Metal Assault's Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal interviewed KREATOR's Mille Petrozza at the House of Blues in Hollywood, CA on March 23rd. The following is an excerpt from the interview:

Q: German thrash has elements of death metal in it. Do you think that makes it unique, as compared to the American thrash bands?

A: "METALLICA and EXODUS were important for us. But anything after that, the most important Bay Area band to me was POSSESSED. Those were the three bands. The more melodic style came way later. I was never too big into bands like ANTHRAX. They had some sort of humour to them. I've always liked serious thrash metal. It is a form of art and I don't believe in putting humour in it. I'm not saying that nobody should use humour, but as Kreator, we like to have a dark and serious atmosphere without joking around. If we want to joke around, its private. Music should be serious and epic. To achieve that, it is not possible to loosen it up too much, being like a rock n roll party band. That's not for us."

Q: Vocally how much do you think you've progressed?

A: "I always try to come up with different melody lines. To me the lyrics are the most important thing. Sometimes the melody lines take a long time for me to develop. To me, finding the perfect song is still a challenge. Every time I go back into the creative frame of mind, I'm trying to find the perfect Kreator song. It's still not there yet and I keep on looking for it. I'm a fan of the singer-songwriter. I'm really into NEIL YOUNG and certain German bands that have the ability to just play a song and play guitar to it. It's a different technique as compared to just having a singer. Bands like Metallica in their hey day, they had that. They perfected it."

Read the complete interview at this location.