It's really great to be back here; it's been a while since we last played in the UK so it will be great to see how it goes here.

Originally, we weren't even planning to do an album, we had planned to do the crowd funding to build the studio with some bonus parts. Then we started composing the first song, "The Forest That Weeps", which came kind of naturally which inspired him to make songs in the same kind of style, he realised a lot of the songs have different moods which suited different seasons which made it into what it is.

It was a way to keep it going for sure, we wanted to do something in different way in terms of production as "TIME I" was done in such a Hollywood style with an orchestrated way, which is why "TIME II" is taking so long as we are not satisfied with the product hence why we need the studio so we can do it how we want it. "The Forest Seasons" is a simpler approach and has a more organic feel to it; it is something we could do with our current resources. We are getting pressure from the label and fans for "TIME II", so we wanted to bring something out in our own way and it's come out better than we had hoped.

Originally the plan was to do 3 crowd-funding campaigns, but we were so fortunate to have many backers for the first one; it went really well apart from the Finnish taxes and server costs that take such a huge cut from what people had raised. We are looking at the 2^nd one and if that goes incredibly well then we may not have to do a 3^rd. The plan now is to tour for a while and get creating ideas, but we already do have many ideas, we are always listening to fans for ideas too.

For one, it's definitely the way Jari (vocals) works, as he is such a perfectionist, he is never satisfied with 90%. Most things that would take less time in a third party studio is taking longer because Jari wants to really nail it down; he has a very strong clear vision in his head and he wants to learn or do it in his own way. We've tried third party studios before, sometimes things worked and some didn't, so that is one part of why it's taking so long due to Jari studying production and such along with composing and more. He did pretty much everything for "The Forest Seasons", including graphics; he did his own mixing for this album in his apartment. He wants his own place to do everything so he can do it his way but it also makes it easier for the band to have a rehearsal space too.

We are really looking forward to touring with ARCH ENEMY who have a new album coming soon which I'm sure is going to be great due the hype that they have, I think the tour is going to be a great package.