There are many ways to portray darkness and evil and it isn't all in being mean and tough.

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.

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

Ultimately I want my metal in a bar and not an art gallery.

I like what's going on in Finland, with the rebirth of Beherit. I also like a band called Oranssi Pazuzu and a band called Spiderpact. There's a great scene there where they don't really care what's going on elsewhere and create music in their own vacuum.

Before the 90s, black metal wasn't a selling tool [and didn't] have money behind it. Then it became a pop sensation. Now that the record industry has collapsed and started to rot, things are livening up a bit again.

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