Avinash Mittur of Metal Assault conducted an interview with guitarist Sami Yli-Sirniö of German/Finnish thrashers KREATOR on September 26 at the Avalon in Los Angeles, California during the band's North American "Teutonic Terror Attack" tour with ACCEPT. You can now watch the chat below.

Photos of the concert are available at this location (courtesy of Stephanie Cabral).

After KREATOR's current "North American Teutonic Terror Attack 2012" tour with ACCEPT, the band will film a video for the song "From Flood Into Fire", and will stay on the road in Europe until the end of the year.

KREATOR's new album, "Phantom Antichrist", sold 3,900 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at No. 1 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

Released on June 1 in Europe and June 5 in North America via Nuclear Blast Records, "Phantom Antichrist" was recorded at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden with renowned producer Jens Bogren (OPETH, KATATONIA, SOILWORK, DEVIN TOWNSEND, AMON AMARTH).

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Photo by Stefan Heilemann of Heilemania