Both: We’ve been busy making some new songs, and focusing on what we want to do in the near future. We have a gig coming up and we are rehearsing for that. Otherwise it has been about everybody finding his place in the band on a long-term basis.

Mike: Danieles and David's entry to the band worked really good when we recorded the EP. Since then they have worked on finding their permanent place in the band.

Daniele: Yeah, it feels good now that I have been a member of the band for some time and been a part of the song-writing process. I think its coming along great.

Mike: Four of us (Me, David, Mats and Mac) went to Greece this august and had a small vacation for two weeks. It was great, lots of sun, women, booze and good friends! I’m surprised those two weeks didn’t kill me. But, what doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger! (Laugh)

Both: Of course Steve Helmer of D-Day records deserves all the credit in the world. He has really put his neck out for us repeatedly over these two years. He has been real good support and we know how much work he has put in to this. We have been sending out lots of promo copies of the EP here in Sweden and also to other countries in Europe, like England and Germany, just to get the music spread in the underground scene. Were printing out stickers to advertise for our website.

Mike: After all, almost half of the hits on the website are from Sweden.

Daniele: It’s going great. I love our new songs…

Mike: Yeah, we are always trying to get sicker and more twisted! (Laugh) I think that we have broaden our music very much, and I think you can hear that in our new songs. A lot thanks to Danieles and David's new input from where they are coming from musically.

Well, FIST has always been about us all being very good friends. We have known each other for many years, since the schooldays actually.

Mats and David share an apartment and we tend to hang out there a lot. Watching DVD’s (mostly starring Jenna and her friends), drinking an occasional beer or two once in a while.

Daniele: FIST is a big, and I mean BIG, fan of alcohol. Mike, pass me that Carlsberg. (Laugh)

Daniele: To stand for what you do and try not to get too influenced by what people think and say about it. Unless its positive and creative criticism, of course…

Mike: Most important for me is at the end of the day to be able to be proud of what you do and to stand up for it. The important thing is not if other people think its this or that, but that I am proud of it. If people then enjoy it, it is going to feel ten times better.

Daniele: Thank you! Well, we have made our site ourselves. It started with me and Mike revamping our old site. Mike has been very good at keeping it updated, and he has also been adding new stuff all the time. I think it’s a great way to reach the fans, and also to get new ones.

Mike: There are so many possibilities to interact and getting credit from people all around the world. Mostly the States though, and that’s great. Daniele is very artistic and a magician with Photoshop, the design of the website is actually his idea from the beginning.

Both: The site is the way we got in contact with D-Day Records, and eventually got signed to the label.

The underground exists all over the world. What would you say are the differences between the underground in the United States and the underground in Sweden ?

Both: The size. Unfortunately there is no real concentrated audience for metal in Stockholm today. Its very underground. Though Slipknot is getting lots of heads spinning here in Sweden, and hopefully winning a few battles for the scene in Sweden.

Daniele: I like all sorts of music. One favorite is of course the early Metallica. Pantera and Down are other big favorites. Metal, rockabilly, surf instrumental, Soul, its all in the rack. Lately I’ve also even begun to listen to modern r’n’b… I could go on forever, so I’ll leave it at that. (Laugh)

Mike: I like music; I would like to believe that there is something good in everything.

I listen to everything from Metal to Pop to Rock to R’n’b to Soul. One of my favorite bands is Dave Mathews band, great live band! When it comes to metal I’m much for the classics like Pantera, Slayer, Megadeth and Machine head (probably the best band in the world…).

Both: That’s not really our style, and to write that kind of music wouldn’t quite be F.I.S.T.

Mike: I would like to collaborate with a good, interesting rapper some day. Not build a song around the rap, but instead, him (or her) coming in doing his thing to us doing our thing.

Daniele: I like Limp Bizkit and Hed(pe) a lot, but I feel as Mike, it wouldn’t fit our style of music.

Both: We rehearse at a place we rent just five minutes from Mike’s place. It’s a great big room where we can mosh our heads off.

Mike: I rehearse there with two bands and spend sometimes up to six days a week down there.

So it’s important that it’s cozy, and it is! We decorated it ourselves.

Daniele: I love the times when we are all jamming and build a song out of that, when we are all banging our heads and just let our minds go. I have to admit it can sometimes get a bit uptight, we all loathe those moments, but when everybody is in the mood, we kick ass.

Mike: It is, you always have to be careful not to sound too Swedish when you write in English. Lots of times it can sound really dumb. Lyrics are very important, and that is one part we have worked on improving on our later songs.

Daniele: I agree, we have definitely become better at writing lyrics in English.

Mike: I am very glad to be signed to D-Day. It’s not a big label, but it’s a good label sticking behind us whatever we do (as long as we do it good).

Daniele: I know Steve has been working hard for us, even with all the obstacles he has faced.

Mike: One of the obstacles being that we are on the other side of the pond. But that is also a good thing. We are working over here for the good name of D-Day Records in Sweden.

Both: That is a huge wish for us, to come over and play for an American audience. To be able to do that would be a dream come true, and when we come over, we will definitely bring pain, and lots of it. (Laugh)

Any other thoughts in conclusion of this interview ?

Both: Hope to be seeing you all soon!