Does having a good sense of humour make life in the modern music industry easier to take?
Tobias: Exactly! We don’t want to create any dark and evil stereotypes. We do what we love. At the moment we are fortunate that people like what we do and there is a great atmosphere at all our concerts. If this situation changes in a year or so, we won`t change our style to satisfy someone. We do our own thing! What is your view on the present musical climate, and do you think this is a good time for metal? Tobias: It is a good time we think. The new media has some advantages for bands. You can promote your concerts a lot better and stay in contact with friends and fans. Generally metal will always have its place on the edge of society, a really big breakthrough of metal in not realistic. Being outside the mainstream has become a crucial element of metal. When did you start work on “To The Pit”, and how easily did the album come together? Tobias: Since we often are on the road to play gigs most of the songs were written “on the road”. The ideas to the songs usually come spontaneously
