Hello guys and thank you for the opportunity to do this interview. You’re starding 2009 with an interesting performance, I’m taking about March 5 in Dubai with Opeth and Chimaira. Now Dubai is a very exciting place to play for a metal band. Any thoughts about that performance? What are your expectations?

Well, we expected it to be different. And it was! It is def. a clash of different cultures there, the fans are really hungry for metal – it means freedom to them.. We had a great time! You can read the full recap here !

Now the latest Arch Enemy release is the DVD Tyrants Of The Rising Sun, this comes two years after Live Apocalypse? It’s not a secret anymore, that the Japan metalheads are excited when it comes to concerts. So was it the band’s decision to play in Tokyo, having a much more greater atmosphere, or was it some sort of marketing decision to make a strong name on the Japan market?

No, we always wanted to leave a testimony to our Japanese fans – who have always been very special to us. They have been constantly strong and supportive, Arch Enemy got big in Japan long before anybody else in the rest of the world took notice. We wanted to capture this special relationship and the exotic vibe of our ‘heavy metal heaven’ – for them, for us and for the world!