In a recent e-mail interview with Canada’s Eye Weekly, Demonaz of the Norwegian black metal band IMMORTAL expresses little concern over critics who are quick to dismiss the band due to their sub-genre of music.

“I prefer they would listen to something else,” writes the founding member and lyricist. “I cannot care for those who don’t understand it!”

Read the entire interview here.

Demonaz recently spoke to Rock My Monkey about his lyrical inspiration for the songs on 2009’s All Shall Fall, the band’s first new album in seven years.

Below are excepts from his comments about three album tracks:

'All Shall Fall': “It’s more like ‘The black battalion is back!’ It’s kind of a call to arms.”

'Hordes To War': “It’s a track which is very inspired by BATHORY from Blood Fire Death, the song ‘Holocaust’.. I’m honest about it... It’s a battle from above. It’s like RAGNAROK. The song is a little different, it’s very intense... very massive even if it’s a fast song with blast beats.”

'Norden On Fire': “When everything falls and everything is in flames, you should stand on a mountainside with your hand held high. It’s a celebration of victory. It’s how I would see it... the beauty of the end.”

Listen to the entire interview here.

Immortal recently issued the following update:

Don't have tickets to Immortal's show in New York yet? Well, we have a limited time contest for New York residents. We're giving away 5 pairs of tickets for March 30th at the Masonic Temple, Brooklyn, NY.

If you want to win, here's what you have to do:

1) Save the tour flyer (see image on left) and set it as your MySpace and Facebook display picture (go to this location to get it).

2) Myspace users, post a comment to this very blog with the words 'I want to see Immortal in New York on March 30th!"

3) Facebook users, visit our Facebook page at this location and post the following comment: 'I want to see Immortal in New York on March 30th!' (This way, we can keep track of the people who have set the flyer as their display picture).

We'll be randomly selecting fans and contacting them directly within the next week to alert them that they're one of the lucky winners."

Immortal's North American tour schedule is as follows:

Dates are as follows:

March

27 - Toronto, ON - The Opera House
28 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis
30 - New York, NY - Masonic Temple Brooklyn

April

2 - Los Angeles, CA - The Avalon