Very interesting interview. Good questions and good answers. Finally Stanne summed up the songwriting process that was discussed here from time to time. It actually resembles what Martin H. once told (me) how it works. I find it interesting that Jivarp comes up with a lot of melodies on the piano, and Martin turns it into riffs or leads.
But I disagree on the religion-issue. In fact I am a bit dissapointed by Stanne - I actually thought he is able to have a more sophisticated view on this. This "religion is stupid, the world would be a better place without it" is just a bit of a platitude. I was raised without religious beliefs, I am not baptized, and I did not have to attend the religious eductation class in school, so I am rather biased to the anti-religious view - and I have my personal, yes, philosophy. But in fact, if one looks closer at our own behaviour, our moral standards, especially in the western world, lots of stuff - moral issues - stem from the 10 commandments, as christianity preaches it. I don't like the dogmatic approach, I dont like indoctrination, but one should reflect a bit on where all our "nice behaviour" comes from. Religion is important, if one likes to call it philosophy, that's ok. I know some people that are the nicest and most successful in their respective lifes , and I trace this back on their strong believe in god, church and religion. It's easy to say religion is bad, but one should look a bit at the other side of the coin and try to see the positive effect it had on the structure of our society. There are actually people that need religion. In fact, I rather have a guy that believes in god, instead of this mentally deranged Dissection guy, that fucks up his life completely. Killing someone, going to jail, diving further into this satan-anti-cosmic shit while in prison and then killing himself - a very successful guy.
