Officialy, this is our first contact with the U.S and I can surely say that things are looking pretty good. We really like to play in small places like yesterday in Nashville, TN and see that there are fans that know our songs.

Taking into account that we are touring U.S. then you can say it's satisfying. Of course it's nothing like Europe. But hey we are from Greece and we are doing a headlining tour in the U.S. so it is something eh?

Yes, we have in total 28 concerts to do and this is the 10th I think and you bet it's tiring. It's a big country and thus you have to travel a lot from one place to the other. You know that for Theogonia we have done more than 120 concerts... so it's kind of tough.

We will go there in May and let me tell you this; the Latin American audience in one of the toughest. They are really die-hard fans there.

Yes definitely, but they are more extreme in the concerts. Latin America is one of the last places where metalheads hold the Metal banner high!

Yes, we love playing in small places. You can find ROTTING CHRIST performing live in a bar, because we are not a haughty band and in the bottom line this were we started.

It was something amazing! We had 1500 fans who knew all the songs and were singing with us. I am really happy about the result of this concert.

Actually, we have done absolutely nothing about it! After the U.S. tour we will start working on it. I think that we will probably release it on September.

I really don't know. I have to confess to you that this is a nightmare for me; thinking about the next step and can I do to improve myself as a composer. I am thinking about an album that is going to be released after 2 years!

Definitely. It's hard you know, because things don't just come up. You have to work and think always how to move on. We are not supported by a big famous record company and some things must be done by you.

(interrupting) I wanted to do something really different. Nowadays the bands tend to have the same sound, they are walking towards the same direction without have their own personality. So, I thought why I don't do something Greek without having any intentions to act like a nationalist zealot.

No. I have absolutely nothing. The truth is that I do not write music when I am on tour. I have to sit in the studio completely alone and think what I want to do and then start writing music.

I have the rest of the band that helps me when we are on tour but yes it's very difficult. It's like a regular job where you work from nine to five. Well sometimes you have to get your chances and there is always the possibility that thinks will not go as planned.

(thinking) Generally I am a good person. I wish that I could do all things by myself but you cannot say that I am too much to handle.

Tough one. ROTTING CHRIST could have done more or less. You cannot be objective about this. Well, if you think that we come from a small country then you can say that we have accomplished something. I am satisfied because you know that we started playing in small venues for free where we felt a kind of a racism because we were from Greece that was nothing in the Metal map.

Ok, things are definitely not like they did in the 90s. I think that the Black Metal scene looks a little bit stationary and bands sounds pretty much the same. Of course, there are some very good bands but generally I think this scene have reached a certain peak and remained there.

Believe me Dimitris it has nothing to do with music. It has do to with your heart and how much do you believe in what you are doing. This band took some chances in the beginning that eventually paid back. In the beginning when I was 20 I was paying to have ROTTING CHRIST on various stages. The bottom line is that most of the Greek band think that things must come easily without personal sacrifices and this is not the way to go through.

Yes you can say that, it's a small record company that has us as top priority and I am satisfied.

Yeah I bought them an actually sold them for the same price. It was a same to watch these albums given away with music magazines, so I did it that way.

They are dead! The only thing that a new band can do is to pay some money, get on a bus and do some live shows abroad. Of course, it is even tougher to make a living from the concerts. Here in Chicago we will probably get some money but in the previous shows I have to confess that we earned just the money for the gasoline!

After this tour we will work on the DVD then we will go for the Latin America live dates and finally start preparing the next album. I have to rest a little bit and calm done in order to start thinking of composing new music.

I have to thank you for coming down to see us and to all our fans I have to say this Keep The Horns Rising!