I loathe most crossover music. Yet I like to think when it comes to Code it's something different.

I think Nouveau Gloaming is a classic black metal record and I would hate to be a band that kept trying to recapture the same essence, but failing, for the rest of its days.

I think when you have a band that are so separate and isolated then you have to know each others styles and characters quite well.

I don't think there's anything remotely "new" or "experimental" about any modern metal bands.

I think there was a brief period where Norwegian bands were evolving and that was an interesting time where it seemed like a band like Darkthrone was stuck in the midst of a lot of change and seemed a bit redundant.

Basically every song on modern metal albums follows a formula and you get that formula in between one to three tracks.

I do try to pay attention to new bands and what's happening within the scene. I try to make sure I give everything a listen - even if I loathe it.