KREATOR mainman Mille Petrozza spoke to Andreas Aubert from Imhotep.no about a number of topics including the band's lyrics. Here are a few excerpts from the chat:

Imhotep.no: I think that the lyrics are one of the best things about Kreator. It seems that on the first two albums the lyrics were more “childlike” in a way.

Petrozza: “Yeah, we were kids. I was pretty young when I did my first record, I was a teenager at school, I was 16 years old. What would you expect? The first song, 'Tormentor' – I wrote that song when I was 14 years old. Of course it is childish lyrics, written by a child. But it is part of the history.”

Imhotep.no: I tell Mille that I think he matured very quickly. On Terrible Certainty there was a different focus. He explains:

Petrozza: “That was the first time we had an international producer. He was from England, and he would go through the lyrics with me. The lyrics were all there, but he helped with some of the grammar. I kind of got into that, for some reason. It is not very hard for me to write lyrics in English and come up with some interesting stuff.”

Imhotep.no: The way I see it, you have touched upon various social, political, environmental and even spiritual topics in your lyrics. Mille confirms. Do you feel that many people get the message?

Petrozza: “I don’t know. The thing is, to be honest with you, I think what it really is that… When you play music and you are creative, you write the lyrics for yourself. Then, you hope that people understand what you are trying to say. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t; which is out of my hand, because I give them away (the lyrics). It is not that I’m keeping them for myself and read them to people I know, who I know would understand. Basically I give it out to the actual world where everybody can check it out for themselves. There are some people who have a sense for lyrics and art, lyrics in general, and there are some people who just don’t care. I will not be so arrogant to say that everybody understands or everybody cares for the lyrics. Some people do not care, which is unfortunate, but it is the way it is. But – you should not… To me, you should write the lyrics a) for yourself, and b) for the people who tries to understand it, even if it is only a part of the audience. It is worth it."

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