Jörn: Hi Chris! You started up with ABSCESS one year before Autopsy have split up. So what have been the reasons to start ABSCESS?
Chris: Well, Autopsy was splitting up and Danny and I wanted to keep on playing loud sick brutal music so we formed ABSCESS straight away. The agreement was for Autopsy to do one more album and one more show then disband on good terms, which we did. So for a period Autopsy and ABSCESS both existed at a same time.
Jörn: In 2006 you’ve signed a record deal with Tyrant Syndicate, the label of Nocturno Culto and Fenriz of Darkthrone which is a sublabel of Peaceville Records. You’ve released all Abscess and Autopsy records through Peaceville Records all the years before. Why did you leave Peaceville?
Chris: They became disinterested in ABSCESS after Through The Cracks Of Death was released so we went where we would be more appreciated and all worked out well.

Jörn: Let’s talk about the new CD Horrorhammer! The sound is still extreme and raw. Didn’t you ever think to realize an album with a more polished production?
Chris: We are ABSCESS and our sound is who we are. If people want something overly refined, polished and inhumanly perfect they can listen someone else‘s album. We are not afraid to let chaos and raw intensity lead the way. We will never be boring however, and that‘s a promise!
Jörn: In the past with Autopsy you’ve got so friendly song titles like Squeal Like A Pig, Necrocannibalistic Vomitorium or I Shit On Your Grave. And with ABSCESS there bloody pearls like Suicide Fuck or Tomb Of The Unknown Junkie. So what about the lyrics on Horrorhammer? There are song titles like New Diseases. What kind of diseases do you mean? What kind of literature or movies influences your lyrical work?
Chris: Actually, these days we pretty much pull our lyrical ideas from our own twisted heads and rely on bizarre imagination and all-out disturbing weirdness to make the lyrics happen. Once in a while some outside inspiration may set in, but not too often. As for the diseases in question, whatever you want them to be is what they are, if you‘re sick enough...

Jörn: Autopsy and of course ABSCESS have influenced so many extreme metal bands. You must be very proud of it, right?
Chris: Sure, of course that‘s great to hear... Cheers, sickoids!
Jörn: I guess you’ve had many problems with censorship because of your many extreme cover artworks during your whole career. Does it nerve sometimes or do you give a fuck? What do you think in general about censorship?
Chris: Actually we‘ve had little trouble with that... The bit there had been was hyped up a lot and seemed like more than it was. Of course censorship is lame and cowardly. What else can I say?

Jörn: In the past you’ve participated in projects like Murder Squad or The Ravenous. Will you continue with these projects?
Chris: No plans to do anything with either of those... They were fun as hell and I love how those records came out.
Jörn: Last year Peaceville Records released an Autopsy DVD which contains just handycam material. Do you have any plans do realize an ABSCESS DVD before this band will die?
Chris: That would be killer and someday that could happen, but I don‘t think we‘re going away anytime soon.... Getting something video out while we exist would be the preferred situation I think.

Jörn: It’s time for ABSCESS to do a big European tour to promote Horrorhammer live, hehe! Do the European and especially the German have a chance to see ABSCESS live this year?
Chris: We‘ll see what the new album brings and take it from there.
Jörn: I’ve seen on your website that you’ve listed three bands who have done ABSCESS cover versions. Do you know the cover of Suicide Fuck of the Swedish Death Metal band Axis Powers?
Chris: No, but I‘d love to hear it!
Jörn: The last words are yours!
Chris: Keep the horror hammer held high!!!