Tom interviewed about the tour, the new videoclip and the new album. He says they're planning to finish and release the new album in 2009. And he hopes to continue touring as well since the album is released in Australia and Japan. And they're gonna do some festivals also next summer....

A quick summary of the LiveXS-interview:

• they started working on the new album after the Pocket Revolution-tour because they wanted to keep the energy of the 150-gigs they played in the current line-up
• they were very aware of the direction they were going
• Tom says they've thrown away their ego's and try to make a good team
• He's no longer saying that frictions are necessary to make good art
• they've used all dEUS-voices on Vantage Point, every bandmember is singing and Tom says it was a fantastic experience
• It's fun to surprise the fans after so many years with the fact Mauro is doing the lead vocals on The Architect
• Vantage Point is a new start for the band, they've discovered a new way of working, with a focus on live-performances and 'jamsessions with vision'
• Tom says they're currently playing the semi-finals of the Champions League, but the goal it to get in the final.
• The big target is (finally) an international breakthrough, but a couple of elements they don't control are also important to succeed.
• He's happy the record is released in Japan because it opens a new world for them
• Tom also gave some info on a couple of tracks, but I'll come back to that later this week in a track-by-track overview of the album.

Neli's report of the Japanese listening party of Vantage Point.

According to Neli on ISR Vantage Point will be released in Japan on May 21st.

BTW: Found a drawing of Tom on Neli's blog.