6. "Festering Earth" line-up features you (Jill McEntee), John McEntee, Brad Heiple and Kyle Severn... How this line-up influenced Funerus in the album? How was your relationship in studio?
I feel this line up has alot to do with how the album came out. We all worked very hard. From making the old demo songs sound totally killer, to collaborating on writing the new songs, it was a group effort. As far as the studio, it wasn't bad at all. There were really no stresses at all. Everything was smooth. Of course there is always things that you need to tweek and shit, but there were no major problems.

7. What's the lyrical concept around "Festering Earth"?
There is no one concept to Festering Earth. We are not a band that writes about one certain thing. Funerus is not a gore band, we are not a satanic band, or a political band, etc, so we have many things we write about. Our writing style may be very simplistic and some people may take it as being somewhat juvenile, but I like it and I think it fits well with what we do. Some of the topcs we have covered on the album are the earth rotting away, disease,and someones right to die.

8. What sort of good and bad experiences have you had during your recent Funerus/Incantation tour?
On our Festering Earth North American tour there was definitely ups and downs. The tour was on the west coast in the dead of summer. Our van was pulling a trailor full of equipment and it would overheat. We missed a few shows because we had to take time off and get it fixed. But of course there were great things, like playing the shows in Mexico, that always rules! The crowds in Mexico always go sick and they really appreciate you being there to play for them. There were alot of good shows in the US too. We had alot of fun with the Disgorge(US) guys, they were good tourmates and a great band!

9. "Festering Earth" includes the cover art done by Chris Moyen, who has done works for Incantation too... So, do you think that he capture the essence of the album?
Yes we all really like the cover art by Chris Moyen. We thought it fit well with the album. To make it clear, there were several pieces of art that we looked at from Chris, and when we saw that, we all liked that one for the album, we knew it fit. It wasn't like Chris drew that one piece for our album. So it was more or less like it was meant to be, it all fell together.

10. Funerus was created during the 90�s.... How do you see the actual metal scene as compared with the 90�s? How do you see the future of metal?
I think things were great for metal in the early 90's. So many influential bands were around at the time. Things have changed alot, but you have alot of those bands coming back around now, reforming and putting out albums, which is a good thing. One thing we have now that wasn't around back then is the nu metal bands that are plauging the metal scene. It's fucked because alot of kids think that those bands are the heaviest music out there. But there are many old and newer bands out now that I think are killer and keeping the spirit of metal alive! As for the old days, I do have to say though, I feel very fortunate to have grown up when I did, as I was part of the 80's metal scene. There is just something special and vintage to me about those days. 
 

11. Now, some personal questions... How do you spend your spare time? Hobbies, interests? I work full time as a registered nurse. I do alot of band stuff, such as mail, interviews, etc and help John do stuff with the label. John has a computer business on the side when he is not on tour, he fixes computers and does websites. John and I have 2 very large dogs (akitas) and they are our family so they take up a good amount of our time at home.  12. What book are you reading now? Do you read much? What books impress you most of all? Sadly I don't get much time to read books. It seems like there aren't enough hours in the day. I do read all the zines that come in the mail and I'm lucky that I have the time for that.  14. Bush or Kerry? Why? Sorry, I never talk politics.