Arch Enemy<\/i><\/p>\n
Hello, Christopher, thank you for doing an interview with Livegamers. Now, you recently returned to Arch Enemy. <\/b><\/p>\n
– That’s right.<\/p>\n
Was life boring without Arch Enemy or did your brother Michael convince you to return? How does it feel to be back?<\/b><\/p>\n
– It feels good. I went through some different stuff. I’ve been in the band for 10 years and I just basicly got tired of it. I have nothing to compare to because I have never done anything than played the guitar, so I wanted to try something else, but then I really missed being on stage so… I decided to come back.<\/p>\n
Tell us something about your new album \u0094Rise of the Tyrant.\u0094<\/b><\/p>\n
– Well… umm, that’s a funny question… it’s only a record. Go and buy it!<\/p>\n
Are there any differences compared to previous albums?<\/b><\/p>\n
– Well, we returned to work with the producer who was producing the first three albums, but basicly we produced it ourself. He was the engineer. I think it sounds a bit rawer than the previous ones.<\/p>\n
Metal music is making its way into the game industry. The best known music game series is the Guitar Hero trilogy. Have you had the possibility to test Guitar Hero?<\/b><\/p>\n
– Yeah, I don’t like it at all. I find it extremely boring so I don’t know what the big deal is. Maybe it is because I play for real. I’ve only tried it once and I wasn’t very good at it so… I mean it’s a great idea and everything, but I am more into regular games.<\/p>\n
I play the guitar myself and I actually found it hard to play Guitar Hero because it does not always go according to the music…<\/b><\/p>\n
– Yeah, because you start listening. You should just look at the screen instead of listening.<\/p>\n
There has been a lot of metal music in Guitar Hero games, for example in Guitar Hero II you can play Shadows Fall<\/i>, and in Guitar Hero III In Flames<\/i>, Disturbed<\/i>, and Slipknot<\/i>. When do we get to play Arch Enemy’s songs in a Guitar Hero game? <\/b><\/p>\n
– Yeah, we have had an offer. We are definitely going to be in it.<\/p>\n
That’s great, because some modders have already been importing your songs on PS2 and Xbox 360.<\/b> <\/p>\n
– I know, yeah. I heard something about the deal, and managed to hear that we are definitely going to be in it.<\/p>\n
Do you ever play any games on your spare time? <\/b><\/p>\n
– I have a Playstation…. I am not that much of a gamer. I recently got really into one game and I played it for a long time. I really liked that game, \u0094Shadow of colossus.\u0094 That was a really cool game.<\/p>\n
Are you more into those first-person shooters, or more of a strategy, or even s racing-game player?<\/b><\/p>\n
– No, I don’t like car games… I like Grand Theft Auto. That’s the ultimate game for me.<\/p>\n
Do you have any game consoles on your tour bus? <\/b><\/p>\n
– Not on this one. We have different tour buses all the time. Sometimes there are consoles and sometimes not. <\/p>\n
What games do you play on your tour bus if there is a console?<\/b><\/p>\n
– Years ago we used to play the first GTA with Daniel, but we didn’t have a memory card, so we had to start all over from the beginning every time. [Laughs.]. But I used to play a lot of computer games when I was a kid. C64 and so on…<\/p>\n
Where would you see gaming in the future? <\/b><\/p>\n
– Yeah, it seems more and more like mimicing real life. Making games like Sims and Second Life. I think there is a game called Second Life… So it seems to go into that direction. It seems like the grapihcs can’t get any better so… I am not into Second Life and that sort of thing, though… I don’t know… I try to live in the reality.<\/p>\n
Name your all-time top 3 games.<\/b><\/p>\n
Last Ninja 2 (Commodore 64)
\nShadow of the Colossus (Playstation 2)
\nGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2, Xbox 360, PC)<\/p>\n
Thank you for this interview, Christopher, and have a nice gig!<\/b><\/p>\n
– Thank you! You know, I have never done an interview like this before so… it was cool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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