Thanks a lot! After all, we are very satisfied with the album, even though there are still lots of things we would like to develop.

So, as you mentioned, I founded the band in 2002 and in 2004 we recorded the first album, Legacy of Heathens, which was released through a small Japanese label World Chaos Production in 2005. The current lineup has been stable since 2006.

Yes, we are very satisfied with the new recording deal and the promotion the label has done.

We didn't make any decision about our sound. It is obvious, though, that I didn't found the band just to sound like KORPIKLAANI.

In my opinion, we are more just a melodic Death Metal band and there are not that much folk influnces. The latest album has songs from 2004 to 2008, so the songs differ from each other and some of them are probably slightly folk-influenced as well. The main idea of the band, though, is to make just melodic Metal without classifying it to any certain sub-genre that melodic Death Metal has.

Nowadays, 80's Heavy Metal like e.g. DIO, KING DIAMOND, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN and RUNNING WILD; Progressive Metal e.g. DREAM THEATER and SYMPHONY X plus several melodic Death Metal acts. I also appreciate classical music a lot.

It may seem that FALCHION is just a project, but it's a full-time band with serious plans to record albums and to accomplish tours. It's a fact that KORPIKLAANI is far more popular than FALCHION, but that doesn't mean that FALCHION is not a very important act for its members.

The recordings went so good and we had a lot of fun. Furthermore, it was a good thing for us the thing that we had a vocal producer: Jukka Ruostila. He pushed me hard to get pure aggression out of me. That affected the way the vocals sound a lot, in a positive way.

The first actual lineup change was back in 2003 when Joonas, Ville and Sami wanted to leave the band. That was their own decision, so then I was forced to find replacements. The second lineup change happened in 2006 when I wanted to refresh the lineup due to my place of residence. I went to Tampere and I desired to have a new lineup from the Tampere region.

Of course it affects a bit, but we will find the time and keep the band active all the time. And by being on tour with both KORPIKLAANI and FALCHION eases the schedules a lot.

Guitar playing has always been the most important thing for me and the best way to express myself, but playing both guitar and accordion makes a perfect contrast. I rate myself as a better guitarist than an accordion player.

I'm responsible for the music and Miikka is responsible for all the lyrics. Working this way is really easy going and I don't have anything to complain with it.

My expectations for Chronicles of the Dead are rather optimistic. I believe that the album will find its listeners. Our goal within the band is to work hard and to record albums and play live as much as possible.

Yes, there will be another Finnish Fire Tour in April 2009. The US tour hasn't been planned yet.

I think that will be quite easy. We will have only two members more in the nightliner and there will be one or two bands between FALCHION and KORPIKLAANI sets, so we'll have time to rest.

Well, nothing extraordinary. Just playing live shows and practicing songs for the new album. We are going to enter the studio again in February next year.

Thanks a lot for your time as well. It would be nice to share thoughts again with you. See you!