• ABLAZE MY SORROW are about to release their new album, so with that as a start i interrogated Anders and he revealed some parts of his personality. And as for the questions he asked me. I have to tell him one thing :"Yes! Eric Cartman is a hero!!! And one of the best i must say."

1.GIVE A SHORT BIO OF THE BAND AND NAME THE CURRENT BAND MEMBERS.

•      -Ablaze My Sorrow was formed during the summer 1993 and have since then released two demos ("For bereavement we cried"     1994 and "Demo &dash'95" 1995) and two albums ("If emotions still burn" 1996 and "The plague" 1998). There has been some  line-up changes through the years but our up-coming album "Anger, hate and fury" will be recorded in september with the following line-up: Kristian Lönnsjö (lead screams), Magnus Carlsson (Guitars and keyboard), Dennie Lindén (lead guitars and backing vox),Anders Brorsson (bass and backing vox) and Alex Bengtsson (drums and cymbals). This line-up will hopefully last for a while.

• -"If emotions still burn" is our first album and not our last, our last record is entitled "The plague". I think that "If emotions still burn" is a great record but there are some things that could have been made better of course. As for example the sound on the album is far too weak I think, but the songs are great according to me. Our second album, "The plague", is far more aggressive and violent than the previous one. A better album indeed, I am extremely proud of it even though some things could have been done better on this one too.

• -We have lots of new songs ready for the upcoming album "Anger, hate and fury", which will be recorded during september 2001. The new songs are kind of a mixture between the earlier albums with an extra dose of aggression, intensity and anger. It will be a violent death metal album, indeed it will. Some titles for the new album are: "Slit wide open", "Erased/relieved", "Machine supreme", "Suicidal","Paradies", "Shrouded are the pleasures of the flesh" and "Ad libitum".

• -Most of my lyrics deal with thoughts of life, death and religion.

• -Well, lyrics about dragons and magicians ain't really my cup of tea.

• -For some people maybe, I prefer to face them as they are.

• -I would like to be able to make enough money to make a living out of the music. This might piss some people off but I can't see their point.

• -Well, since I had a guitar I guess. I've always been playing something so I guess I decided that I should play in a band when I heard my first KISS song.

• -Not a fucking clue, I have never really thought of that.

10.DO YOU THINK THAT ONLY GOOD VOICES CAN BE INSPIRING AND EXPRESSING OR SOMETIMES A GOOD BRUTAL VOICE CAN CREATE TO THE LISTENER STRONGER FEELINGS?

• -I prefer the brutal vocals since they more often bring forth violent and aggressive feelings and atmospheres. Of course "nice" vocals are to prefer when I seek for some other atmosphere in the music, everything depends on the combination between vocals, music and lyrics.

• -I think it's great to perform live and that's why I play music, to be on the stage. It would be great to play everywhere you can find a great audience. But Asia would be great to tour I can imagine.

• -At The Gates, Kreator, Death and Slayer have been the main influences for Ablaze My Sorrow since the start.

• -The best book I've read is "Vi är svarta, vi är gula, alla andra dom är fula" by Hasse Karlsson.

• -Eric Cartman must count as a hero, right?

• -That would be for "A clockwork orange" even though it already has a cool soundtrack.

• -Sentenced or Skitsystem are the only bands I can think of right now but I guess that depends on my hangover..

• - I already play in a brutal "americanized" death metal band called Deification together with our singer Kristian Lönnsjö and our former singer Martin Qvist. Contact me or Kristian to buy our demo "Deformed creation" or to get some more information about the band.

• -Yes, I know of some greek bands as for example Rotting Christ, Necromantia and Thou Art Lord. I guess that I've heard of some more but I can't remember them right now.

• -Well, I was impressed by Behemoths "Thelema 6" cause I haven't really heard them since their demos. "Deathrace king" by The Crown is fucking great too but not very new any longer. wolfpacks "Allday hell" is indeed a great punk album, and quite new too.

• -Sweden has a great death metal scene, no doubt about that. If it would be the same? I don't know if Sweden has better bands than other countries or if the labels are so stupid that they sign bands because of the fact that they are from Sweden. Hopefully the swedish bands are better, but I wouldn't think so.

• -As I stated in an earlier question I would have nothing against making some money out of the music. Not so that I get extremely rich but just so that I can make a living out of it and be able to concentrate 100% on the music.

• -Well, thanks a lot for these questions and for the interest in Ablaze My Sorrow. Watch out for our upcoming album "Anger, hate and fury" and visit our website at: http://www.ablaze-my-sorrow.com You can contact us at: [email protected] We always have some merchandise for sale besides the ones from No Fashion Records so contact us for information and prices. Cheers!!!