1. You have shared the stage with many international and Polish artists like Riverside, Azarath, Hunter Or KAT & Roman Kostrzewski. Is there any concert which particularly stay in your mind?

Kuba Morawski: More than that we remember positive and kind reactions of the audience during the concert and after that. It’s not easy to convince the fans of Kat or Hunter that it is worth to listen to the supporting band if they come to see their favourite band – the main star of the evening. And when after the Kat’s or Hunter’s concert people come to talk and they say that it wasn’t like we were the support but rather as important as the main star – it is worth remembering. We were there not for those mentioned bands but for the people. These are the people we care about.
 
2. Is there anyone with whom you haven’t played yet and you really want to perform together or cooperate?

K.M.: The list is so long that it could become lyrics for a new song... fortunately the forthcoming months, and generally 2014 makes some of these dreams come true.
 
3. You’ve got some down time and breaks in your creativity behind you. Are they connected to any creative crisis? Have you experienced any serious lack of inspiration and how did you deal with it?

K.M.: Throughout all those year there were no creative crisis I guess, but there were some breaks, even long ones. The main problem was with band’s members. People left all the time and it was always caused some decrease of morale and lack of energy to work actively. Almost once a year we split completely. The band was saved mainly thanks to Remik (he left during last holidays). Few years earlier we had suspended our activity twice or so. I don’t know why but I think that nowadays it is easier to find a good musician or I was just lucky during last 2-3 years.
 
4. Among the members of the band there have been some women and your last album features Hanka Swaryczewska. What is the role of these feminine elements in your music? Is there any chance that a women will become a part of a band for good?

K.M.: Well...I’m not that courageous to have a woman as a permanent member of the band. But seriously, I have always been attracted by female voices in this kind of music. I’m almost sure that our next album there will be a bit of female stuff as well, and we even hope that occasionally a woman will perform with us on stage.
 
5. You have been a part of Polish doom metal scene for 18 years. How would you evaluate its development and present condition?

K.M.:  It’s true. In 2014 Lacrima celebrates 18th birthday. There were years in which this kind of music almost completely disappeared from our Polish scene. Even today it’s quite on the margin but something has moved on. More and more people listen to it. However, abroad it is more visible. I am full of optimism to write this at the beginning of 2014. I think this style will be more appreciated and flourish.  Considering its evolution – very often it evolve into something which is no longer doom metal. Bands have been disappearing or have changed their style. Those who survived of ten changed into stoner. I guess that forthcoming years would be good to observe the evolution of this style in Poland.

6. 2014 looks like a very busy year for you. You confirmed your participation in such festivals as Castle Party or RET fest. Can you tell us something more about these plans?

K.M.: This year we decided to concentrate mostly on festivals, not only Polish ones. Some of them are already confirmed – soon we will provide more information. It’s hard to imagine for us to exist on music market, even playing niche music without performing during festivals. That’s what I think, once we start... it’s gonna last. Besides, for some of us, it’s going to be a kind of music holidays, or even one of the holidays trips. Pleasurable and useful at once J
 
7. Castle Party festiwal is particularly close to our readers. Can you tell us what made you decide to take part in it? Do you have any expectations towards the audience and the performance itself?

K.M.: Personally I am fond of this festival. As a spectator I have visited Bolków often. We have already been invited to play there but at that moment the band’s line up was quite unsteady. Ruefully I had to reject the invitation. This year (not for the first time) there’s going to be a metal scene on which we are playing. There will also be other great bands. I can’t imagine that Lacrima could miss this festival. I was going to be there anyway but if we can also play there it’s a success!
 
8. How do you prepare your set list? What makes you play a certain track during the concert or not?

K.M.: Until recently there was no set list. We always start a concert with The Light (from the very beginning) – just a band’s tradition. Then we played one fast track and one slow. I was observing the audience’s reaction on certain tracks or even motifs and I made a decision what we play next. Now we’ve got a set list and usually we stick to it but also we work it out taking into consideration the bands we play with and their music. We can play our songs with different power – calmly and aggressively, we even had an acoustic set. When we are headliners this ‘power ‘depends on the interaction with the audience and also how we ‘feel’ the place. People sometimes go head banging or they stand still listening – it affects us a lot. It has an influence on what we are during the given concert. Now we have to work it out again. We’ve got a new guitarist and a session bass player (our own went to Italy to study).
 
9. Who is the title Old Man from your latest album? What three words would be the best to describe this release?

K.M.: It is about gathered life experience, about experiencing all possible feelings, situations  - and the hands of an old man are the symbol of that.  It may be something different for each individual and it may have different meanings. It is said that adulthood or age means having experience but unfortunately it cannot be used any more. Of course it doesn’t mean that it is worthless. On the contrary. Apart from this value there are other such as respect and gratitude – for the close.
 

10. Among the titles of your tracks there are few in Polish. Is it easier to express thoughts in English? In ‘As a Slave’ there is a fragment in Polish. What’s the aim of that?

K.M.: In our repertoire there are a lot of songs with Polish fragments. During the concert when it seems that the track has already riveted the attention, suddenly recitation in Polish starts and it rivets even more! And even induce to immediate reflection. Vocal in our music is an equivalent instrument. Obviously the sound of guitars and piano changes according to the need of creating a certain effect – why shouldn’t we modify the sound of vocal as well?
 
11. Is there anything else that you would like to tell our readers?

K.M.: Don’t ignore supports at concerts – they can pay you back J I would also like to wish you to fulfil your New Year’s resolutions. Fell invited to our FB and to our concerts. See you there!
Thank you.
Kuba Morawski

Thank you!