Hi there! Well the whole idea behind the album is the natural element "fire". We're doing the four elements now and this is part three, earlier we've done earth and air. It's a concept album in that sense that all the songs concerns fire in different aspects, and we're talking fire in nature here. So, we have the volcanic fire, lighting, the stars, wild fire but also fire in nature from a bit of a folk lore aspect as well. You'll also find a song about the aftermath of a huge forest fire when everything has turned into soot and ash and so on. We recorded the album by ourselves at my own studio in my house, we like to have it like that as we can work when we want to and have the possibility. It's also cause we like to have control from the start to the end. So we also mixed and mastered it at the same location.

I totally understand that it'll be harder for those who doesn't speak Swedish but at the same time I can't think like that as an artist. I just need to write and compose out of passion and an emotional basis. I just feel like to write in Swedish again in Vintersorg. When we did it in English I started to miss my mother tongue in my art. I mean I write in English for the other bands I'm involved with and there it feels very proper as I love also to express myself in that language. The switch back was in this case just cause I like to do that in Swedish as well. So now I have both side of that creative "coin".

As I said it's about the element "fire" in nature. All our albums has always dealt with the relation between Man and Nature, on some albums we've just pointed the scope skywards and having that relation analyzed through an interstellar conversation, now we're pointing the scope towards the four elements that compose who and what we are in many aspects. So, in a sense these albums are also asking the existential questions as the albums you refer to.

Science is everything in a sense. I mean the whole world and the whole universe is science when you start to explore it on a deeper level than the first and obvious glance. Still, I like the more romantic sides of nature as well as I strike something fundamental inside my human mind that I probably am stuck with since childhood. I just spend so much time in the wilderness playing and exploring as a kid, I guess that is one reason why I love it so much.

Every album is a signature of what we are/were at the time being and we're proud of our whole catalogue. From the first ep to the last album. Of course we've done different types of albums as we are curious guys that want to explore and express ourselves in a different way from album to album. Still, the VINTERSORG foundation has been intact and we aim for another 20 years in the business.

Time is my worst enemy you know. I have so much to do and so limited time use for it. I also work full time as a teacher, have two kids, two dogs etc. So it's just a stressed out situation every day. Music is though like a drug for me, I just need to do it and are addicted to do it…so I try to fit it in, in that filled up schedule. Glad you like the CRONIAN album, we're very pleased ourselves and are already working on some new ideas.

We really enjoy working with Kris as he understands how to portray our visions and ideas into imagery. Hopefully we can continue this interesting collaboration and just find new stimulating paths to visit and bring into art.

We're just a two piece band and I have a very hard time to get time off from my day job as a teacher for live gigs. Mattias is also working very hard and his employer depends on him quite frankly…but we'll see what happens in the future as we like to do shows, like we did in the past.

We've got some great response both from fans and media, and that's just this big tank of creative fuel for us to continue with our task.

Just check out the new album, it's a great adventure that will take you through many emotional states.