Name: Zoë Marie Federoff-Šmerda



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Birthday: 25/06/1992



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Places of residence: Tucson, Arizona/Brno, Czech Republic



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Hobbies: Raising a brilliant and curious daughter, hiking, camping, painting, reading, writing, baking, horseback riding, and continuously renovating our house.




Website: www.zoefederoff.com 

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zoemarieofficial

 

Instagram: @zoemariefederoff

 

Equipment: Roland keyboards, Ultimate In-Ears, Sennheiser mics

 

Idols in Life and Music: My family, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Rosemarie Aquilina, Sir Patrick Stewart, Floor Jansen, Tarja Turunen, Sharon Aden Adel, Marko Saaresto, Roy Khan, Simone Simons, and about a million others.

 

Best CoF show so far: Tucson hometown show in 2023 (apparently the first time the band ever played there!) and Wacken Open Air 2024. But all the shows have had something special to remember them by! 

 

Fave CoF songs to perform live: The Principle of Evil Made Flesh, She Is A Fire, Saffron’s Curse, Malignant Perfection.

 

Songs you’d like to perform live: Non Omnis Moriar, The Death of Love, Cthulhu Dawn

 

How do you kill time on tour: Hanging out with Ashok mostly, some fine dining and sightseeing. We also watch an extensive and ever-growing movie list together on the days off. 

 

Strangest experience on tour: Meeting my husband, Ashok. Still hella weird when I think about it, dude. ;) But tour is just weird experiences in general!

 

Place you would like to visit, but haven’t: Japan, Egypt, New Zealand 

 

Pet peeves: A lack of integrity, a lack of empathy. Also people who don’t live by Hanlon’s Razor. That’s my defining rule in life.

 

Fave bands: Amorphis, Dark Tranquility, Rush, Iron Maiden, Nightwish, Wintersun, Carach Angren, Epica, Within Temptation, Poets of the Fall, Kamelot, Lord of the Lost, PAIN, Sisters of Mercy, and a lot more.

 

Favourite albums: Time I and II by Wintersun, damn you for making them so good Jari, Queen of Time by Amorphis, The Black Halo by Kamelot, Where The Corpses Sink Forever by Carach Angren, Midian by Cradle of Filth (of course), Roll The Bones by Rush, Once by Nightwish, Powerslave by Iron Maiden, any album by Poets of the Fall. There’s definitely a lot more that belong on this list but I can’t drone on forever.

 

Favourite films: Lord of the Rings, Interstellar, The Green Mile, Kill Bill, Corpse Bride, The Menu, The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, Dragonfly, The Princess Bride, Indiana Jones 1, 2, 3, and 5 (4 sucked), and Hellraiser V. Also, it’s not a film, but I watch a lot of Star Trek: The Next Generation in my spare time.

 

Fave food/drink: Tamales, pickles, Salmiakki, pistachios

 

Favorite books: Anything by Oscar Wilde, Tuesdays With Morrie.

 

Message to the fans: It’s a big honor to help deliver some of your favorite songs night after night. May I always serve you well with them.

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