Diamond, Unheilig, Sopor Aeternus, Mercyful Fate, Sentenced, Amorphis, Orphaned Land, Gates of Ishtar, My Dying Bride, Tanzwut, Schandmaul, Ayreon, Die Apocalyptischen Reiter, Scepticism, Elakelaiset, Funeral, Stille Volk, Mago de Oz • favourite books: V.Sorokin, J.Hašek, S.Frei, Kalevala • favourite movies: J.Stelling's, "Futurama", "Angry Beavers", "Jeeves and Wooster" and "Babylon 5" series • favourite food: cheese, salads, spicy food • favourite drinks: black coffee (strong, no cream and sugar), cognac, beer • hated music: modern dance music, Russian rock • hated books: do not read such books • hated movies: Russian (unfortunately) shit-movies • hated food: anything that contains milk, sour cream, beets • hated drinks: never tried it, but any type of swill like Tan, Airan

Lyba Maslova

• bandmember since: May 2006 • instruments: cello and vocals • date of birth: 22-V-1987 • past projects: Sopor • favourite music: Wagner's operas, Schumann's piano pieces, My Chemical Romans, Apocalyptica, Children Of Bodom, Pain • favourite books: Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables" • favourite movies: Ai No Kusabi, Weiss Kreuz, Kezuna • favourite food: cooked by myself • favourite drinks: green tea, coffee, cognac • hated music: pop and alternative (selected) • hated books: Leo Tolstoi's "War And Peace", Dontsova's pulp fiction • hated movies: American comedies • hated food: fast food • hated drinks: liquors • equipment: a cello (born in 1960) and Shure SM58

Andrew Sokolov

• bandmember since: founding member • instruments: keyboard (102 keys only), hands to print and head to think (rarely) • date of birth: 10-IX-1972 • past projects: ManNoPiss • side projects: Pizzles & Scrotum, Svartsol • favourite music: King Crimson, Einsturzende Neubauten, Burzum, Sol Invictus • favourite books: Edda, fairytales of South-American indians, the most favorite books are "Capital" by K. Marx and another thick masterpiece, "Lenin's Life", these ones helped me when I was in trouble, e.g. needed to press something • favourite movies: Peter Greenway's "Z00" and "Prospero Books", "Pulp Fiction", everything by Monty Python • favourite food: meat, mushrooms • favourite drinks: whisky, absinth, good pale beer, coffee sometimes • hated music: Yes, Dream Theater, Children of Bodom, Nightwish • hated books: everything by V. Sorokin and L. Tolstoy • hated movies: zounds of them!!! I don't like the art of that kind, it's dull • hated food: manna • hated drinks: strange potion named "Ataman", kefir, liqueures