What is the line-up on "Goatlord" and to avoid any misunderstandings... who's playing what?
Zephyrous: Rhythm guitar. Nocturno Culto: Lead guitar. Fenriz: Drums. Dag Nilsen: Bass guitar.
How has the reaction been from the normal Darkthrone fans about "Goatlord"?
I hope we don't have normal fans, ha ha, well I don't know, I haven't asked, the people I "hang around with" have heard it a long time ago so they're used to it. I usually never get to know what people think about our music, and I don't think me nor Nocturno Culto cares too much about that.
Do you somtimes miss playing drums technically as you did earlier in Darkthrone?
I sometimes "freak out" on the Valhall rehearsals, so I know I can still play very technically but I haven't really missed it yet. It's like pepperkaker - most fun when you're younger.
What is the reason why you did not release "Goatlord" when it was supposed to be released, and what has time done to make you want to release it now in 1996?
Me, Zephyrous and Nocturno Culto wanted to play Black Metal as we were sick of technical DM (early '91). I had been thinking about BM a long time and we decided to stuff the "Goatlord" album and make songs we really felt for in '90. In Summer '91 "A Blaze in the Northern Sky" was recorded. Later we realized that "Goatlord" was a well worked-through album that deserved to be released.
What ideas around the album did you have in the early '90's? What should the cover be like if you had those ideas ready etc...?
I think "Goatlord" cover was planned to be what is now cover of "Caravans to Empire Algol" by Neptune Towers. Other that that, I can't remember any specific plans, sorry.
The vocals are recorded many years after the music was recorded. Were the vocals done in the same way as they would have been done at the time of the music was recorded?
No, I don't know how Nocturno Culto would have sung the lyrics in '91, the '94 lyrics are probably much more theatrical than the '91 vocals would've been.
We have a couple riffs on "Goatlord" that arrived earlier on other Darkthrone albums. I think it is great to use great material in other surroundings, but is there a specific reason why some riffs have appeared on different albums?
One of the riffs you mention was meant to be on 2-3 albums- for no apparent reason, sort of mystery that, really. Other stuff wasn't planned, we just did it. Perhaps we took one or two riffs from the "Goatlord" rehearsal because we thought we would never release "Goatlord" at the time.
What about the lyrics, are they new or the same as they should always have been?
Nah, the lyrics are 85% the same (written in Daimon communion Autumn 1990). But there were some additions done in "twisted" '94 that are performed on the last 2 songs of the "Goatlord" album.
Don't you miss the feeling of having Darkthrone back as a band?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Ehhhhhhhhhh Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........ Weeeeeeeeeell, both yes and no. No comment. "Can't beat the feeling!"
What is Fenriz up to these days? Any concrete musical ideas for the future that you would make public?
You naughty person who wrote that I was doing an Isengard album in Nordic Vision, I think there is a new Valhall album out soon, and we will make another album with Storm if we can just afford a fuckin' rehearsal place - we were thrown out of our last one. I'm in wild mood swings (get it?) these days, and I prefer not to make plans ok?!! I must add that it's rather atomically boring to talk about "Goatlord" album, but a person's gotta DO what a man's got to drive a katamaran through a high pitched silly vocal scream.