Watain interview - an in-depth talk with Erik of Watain at Inferno 2023 

This has to be one of my favourite interviews you have done Jerry. Erik is a very interesting & unique individual and you asked great/challenging questions which Erik responded with equally great answers.

the "thank you" from him was something i noticed right away, he's always come up as extremely polite and smart guy

The best interviewer out there, with natural flow and questions.. not cliche bs... kudos!

You finally got Erik! This interview simply NEEDED to happen, and will certainly rank at the very top of all interviews you've conducted. You have created a prime platform for artist interviews. No funny edits, complete transparency and willing to put yourself on the line, coated with sincerity. THIS is how it's done. Good work Jerry! 👍👍

Its great to hear Erik's responses to your questions. Despite Watain's long tenured success, he doesn't seem to have lost touch at all with the true essence of black metal.

Great interview, as I said before - Rauta is definitely the best you tube channel about metal music. High five Jerry!

Great interview! Very insightful questions. And, of course, great answers from Erik too. Such a well-spoken guy.

Good to hear Erik speak so readily. Grutle, from Enslaved, was very complimentary about Erik and Watain as good people in one of his recent interviews.

Very well-conducted Interview - This is the most I've enjoyed any of the press with him for at least a few years. Great job!

Once again, most excellent interview. Like many here already said, I think you're the best interviewer. Always prepared, done your homework, never using boring pre-written question lists but a real conversation with artists. Like it should be done! Thank you!

Fantastic interiew, this was a pleasure to listen to

Watain is a band that never really clicked with me but I have always agreed with Erik most topics regarding Satanism and Black Metal (same case for Dissection and Jon Nödtveidt). His answer about cancel culture was an interesting take however I fail to see more bands going against the grain in general. Great job as always Jerry! Cheers.

Great interview! I enjoyed hearing what Erik had to say.Watain is truly a magical band..I love what they do…I hope someday they tour North America!Almost got to see them with Mayhem…

Great interview! Always interesting to listen to E. One of the most creative and intelligent artist in the scene. Though, I really like Wild Hunt album, very interesting spectrum and display of band's skill, I always loved it and will always do.

Glad to finally see Erik as your interviewee! Always interesting to hear his take on various topics and you never fail to challenge with meaningful questions, that add the "Rauta value" to these conversations.

I've seen watain once in 2022 and it was amazing!!!!! It's always interesting to listen to Erik, specially nowadays.. he's got a different vibe now.

Great interview! I could listen Erik talk for hours. I loved that you asked some non-obvious or comfortable questions to him. Cheers!

Attention: Erik can be a great spokesman for Gorgoroth, Setherial, Venom, Emperor, Immortal, Abbath, and all the metal bands that exist in Norway, and Sweden. This Vocalist can tell the public what these bands "really" stand for as compared to these other bands who just hide behind their corpsepaint. This is a very honest and direct interview that Rauta did. April 2023. USA.

Killer interview! One of the best you've done and one of the best ones I've seen with Erik.

never been into watain much but always respected them

Really loved watching this Rauta's interview with Erik. Very insightful, original questions and beyond...! Probably, and honestly said the best interview I've seen done with Erik of Watain! Kudos to Jerry! \,,/

awesome interview! It's always a pleasure to listen to Erik's point of view.

Talking about Dark Funeral and Marduk comparisons, "I love Marduk" 9:57, but not Dark Funeral lol.

Fantastic Interview rauta thanks for sharing watain is amazing 🤘🔥🤘👿🇸🇪🔱🔥🔱

Great stuff, Jerry. Clearly the best interview on your channel, and you've done many really good ones.

Great talk. E really seems to know where he comes from and where he's going.

Excellent interview! Such a good listen

Awesome job!! I like how Erik mentioned Blasphemy almost right away. 🇨🇦 Hail Ross Bay Kvlt. 🔥🤘😎 We are a small, yet important and recognized scene; in Canada. I love the "punk rock" attitude in black metal "if I'm pissing you off, I'm doing something right." In reference to what Eric said about "cancel culture" etc. To challenge peoples beliefs, and to make them question either themselves or what they believe, is a good thing. Yet, people cannot stand being challenged online. It's almost like, suddenly they can't stand up, or represent themselves. To see these situations play out in realtime is most gratifying. 😎

Thanks Jerry, very good interview🤘Sanoisinpa jopa, että Saatanan hyvä haastattelu 😎

This band is as real as it gets 🤘🏻great sounding band on record and absolutely live

Absolutely fantastic interview 👏🏼 I enjoyed every second of it

absolutely fantastic and interesting interview! thank you for your great work!

thanks jerry this is diehard interview!really like it alot!

Great stuff. Watain takes a lot of shit from the too kvlt crowd but they've always been true and always take smaller but still killer underground bands on tour with them. I'd do anything to see their current tour with Bolzer and Concrete Winds. Luckily I saw them in Japan with Tribulation and Inquisition some years back. Absolutely devastating show and they lived up to my expectations. Alvaro was also a very interesting man from the brief moment some fans and I chatted with him. The Wild Hunt is good. Not my favorite but still an enjoyable listen.

Hail RAUTA Thanks for interview for WATAIN 😈😈🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤😈😈

Make Black Metal Dangerous Again

Hope they come back to the US soon They were suppose to come last year with Mayhem but dropped out due to visa issues

Erik är smart! 🤘

Haven't seen many interviews of Watain in years. From this interview it looks like Erik hasn't aged a day in 10 years. He still looks 30 even though he's over 40 now.

