I always just been a fan of the music... and the aesthetic only in an abstract sense.

I think Americans such as Leviathan have done a lot to expand the sonic palette of black metal.

I've never had a band with more than 3 people (meaning only two string players), so I love having the ability for 3-part polyphony.

As for complicating the black metal aesthetic, I don't care about that since it was never a goal of mine to lay out any particular preconceived aesthetic, let alone one of traditional black metal where pseudonyms are adopted.

None of the bands I'm in demand constant touring, so I'm able to do a bunch of things.

I think every band I'm a part of fulfills something the others don't, so I'm pretty convinced I need all of them.

I seem to enjoy making my life miserable by taking on too many projects and always wishing I could put more time into all of them.