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On September 11, Andrew Schizodeluxe of The Rock Pit conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mille Petrozza of German thrash metal veterans KREATOR. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Rock Pit: Well, let's talk about the new DVD, "Dying Alive". How did the idea of this new DVD come about? Mille: Basically, it was the middle of the tour that we felt it went very well, we had many people at the shows and we knew it was a huge production and we wanted to give fans something back, like the memory. We felt this was the perfect time after 10 years of our last official DVD release, "Live Kreation". We felt it was about time to come out with a new live DVD/live record package and we talked to the record company about it and they supported us and went along. We got a team of 24 cameras into the Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen, which is very close to where we live, and we had full control over everything that happened to make sure that the quality was 100% guaranteed. The Rock Pit: Watching the live show on the DVD, there seems to be so many cameras around, you seemed to have captured every angle possible. Was that the band's idea or was that someone else's idea? Mille: That was our idea — ours and the director. We talked about this for a long time and we definitely wanted to make sure that... I mean, it's always different to when you are in a room and watch a band, it's a different feel than being in your living room and watching it from your sofa or whatever, so we wanted to make sure that we got an impression of what it's like to come to a KREATOR show.