Interview for DEATHTHRASHER MAGAZINE by ARMANDO MUTILATOR :

DT: Hello MIA, How do you feel today.... when did you start playing?
Mia: Hail! I'm fine thanx.
I started to play the guitar in 1988 but DRACENA wasn't founded until 1994.

DT: Who designed the DRACENA’s logo?
Mia: I did, it’s a hobby of mine to design and paint. I do all the artworks and lay - outs for DRACENA.

DT: All the members of DRACENA are natural from Sweden?
Mia: Yes, we are all natural born Swedish Metallers.

DT: Do you remember your days in DEATHWITCH? ... do you consider “Triumphant Devastation” (1996) like a cult piece?
Mia: I think it's cult, it was an honour to participate in that recording and also a great experience for me. I still listen to it and I like both the production and the songs.

DT: What memories do you have about your first day in DRACENA?
Mia: Chaotic hehe. I had to teach everyone how to play, none of the first memebers had ever played an instrument before.

DT: Do you think that wearing chains, blood, make-up and all that stuff is important for you image?
Mia: Image is an important piece to enhance the music and what you want the audience to experience with you work. What I wear on the pictures I wear when I go out at the pub or to my work. I wouldn’t call our image extreme, it’s just the way we are.

DT: Are you into Serial Killers?... do you know who is THOMAS QUICK? ...tell me your opinion about people like HENRY LEE LUCAS and RICHARD RAMIREZ please
Mia: I read about Serial - Killers, but I don’t have any special interest in these kind of people. I know THOMAS QUICK who’s supposed to be the worst Serial Killer in Sweden, but it seems like he’s a big liar and that the only thing he knows about those murders he claims to have done is what he has actually read in criminology magazines, there are no actual proof that he has murdered all those people.
I have no opinion of LUCAS or RAMIREZ.

DT: Actually, what topics do you consider in your lyrics?
Mia: The lyrics are mainly about blood and pain and hatred and anger, short stories of demons and witches and dragons and dungeons. The last album is based loosely on Dantes Inferno.

DT: Are you into drugs?
Mia: Not at all, never been.

DT: Do you remember PUTREFACTION MAGAZINE?
Mia: Nope.

DT: What CD's / bands have you been listening to lately?
Mia: Today I've listened to 220 VOLT - Power Games, FATES WARNING - Perfect Symmetry, WOLF - Black Wings, W.A.S.P - The Last Command and SLAYER - Show no Mercy.

DT: Which do you prefer and why? :
All of them, great albums, great feeling and they make me believe the good Metal might come back someday.
Mia:

MORBID or ENTOMBED?

NIHILIST or UNLEASHED?

AT THE GATES or THE HAUNTED?

JOHAN LIIVA or ANGELA GOSSOW?

DARK FUNERAL or THY PRIMORDIAL?

“Labyrinth Of Darkness” or “Infernal Damnation”?
“Infernal Damnation”

W.A.S.P. or MÖTLEY CRÜE?
Both, uncomparable

NONEXIST or EDGE OF SANITY

CARNAGE or DISMEMBER?

FLORIDA, BIRMINGHAM or GOTHENBURG?

PALPATINE or OBI WAN KENOBI

HENRIK LARSSON or TOMAS BROLIN?

Mia: The rest I do not listen to or have no opinion about...

DT: Are you satisfied with your "Demo Tape" (Studio Lobster, 1997)? ...tell me about the VENOM’s cover
Mia: It's cool, the material is great and the sound was good but maybe not the sound we wanted. we made a cover of “In League with Satan” and it rules...

DT: What do you know about Peruvian Scene? ..do you know any groups from South America?
Mia: I know absolutely nothing... The only South American band come to mind as I listen to is PENTAGRAM and INQUISITION

DT: We mention a name, and you give us your thoughts:
Mia:

COERCION

DAN SWANÖ

MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY - Great author

EDGE OF SANITY

GRAVE - Best Swedish Death Metal band ever

ROCK GODDESS - The greatest female group of all times

DEATHWITCH - Swedish cult band, all hail Terror

LITA FORD - Good guitarist, although I prefer the Runaways

DEATHWITCH

ROBERT JORDAN

RUNEMAGICK  Norwegian Black Metal Scenenazcnazc

WARLOCK - Good band, great vocals

NECROHELL - Great band

ANTON SZANDOR LA VEY

JOAN JETT - Good guitarist, although I prefer the Runawyas

DECAYED - Cool band

MICHAEL JACKSON

ALEISTER CROWLEY

THE GREAT KAT - Amazing woman

DT: What do you think of those who say that “girls can't play”
Mia: I prove them wrong.

DT: What do you think of the Metal Scene in Sweden?
Mia: It’s huge and mainly filled with shitty bands.

DT: Which is your fave beer?
Mia: Falcom Extra Brew.

DT: How did the idea of “Demonic Women” (1999)? your fave song of these Production? ...tell us about the Limited Edition on 7” Red Vinyl please.
Mia: Demonic Women is based on the movie The Beyond. My favorite song on this demo is Hounds of Hell. There was a vinyl released in 300 copies from the Swedish label Bloodstone Entertainement.

DT: Your fave European bands?
Mia: Too many to list...

DT: Do you consider “Infernal Damnation” like a your best work?
Mia: Yes, as I had it done exactly as I wanted, from the material to the sound of the recording. All the other demos has great material but they are not produced with the sound we wanted.

DT: Which one do you think is the best ARCH ENEMY album with ANGELA GOSSOW?
Mia: I never listened to ARCH ENEMY.

DT: How many copies has you sold of your “Infernal Damnation”?
Mia: It's yet unreleased.

DT: In what musical direction will DRACENA be heading in for the next production?
Mia: DRACENA is and will always be pure metal.

DT: Are you into STAR WARS?... you’re waiting EPISODE III?
Mia: I am no fan of STAR WARS.

DT: Do you know who is FLORCITA POLO DIAZ? ...tell us about your friendship with SUSY DIAZ please.
Mia: Never heard of.

DT: Where can people order your stuff?
Mia: From the website, but there are no material available as for right now, www.dracena.net

DT: Your last growl for DEATHTHRASHER’s readers?
Mia: Stay evil!