I don't want people to feel like they'd overdosed on too much candy.

I have a lot of mental scars from being brought up Catholic and being sent to Catholic school for 13 years!

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.

I don't bring any ideology or barriers with me into my music.

People are appreciating the old stuff again and there's no MTV-style scene police to try to make us all listen to Machine Head and Pantera *puke*!

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

I think there's a certain limit to the number of times you can raise hairs on the back of peoples' heads before it gets kind of saccharin.