Splendid interview. Enjoyed it immensely.

Nice job mate .you always deliver

Hail watain! Great that you have done this interview!one of the Best interviews, great!

I think wild hunt is fantastic…it took 10 years to get it but it’s actually one of the best watain albums

A great interviewer and an awesome musician = must watch TV!!!! Good stuff Jerry! 🤘🏼

Truly amazing!! Interesting Q&A also!! Remarkable Job!! 🤘🏻🔥

Awesome interview bro! Hail from Costa Rica

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Thank you.

The intersection of two insightful minds - too much brain power here! Kiitos mate 👍🏻

Erik is one of the few personalities in black metal who keeps it 100% real while being super-professional. This is rare indeed.

24:52 - Yes, it was in Poland at Summer dying festival

Damn bro. Nice upload.

…. I’ve never heard one person say that WATAIN “ slipped” with The Wild Hunt. That’s rubbish. It was a step in a new direction that encompassed new sounds the band had in the it cannon. They were capable of MORE, and DELIVERED. I wish more BM bands were as multifaceted and diverse as WATAIN is. It has to EVOLVE, or it stagnates. They gave flight to their Gothic Rock influences on TWH, which took them to a whole new depth as a band.

I've seen Watain Live 3 times so far, each show has been excellent.

Super. The section in cancel culture was especially interesting and I was impressed by Eric’s crystal clear insight and intellectual honesty.

At last this Watain showed you its respect

Lawless Darkness my first record from watain, for me one of The best album together with sworn to Theo dark.

Watain 🤘🤘🤘

26:58 the STQ is addressed

The greatest band ever! The most profound interview!

Super cool interview! Good job Rauta!! 👌

Great interview, nothing bad to say. Thank you

Holy shiet, finally 🤘🔥

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The people who disliked The Wild Hunt are for the most part morons who dont really care about the music or the art! What they care oh so mush about is some made up BS metal rules from a made up BS metal scene «there are no metal community, its illution». Swine not worthy of the perls. The Wild Hunt is not only the best album they have done but with that album they also trancended labels and genres and became their own very unique thing with songs like the tittle track, Outlaw, Holocaust Dawn, The child must die, Black Flame march and yes THEY ROAD ON! I dont care what morons have to say about that song it is a AMAZING song. And with that song especially they showed that they are in fact real artists who do whatever they want to as apose to all the real sell outs who are stuck in a bubble from their teenage years. It was such a exiting time for music around 2010 -2015. It was kind of like a breaking point where no one cared about rules anymore and did whatever they wanted with bands like The Devils Blood, In solitude, and at the time: Ghost and Shining to. I have selldom been more dissapointed then when Watain realesed their next album and where they had regressed everything they startet on The Wild Hunt. Instead of beeing so full of life and fire like everyone was saying it sounded so calculated, generic and devoid of fire. It is the only Watain album where there is only two songs thats good while the rest sounds like a phoned in, generic wanna be Mayhem de mysteries band ! I am so Glad they picked up the thorch again with The Agony and Ecstacy of Watain wich is there close second best album

Good job Jerry👏 Not a big fan of Watain but dude is smart. Loved the interview. Btw I remember (although it was a while ago) you mentioned a possible interview with BlackGoat. Any chance for this to happen?

Nice! I wanted to ask, considering that Sweden is not far away from Finland is difficult for finish people to understand Swedish?

Hey, still watching your stuff buddy. Good interview. Prolly the best one anyone1s ever done with Erik. Wish MGLA did these.

I never saw The Wild Hunt as a slip. Its fucking great.

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Amazing interview 🤘 but who’s in charge of the background music? 😂

WATAIN FOREVER

Wait, Mayhem has covered Burzum?! When and where was this?

Rauta you have best shirt ever 🎉

brillant, you made a fantastic interview, Erik is absolutely a great person, everytime i meet them at concert, always there for everyone

Great interview

Great interview

It made me laugh that the whole Mainstream Metal-Community went crazy because of the Hitler salute of Set Teitan, yet nobody ever was offened by Watains early interviews or their religious concept in general

Eric er en engel akkurat som Euronymuos ❤

Álvaro 🤘

best interview yet.

Great interview and great questions! Met Eric and talked to him back in 2013, he was a real prick then...Haha.

Set showed the audience respect, right handed comes from the heart... Left handed comes from an empty space... I despise those people who did that to this band.

Interesting what he says about Berlin & cancel culture, for sure true. What he later add's (around minute 31:28) does not apply here- no one of the woke stream ask's anything, it's straight cancel, sometimes threats, organizers obey and thats it.

Erik - Smacking the thighs - Danielsson!

Toinen dammit! Lets go Jerry!!

Aside from Dark Funeral, Behemoth & Dimmu Borgir , Watain took to another level the fact of making this genre a damn CARTOON of itself and a pathetic circus, oh and i forgot Belphegor 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Erikvlt

Dude on the right needs to start lifting at least twice a week.

Hail Satan. Hail Watain. FTW

The wild hunt is bad? Wat?

Weirdest-timeline Joe Rogan.

Watain forever 🤘

Op een dag gaan we allemaal dood.

Great interview!

Did not know Erik hated Dimmu Borgir

Great interview🤘🏼

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