MĀRA is back – with the same band but with new ideas.
The saddest news of the end of last year among Latvian heavy music lovers was the news about the dissolution of the beloved band “Māra”. Fortunately, the band’s leader, Māra Lisenko, currently living in Austria, and her colleagues quickly realized that they still had something to say, and they are back on the line – with a new song and video, new ideas and new determination.
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Latvian extreme vocalist Māra started singing at the age of three. Her mother, like her, was a teacher and led a church choir. She now lives in Austria, but sometimes performs in Latvia. The bright girl with her unique vocal techniques has long been noticed in the local metal music scene. But she didn’t come to this kind of music straight away…
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Metālkāsts LV is a podcast in Latvian for lovers of heavy music. Album reviews, various charts, talks/interviews, gig reviews and other news \m/.
In this episode #157:
💀 Māra reveals the reasons for the cancellation of the project ”MĀRA”
💀 How was the decision made to restart the group?
💀We discuss the new material, the videos and what we can expect in the future
💀Māra’s creative process- journeys into the world of dreams, visions, etc.
The final episode featuring Māra Lisenko: Latvia, Riga. To round off the “Employee of the Month” series by Sascha Hellinger, the team came up with a great idea. Not only that Nico was there, no, we were also allowed to become musicians and write a song and perform it LIVE!!!! Also available on JOYN.
50-minute Māra Lisenko interview by Helle Bogdanova (Ignea Band)
Māra Lisenko on extreme metal vocals, collabs, tours, home studio & most annoying interview question.
Well-known Latvian extreme metal singer and vocal coach Māra Lisenko sent The Metal Chef her favourite dish, vegan Borscht…
Enjoy the video and afterwards enjoy the experiance of cooking vegan Borscht.
Darkzen: ¡La banda de mara es fuerza, pesadez! ¿En tu opinión y para tus fans que otro adjetivo pondrías?
Māra: ¡¡Locura!! Tienes que vernos tocar en vivo para presenciar eso ;)
Interview with Māra Lisenko on Darkzen Metal Angels [in Spanish]
Darkzen: Mara band is strength, heaviness! In your opinion and for your fans that another adjective would you put?
Māra: Insanity!! You have to watch us perform live to witness that ;)
