Candlelight Records report that 1349 guitarist Archaon was recently interviewed by Dr. Abner Mality of Wormwood Chronicles. The following is an excerpt from the interview:

Q: CELTIC FROST is such a legendary band in the underground. When you first met them, were you overawed by them or did you click with them right away?

A: It's so funny because there's a story to that as well. First time we met Celtic, we were touring with GORGOROTH in 2004 in Europe. The guy who is our session guitarist now, Teloch, was playing session guitar for Gorgoroth back then. That's how we got to know him. When we got to the south of Europe on that tour, we played in Switzerland and covered Celtic Frost's 'The Usurper'. When we walked off the stage, the guys were in the venue! We didn't know that. Then, it was quite overwhelming for pretty much everyone.

I'm familiar with Celtic Frost and know all their classics, but I've never been a true diehard fan of them, to be honest. However, Ravn, our singer, has and our drummer Frost has. They've always been diehard Celtic Frost fans. So we met them back in 2004 and the vibe between the two bands was very good and we had a lot of fun. We invited them backstage and had a long chat with them. We were amazed that they actually liked our music! Then, in 2005, we came back there and we invited them as guests. So right before the show, Ravn brought Tom on stage, gave him the mike and just said 'Go'. And we played 'The Usurper' again, now with Tom on vocals! Since then, we've been in touch with them regularly, mainly Ravn, and we decided to try this tour, to make this possible."

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