Arc v 666: Of course we did, like we did try already on the 2 previous albums. Only this time the formula sat down almost perfectly in the studio as we knew what we want and because Anssi Kippo (co-producer) also knew how we want it to be done. It was thanx to him that the album came out so fucking tight, he did whip the wimpy shit out of us for good and change it to sheer terror and anger. We even had this "practice studio" in the studio where we were able to play together and check the songs before actual recordings and that was great, for the first time in IN history I guess....You can hear everyone put all the cards to the table when we recorded and we are damn proud of the result, of course.

Arc v 666: It feels the same as taking the condom off in the middle of the intercourse, U know what I mean? The line up changes have had an enormous vital effect on the band, like changing Your blood or something. I'm a late joiner myself, but I can see how the old dogs have their tails up again and You can hear it from the past recordings, too not to mention how the band is live on stage these days!! I mean - - - You should hear and see, there's no mercy! I don't know if ATYF is the heaviest album, but sure is fastest and most professional album so far from us. There's more of that Black/ Death Metal vibe in it, so maybe that is it. The roots are showing.....Impaled Nazarene has been around for over 13 years and has had a lot of lineup changes, which is all healthy if You get to think of it that we never had to break up and make those sad comebacks, which seem to be so fucking trendy these days. It really feels that this line up is made to last, finally, and we are only getting better more we play together. I'm sure that our new guitarist Tuomio for example has many aces up his sleeve for the future recordings, he already wrote "Halo Of Flies" for ATYF just to give a hint of what will be coming.

Arc v 666: Impaled Nazarene has always been "punky" or into hard core, so in that case I don't think it will be any news for the long term fans either. I'm myself much responsible for those punk spirited tracks on the new album and I had old IN albums in mind kind of a lot when I was writing these songs, trying to get the feel into them. Take a listen of "Violence I Crave" or "Motörpenis" from Latex Cult album for example....or the whole Latex Cult album, which is fucking great album with a lot of punk/ HC influence in it. The new one only differs from that as being done way more better.

Arc v 666: We don't actually give a flying fuck for that thought when we add Finnish lyrics, which are very few per album by the way. If someone feels uncomfortable with them, that's their problem, not ours. So far there has not been any complains, so I guess it doesn't matter at all.

Arc v 666: That can only be an compliment and if someone see us that way it's perfectly ok with us. For me Lemmy is one of the greatest characters in the history of Heavy Metal and no one can't deny the importance of Motörhead either, so whatta hell!! I'm proud to be compared like that, even our stuff is quite far from Motörhead's to be honest with You, so it might just be in the ears of the critics. But You know the critics anyway.....a bunch of failed, bitter musicians who don't know shit about the bands, just pretending to do so. Not all of 'em of course, but in majority yes.

Arc v 666: It seems all You fucking people out there didn't care to read Mika's comments carefully enough, but just jumped the gun straight away and gave him the shit! The message is simple; We all (not only Mika) don't miss his presence in the band as much as we do as a friend. In the band he was a disaster when it came up to something that had to be done, or if You had an time schedule in the picture, for example taking a flight and to be present at the airport, studio etc. He failed 8 and ½ times out of 10 to make it and that, believe or not, is nerve wrecking on a long term basis. Even Your question makes no sense: "..saying that he doesn't miss Teemu "Somnium" Raimorant because he was a slacker, but misses him as a friend". Errr........how can U miss and not to miss someone in the same sentence?? This is fucking bollox all the way through, we miss our friend a lot (all of us) and hopefully no one out there don't have to face the same shit as we did. The raw fact band wise, is that Somnium didn't participate much for IN in his time, cause he had his main band, Finntroll to take care of as well and You have to remember that he only wrote one song for the band, plus the whacky "Satan Wants You Dead" -all 16 seconds of it....He simply didn't have enough time for Impaled Nazarene and we kind of did benefit from how things sadly ended as the present line up is with all members 110% into the band.

Arc v 666: That is great! HIM guys are friends of us and they are doing fucking good, so what can You say?!? Exporting the Finnish music is always a good thing and they have a strong brand to sell. They have been huge here in Europe for few years already, so we are kind of used to it already. The main thing is that the guys are still the same as they were 10 years ago, before the HIM era. And they dig Impaled Nazarene so they can't be that bad, right?!?

Arc v 666: Gun choice would be the 50 cal. Desert Eagle, just because it is one fucking bad ass gun to shoot with a lot of damage done. Me and Mika had an opportunity to try out that particular weapon last fall when we visited this one television show and they took us to the shooting range. That literally kicked some serious ass!! Drink choice would be beer, vodka and whiskey. Anything with alcohol goes of course, but those are the main ones.

Arc v 666: You know, Mika is a prophet actually...it wasn't the first time when his nostradamus-like prophecies came true. Personally I don't much think of the wars and shit, but Mika for sure is following the news of the world more eagerly. Anyway, You don't have to follow it to know it's all fucked up at the moment and surely it's only getting worse. With all the respect, America is been led by one of the biggest morons ever to walk this earth and he's very much responsible of the situation in the middle-east and more. I'm not into politics at all, that's for other people like Rage Against Machine *puke*. I'm into playing our music which is pretty much all I do care of, besides of alcohol and pussy. One man or one thousand men can't do shit for what is going on, so why to stress about it? Not my business.

Arc v 666: 13+ and going strong .. . .the future holds touring in Europe and as it seems, in South America also in August if things will go as planned. We have plans of recording the first ever live album in the next fall time and that would happen here in Helsinki, Finland. We are constantly writing riffs and bits and pieces to gather them later on as the next studio album, somewhere in the future. There's no future without Impaled Nazarene and we are only getting stronger!!