Hey, my pleasure!

I think we'll continue writing music and hanging together no matter what happens. So, in a way this is definitely a permanent band! Initially BFT was just a bunch of guys having fun and recording songs as side product for downing beers and throwing Frisbee, so things got a bit out of hand! This is the best side project ever.

We refused to gain any stress over this...You can't make music like this if you think about things too much. We wrote and recorded very much like we did with False Metal, without thinking or calculating, everything you hear comes from the heart so to speak. Of course we were aiming to make the new album sound as good as possible and thankfully we feel we achieved that.

To be brutally honest, I really don't care if someone doesn't like what we do...each to their own, you know. We're kind of selfish in a way that if our stuff pleases us we're satisfied, and if other people dig it that's a huge bonus. I don't see the point of chasing trends, you'll end up doing that for the rest of your short-lived career...

It fits pretty well what we're about. Whenever you make music it should come from your heart and soul, I don't see it any other way.

A guy called Hugh Gilmour is responsible for it, he did a great job convincing us that we should go after the feel of those classic AOR vinyl covers from back in the day. I think he pulled it off beautifully.

Every song was written after False Metal was released, we didn't have any leftovers from F.M. Trying to rework on leftovers is always a kind of a drag because there's usually a reason why they didn't fit the album in the first place, it's a bit like flogging a dead horse, you know, so it's better to start from the clean canvas. I think Out Of My Head was the first one we came up with pretty much around the same time F.M. came out.

Haha, wow...well, thanks but the idea of me in JOURNEY is just absurd, I can't get around the idea, that band is like sacred in a way! I liked singing all of them as this time I really concentrated on writing the melodies in keys that I feel comfortable with, meaning I didn't have to scream my brains out this time, which was the case in some parts of False Metal. One song that really raised its head after the mixing was Heard it On My Radio, I really dig it.

I think we already achived what we were after. An album full of songs that makes you smile with a sound worth a million bucks.

Absolutely. Majority of people who check out BFT are very much familiar with NIGHTWISH, that's a fact. Getting a record deal would've been much harder without Emppu's name involved.

I can see your point, yeah, we're definitely sticking out like Pope in a whorehouse on Spinefarm if you look at other bands on the label, but that's cool.

The production company contacted the record company asking if they had a band who could write songs in the vein of 80's KISS and W.A.S.P. etc. They called us and we wrote the song which they dug. The production company then asked me to make a cameo role which was funny as hell.

Good question! It really wasn't the case about 10-15 years ago. There were a few heavier bands that paved the way suddenly and kids started taking pride in learning their craft well I guess. Finland has always been a good ground for Heavy Metal although there weren't any successful bands back in the day. History is being changed all the time which is great.

Haven't really thought about attending other festivals than the ones we're playing with LEVERAGE. I've got tickets for BON JOVI and DEF LEPPARD though. And I'd love to see STRAY CATS in Helsinki soon, gotta check out if they still have tickets for that...VAN HALEN would be awesome to see while there's still a chance!

Thanks, no problem. Keep your beer frosty and your car windows down, enjoy the summer!