Metal Storm Magazine:  Greetings Infernus! How are you doing today?

Tomas Asklund: I’m fine, sorry that Infernus couldn’t do the interview, very busy days for him now!

Metal Storm Magazine:  So you have a new line-up for the new Gorgoroth. It now consists of Frank Watkins of Obituary, Tomas Asklund (Dissection, Dark Funeral) and former Gorgoroth members that are returning, Pest and Tormentor. You are working on a new album now. How is that going?  Is there any time frame of a release date as of yet?

Tomas Asklund: The album is already released since a couple of weeks. We had a blast recording it at my studio during the summer!

Metal Storm Magazine:  How many songs are going on the new album "Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt"?

Tomas Asklund: There’s eight full songs and a short outro.

Metal Storm Magazine:  Metal is a way of life and unfortunately there are other things that keep us from doing what we are so very passionate about.  What do you like to do in your time away from Gorgoroth?

Tomas Asklund: I like to engage in physical training, as well as indulging in studies of the occult and music production. I do spend a considerable time in my studio though, composing, trying out new approaches and evolve my mixing techniques.

Metal Storm Magazine:  How does the metal community in Norway and the surrounding countries that favor black metal view what is currently taking place in America with a new president, current wars and the economy?

Tomas Asklund: I try (with some success) to stay away from society and its problems and just mind my own interests and personal development, this mainly because so many things I see in mankind/modern society sickens me, and that is not a very creative state of mind to be in.

Metal Storm Magazine:  Musically speaking, what bands did you grow up on that stoked the embers of becoming an influential black metal musician?

Tomas Asklund: I grew up listening to 80’s Iron Maiden and Metallica, then went further to more extreme forms of music.

Metal Storm Magazine:  What do bands do you currently listen to now for inspiration and just for the sake of utter enjoyment? 

Tomas Asklund: I hardly listen to other bands at all. I mostly just listen to music when I’m doing some kind of handy work in the studio like soldering and such, and then I prefer classical music: piano concertos, opera, organ works... as long as it’s dark, moody and/or melancholic, I just love it.

Metal Storm Magazine: Are there any new metal or non-metal bands out there that have caught your attention?

Tomas Asklund: No. Not really paying attention.

Metal Storm Magazine:  The Internet is both a blessing and a curse for those in all types of music.  What are your views on illegal Internet downloading?

Tomas Asklund: You won’t hear me moralize about it, it’s just the easiest way to get music these days. It is pretty sad though that the chances of getting paid for your music are not what it once was. It’s a new era.

Metal Storm Magazine:  Unfortunately, we are at the end of this interview and it truly saddens me to my black core of my very being.  Infernus, it has been a joy to have the privilege to communicate with you for the sake of the legion of Metal Storm Magazine readers.  Any final words to your fans worldwide?

Tomas Asklund: Stay true to the essence within, Hell Satan!