Everyone's attention span these days is limited to how long it takes to flick the iPod wheel on to the next song.

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 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 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.

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 think it's "true" to sit and play old school heavy metal just so that you can send it to Fenriz or get a pat on the back from the guys you admire and hang out with.

Bands are more willing to take risks and we don't need this big label over us anymore telling us what it means to sell records and get into magazines.