Hi! Great to be with you!

Yes, we do! This album is by far the best we have ever done. No question about it. It feels great to be back and with a strong album like this it's even better.

After the Second To None release in 2004 we struggled a lot in the band in witch musical direction the band should take. After nearly a breakdown of the band it ended up with that only Magnus Henriksson (guitar) and me was left in the band. We decided that if we should continue this time we have to do the kind of music we both really like and listen to. One can say that we went back to our roots and did an album that we wanted to listen to ourselves. And I can say after all that has happened that everything has been better. It has never been more fun to write and play music. It won't take another four years until the next release!

Thanks. I've encountered a few journalists who have hated it. But I like it! You know exactly what you will get and this album sure delivers it too! I came up with the title when we listened top the final mixes of the album. It just seemed like a perfect title when we listened to the album.

Only three songs are from the years between Second To None and when we started to write for this album, Unbreakable, 2 Souls and To Mend A Broken Heart. The rest of the album was written in only one week! Magnus and me actually bought a lot of beer and booze and went out into the Swedish countryside for one week and both drinks and inspiration flowed! A good friend of the band, Miqael Persson, helped us out with writing a lot of lyrics for this album.

I have never done a more easily recorded album than this. It was written and recorded very fast. We knew exactly what we wanted when we started the recordings so everything went very smooth and we are very proud of what we have achieved.

When we started this whole thing again it was only Magnus and I. But when we started to write we decided to do it for real and found new members for the band who like this music just as much as we do. But in a very early stage it was only we two. But by a fault by Frontiers Records graphics department the promo pressings of the album was totally wrong. Henric was only part of the band for a short period but we decided for another drummer just before the recordings. So it's actually a guy called Robban Back that plays drums in the record. And he is a permanent member of the band as well. Johan is also a permanent member of the band.

I totally agree with you. We went for a heavier production this time. The earlier records were more AoR in the style and that is actually quite funny as none of us really listens to AoR a lot. But anyway, when we decided to do this we knew it was a change in style for us and we all love WHITESNAKE and the other bands that you mentioned. And that of course influenced us during the recordings of the album. We wanted this album to be filled with so much energy as possible. We gave each song everything we had.

Frontiers has really done a lot for this genre by providing the opportunity for bands playing this music. We will of course continue to work with them.

You are so kind! But I have no expectation in terms of album sales. I know that we have done a great album and if people buy it it's even better. And I know that the business is not so good these days but if we were in it for the money we would not play this kind of music anyway. We do it because we love it.

What would a Hard Rock album be without lyrics about love and broken hearts? But we have of course dealt with different topics on this album. For me personally it's very important that the lyrics fit the song and that it lifts the melodies to new heights. I'm not sure that hardrockers listen so carefully to the lyrics but if the lyrics are really bad, then they will definitely notice it.

If you use major scales it can take away the nerve in the music. As you say, sometimes it's fantastic with a really up-lifting major scale chorus. Makes you feel good. But minor scales really is the shit if you want to write Hard Rock, kick ass tunes!

I really hope so. I think this album can appeal to both new and old fans of the genre. It's aggressive and ballsy enough not to be classed as old-fart music by the young kids, but still classic enough for the older fans. It will be very interesting to hear the reactions from fans when it will be released. If I were a kid, I would absolutely buy this CD!

Thank you Greg for having me on Metal Temple! To all the fans out there: just stay true to yourself, follow your heart and keep on rocking! I will surely do.