In New York I was always so scared of saying that I wrote fiction. It just seemed like, 'Who am I to dare to do that thing here? The epicenter of publishing and writers?' I found all that very intimidating and avoided writing as a response.
I have found in black metal the lyrics are profoundly beautiful... a pathos and mythos at the same time.
In spite of all this noise, customers are still definitely buying in North America, and they're really, really buying internationally.

