Yes, time passes quickly. It is already 9 years ago. And I'm getting older, but I'm still alive..ha ha ..But we need a new fast and good drummer!

I think "Operation Genocide" is a very varied album, including faster and slower songs, energetic driven songs. The production is also very good. You're never really satisfied ... ha ha, but I like the new CD.

Normally, we would release an album every two years, but there are always too many problems. Some bandmates did not have the right attitude, then there were always changes of line-ups, problems in the studios, many personal tragedies ... and much more. Normally, it means death, reputation wise, when you release an album after 4-5 years as an underground band, but Fatal Embrace keeps coming back..ha ha

Oh, hard to say, Fatal Embrace will always play 100% METAL and the music will always be in the same direction. However, I think we will get more diverse, connect many different Metal genres, we will always play high-speed songs, but also melodic or slow tempo songs. We put a lot of emphasis on our songwriting. We never want to do the same thing over and over again.

As I said, we are never satisfied, contentment or arrogance mean death. If we didn't always have these lineup changes, we would have gone further forward to achieve our goal. We always try to find ways to become exceptional without selling our souls or betraying the foundation of our music.

Well, it's always a team effort. The guitarists have ideas, record demos at home and play them in front of all the band members. Then come the subtleties, changes, rhythm section, vocals and lyrics. On the whole, it works like that with us.

I have been a metal fan since the 80s, for about 35 years. When I heard Venom or Slayer for the first time, or saw pictures of them, I knew that it was bound to be my world. I love to write hellish texts about death, devils, murder, mental illness, torture, war and madness. It fits best with Fatal Embrace.

"Operation Genocide" is also about the destruction of Europe, the whole world, war, expulsion, terror, fear. We are not a socio-critical band, but what has been happening on Earth is incredible and criminal. We are ruled by corrupt inhuman criminals. The world will be destroyed because no one is doing anything against these killers. Weapons are used by armored corporations in war zones with the help of governments. Misery, flight and terror are the consequences. Of course, some lyrics are also about real metal fans, our scene, cohesion and brotherhood.

"Forevermore" is very important, I wrote the text for my deceased friend Andreas Freitag, the organizer of the Taunus Metal Festival. He died of cancer cruelly and I'm so sorry for that, still. Well, finding out a few songs is always difficult, I think that the whole album is completely good and important to me. For example, ''Betray Your Heroes'' and ''Spawn Of Plagues'' are pretty rad.

The good old Anthrax were awesome; the first 3 albums are absolute cult. ''Metal Thrashing Mad'' is one of their best songs. Our version is pretty brutal and a tribute to this great metal band. We have many influences and idols. Slayer, Maiden, AC-DC, Metallica, Death, Priest, Accept, Megadeth - we also covered all these bands in the past.

Real, unadulterated Metal is my attitude towards life, I do not care what others do, we make Metal for Metal fans, that's all. Nowadays, everything is mixed up, pop, country, hip hop, metal .... that's terrible and cruel. There is still a true metal scene and we belong to it.

Can Metal make a person better? haha Yes, that may be true, but there are assholes everywhere. However, I think that real Metal Maniacs have a good heart. I think and I know a lot of metal brothers who are totally alright.

Unfortunately, we do not have a booking agency just yet, that's a pity. We already had inquiries from Malaysia, USA or South America, but unfortunately it did not work, because one or two shows were missing or there was no money for the flights. We do everything ourselves, yet we need an agency, that's the right and better to have. We would have loved to play on every continent and would like to perform in every country on Earth. We need help. Absolutely. In the last years we have played in over 20 countries including Italy, Latvia, Estonia, Switzerland, Spain, Poland, Kosevo ... We also hope we recruit a new drummer soon. We shared the stages in recent years with Sodom, Holy Moses, Destruction, Tankard, Metal Church, Assassin, Protector, Armored Angel, Postmortem, Desaster, Witchburner, Eminenz, Asphyx, Grave Digger, Vader..and many more….

Thank you very much, it is an honor for us to have been interviewed by you. We strive to have less problems to release a new album faster, I hope so...haha, thanks to all the fans for their support, all the best for your Metal magazine. Stay Metal, Stay Brutal, Stay Evil ...

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