Could you start with telling
me a bit about your activities since you left Immortal, what happened to your
project Perfect Visions and Visionary Studios?
- "At the moment I have my own
business which Iive been doing for 2 years now. I run my own marketing /
advertising agency . My plan after quitting IMMORTAL was to open the studio
VISIONARY but I decided to work for my band Perfect Visions only instead. And
after a while I decided to start my own business and its working out really
well!"
What can we expect from Perfect Visions in the future?
- "I write alot of music at the moment and its really exciting. All my
material reflect my personal musical taste, and it feels very good indeed to do
everything the way I myself want it to be. People ask me all the time when
there is to be an album out, but I like to spend a lot of time creating things
the best way. I've had interesting offers from labels, but as you might
understand I don't want or need to rush things. The whole idea behind Perfect
Visions is to make the music that I personally enjoy without being influenced
by any others opinion at all!"
In 1997 you developed tendonities in
your arms, due to intensive rehearsing without proper warm-up. How is your
injury now?
- "My injury in the arms is still there, but its getting better all the
time. The first years I had to work a lot to get rid of the pains, but I will
never be painless. So I have no problems living with it, because I'm strong in
the mind and never give up on anything. One can do what you want if you really
work with things, it may sound like a cliche but so can the absolute truth be!
Will we ever see you returning as a guitarist in Immortal?
- "At the moment it's not realistic to see me back in the band as a
guitarist for a long time, but maybe later!"
Wherefrom did you and Abbath get your artist names?
- "Where we got our artist names from is still a secret, why should
everybody know everything about us?"
Do you think Immortal would have developed in a different way if you were still
a member of the band?
- "I don't think IMMORTAL would be very different if I still played
with them, but of course there would be some changes it's not the whole
same!"
How did the co-operation between you and Abbath work on Blizzard Beasts?
- "On Blizzard Beasts there were no problems with my arms."
Will you write the lyrics for the band even in the future, or will this be on
Abbath's shoulders?
- "I'm still doing the IMMORTAL lyrics and we have a strong feeling about
working together!"