It’s been a year since the release of “Jumalten Aika”, and Heavymusic team came back to Helsinki for having a chat with the guys from Moonsorrow again. The secrets of promo photos, old Finnish traditions, the end of the world and more — heve a read our exclusive interview!

                    

                    

                    

                    So how was the tour going for you?

                    

                    Ville: Excellent!

                    

                    Mitja: Yeah, very good! It’s nice to tour in Finland as we didn’t do a proper Finnish tour, just played some festivals, and then we started touring in Europe when the album [Jumalten Aika] was released, so finally we’ve been touring a little bit more in Finland.

                    

                    Have you received any kind of special treatment from the homeland fans? Is there any difference in mentality?

                    

                    Ville: I don’t know if it’s different, it was just really good. We got a very good response from the audience, maybe it’s because we don’t do this so often they don’t get tired…

                    

                    Or they just miss you so much because you usually play in other countries!

                    

                    Ville: I don’t know why actually.

                    

                    We’re sitting here like we did almost a year ago. The same place, nearly the same time…

                    

                    Mitja: Right!

                    

                    …but at that time we didn’t have a chance to look at “Jumalten Aika” booklet. Now after taking a closer look we can say that your promo pictures have definitely caught our attention. Can you tell us about its making process?

                    

                    Ville: It was Markus’s idea. He wanted to do this maybe because he doesn’t like us that much *laughs* He wants us to suffer. It was really painful to do. In a way it was fun. How did we do it?

                    

                    Mitja: We were in theatre with some kind of a pool of mud and dirt.

                    

                    So you were in a closed space, not outside, right?

                    

                    Mitja: Yeah, we were indoors.

                    

                    Ville: We weren’t really at the graveyard or anything.

                    

                    *everybody laughs*

                    

                    Mitja: It was fucking cold at that time of the year, so being outside and trying to dig ground for the hole big enough for the guys…

                    

                    Markus doesn’t dislike you that much!

                    

                    *everybody laughs*

                    

                    

                    

                    How did you feel with all that ground in your hair and even in your mouth?

                    

                    Ville: Dirty.

                    

                    Was it tasty?

                    

                    *everybody laughs*

                    

                    Ville: I was the one who had the dirt in my mouth, so I can tell you it wasn’t especially tasty. I wouldn’t use that word to describe it.

                    

                    You wouldn’t repeat that, right?

                    

                    Ville: No, probably not.

                    

                    *At that point Mitja shows us a photo of Markus lying on the ground in the pool half-naked*

                    

                    Mitja: So there’s Markus.

                    

                    He is trying to be so stoic…

                    

                    Ville: He doesn’t have to try

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