Well, nothing happened in the 90s and now that I think of this it's like why it took us 12 years to come to Greece! Actually, it was easier for us to come to Greece than get here in the US. You know, it's really expensive to get here. So, we took the first opportunity that showed up. I cannot think anything else. (laughs)

(thinking) We have die-hard fans wherever play like in Greece, Germany, Sweden and now we found out that we do have some in the US. We have managed to build a solid fanbase that supports us wherever we play. Ok, sometimes we do have small crowds but hell they are into the band. In the bottom line this is what it really matters to have in the crowd the people who really like the band.

Yeah, I think that it's really up to the band; if people want to play and have fun I think they should do it. Of course sometimes you wonder why this band does a reunion? They were crap before so they will be crap again (laughs). I am not mentioning any names here…

Absolutely not. I think that it is good for us because he is already known he brings extra credit to the band.

Actually we did not film the show.

Mmm I think there were some problems with the negotiations with the camera crew that did not show up! I guest that it might have been some misunderstanding between them and the manager or the record label. To be honest with you I don't know what actually happened and I was pretty disappointed when the cameras weren't there.

No, it supposed to be done in New York and the camera crew was from there. So we cannot afford to get on the road. There won't be a DVD shooting in this tour. Well, apart from our own cameras and stuff.

We have recorded it and it is going to be released on September. It will contain two new tracks, Demon's Gate sung by Rob and some live recorded songs.

No, they are brand new tracks and the live tracks are from Greece, from the Gagarin205 concert. It was a great show!

Yeah we do have great time on-stage.

Yeah we definitely have much better atmosphere in the band. We have more fun as a band and I think this is the way it should be. Everyone seems to have more fun and actually feels more relaxed. With Messiah things were difficult because he made it that way. Now it is totally a different thing like night and day. It's like walk in the park being in CANDLEMASS!

Most of the tracks are ready and when we return home after the US tour in the middle of June, we will do some more live dates, then we will have some vacation time during July and finally on August get on the studio to record it.

(thinking) Well, I think it will be better than the King Of The Grey Islands that was better than the white album. So, we will continue in this pattern (laughs). Basically, it is pretty much in the same vein and I can surely say that I am very pleased with it.

No, I don't think so. The rest of the guys were not in the band in those albums [edit: obviously he did not mean Chapter VI]. I am playing songs from that albums with my other band KRUX.

We are still together. We did some shows the last two years and hopefully we will do some more during the autumn.

Yeah, absolutely! Fredrik (Akesson) is busy with OPETH and I am busy with CANDLEMASS but definitely the next year we are going to do another album.

It is true that the record companies are loosing money and this has done really difficult for band to get a decent contract. And this is a shame because if the bands cannot get contracts then they will not make music and there will be nothing to download! In the end this situation will backfire to all the downloaders. People have to understand that this eventually hurts the band. You know what I think; downloading is theft! I know some say that it would be free but why we don't get cars for free and other stuff we want?

Hell yeah you know when Messiah was out of CANDLEMASS it is a democracy again! If you ask the others in the band they will say that I am the easiest person on the planet to work with. Everybody has a will and an personal opinion. It's a piece of cake being in CANDLEMASS.

Yeah, I mean we are happy to be here. You know, we were very close to split up with all the problems with Messiah. So, I feel pretty fortunate to be able to stand and talk to you about CANDLEMASS, signing autographs and hopefully we will have a good show tonight.

Thank you too man and I will see you in Greece!