I'm fine, thanks, and you?

Yes, right now I am in Thessaloniki.

Yes, we worked for a long time on that DVD, to collect the material and so on, we toured a lot and played in many festivals and we also have a new record deal, so it took me sometime for the negotiations. Of course have some time off as well, since some guys from the band have kids and all of us had to relax a little bit.

I hope so (laughs)!I feels like a new beginning. It's good to do a new album and not just live albums or compilations. We are in a new record company which is very exiting, So I hope it is a new start.

Oh, I see. That's bad. Well first of all, the album was recorded here in Thessaloniki in my home studio except the drums that were recorded in Sweden. The mixing took place in Woodhouse studios. Oh, and some guitar parts were recorded in Studio Q.

It is more diversity from our last couple of albums. Has lot's of atmospheric parts, but some heavier parts too. It goes for very atmospheric to quite extreme. We have some of our heaviest songs in this album that we ever compose.

Yes! We wanted to do many things in that album, that's why it's so long too. Even though I believe the album sounds fresh, we kept our identity and, when you are listening to the album, you'll say that it is a TIAMAT album.

Well, 99.9% was written be me. I collaborated with Anders (bass) in only one song. But this is happening mostly because we are living away from each other and, apart from the band, we have different lives. For example, the other guys have families and every day jobs.

Well, TREBLINKA was, let's say, a different band. And to tell you the truth that was an extremely bad name and I don't want to do anything with it. Actually the other guys in that band, played a show in Sweden two months ago. They asked me if I wanted to play and answered them that I don't want to do something like that. And really that band has nothing to do with me or TIAMAT.

Well, I didn't decided that turn. I'm writing songs that sound interesting at that particular moment. I don't care much about what style of music it is. I want to have the freedom to write stuff that I enjoy. I follow my hart and that's what really matters.

Yes. But as metal concerned, I'm listening more to the old stuff, records and bands that I grew up with, like VENOM, POSSESSED, CELTIC FROST...

Well, I don't know really. When I'm composing a song it's usually the dark things I want to express. If I'm in a happy mood, I'd prefer to watch a football game or go to the cinema. It's more important for me to write about the dark side of life.

Well the contract with Century Media ended, so we were talking with different companies, but in the end the proposal of Nuclear Blast was the best one, so here we are.

Yes. First we are going to play to a lot of festivals during the summer and we'll start our European tour in autumn. We will play for sure in Greece, but I don't know if it's going to happen in that tour or just after that, for one or two shows.

To be honest I believe it's much netter here, the lifestyle the weather, everything is better. The only reason that I can think about musicians leaving Greece, is that it's easier to find a record company there and contacts that might help you in the future. But TIAMAT already have all that.

Yes I'm enjoying football. I like watching PAOK's games but the team of my heart is Hammarby.

As for myspace, I think it's a bit overwhelming in a way. It's hard to spot some good bands in that mess and many people is acting like they are truw friends of you. Ob the other hand, I really like it when I'm receiving messages form old friends and schoolmates, that haven't heard from them for years. As for downloading, this is how it is. And the cd's are very expensive. They should have 8 euros and not 16 or 20. We had tape trading in the past, so downloading is similar to that. But fans will always buy your albums anyway.

Thank you Harry. Have a nice afternoon, take care.