W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless recently spoke with the UK's Classic Rock Magazine correspondent Geoff Barton about the band's forthcoming album, babylon. Following is an excerpt from the discussion:

Q: So, how are you finding life under Barack Obama?

Lawless: "I was very, very critical of Obama during the campaign. I wrote a long letter and I sent it out to all the press the night before the election. I pulled no punches with this guy because I had really done quite a bit of research on him while the election was going on.

He’s one of these old-time '60s radicals from way back. He thinks he’s going to change the world and he’s hell-bent on doing that. When he stood there the night of the nomination and he said that he intended on 'fundamentally changing' America – a chill ran down my back. Thousands of people were just standing there, wildly applauding, and it reminded me of Hitler standing on the steps of the Reichstag.

I thought: 'These people don’t understand what this man is talking about, what his true intentions are, and how he is going to go about doing this.' This man, like I said, is straight out of the '60s school of radicalism where he thinks he’s going to be Robin Hood and rob from the rich to give to the poor."

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As previously reported, on October 12th, W.A.S.P. will release their new album, Babylon. The album is themed around biblical visions of The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse. The tracklisting is as follows:

'Crazy'

'Live To Die Another Day'

'Babylon's Burning'

'Burn'

'Into The Fire'

'Thunder Red'

'Seas Of Fire'

'Godless Run'

'Promised Land'

W.A.S.P. will be touring extensively throughout Europe this autumn/winter to bring their sonic massacre to the masses. Confirmed dates are available at the band's MySpace page.