Well, Wintermask is the name we wanted to use originally. Our original guitarist, Richie, however, was violently opposed to the name for some fucking reason, so we settled on Arctic Sun, regardless of the fact that nobody really liked it.

I happened to be attached to the name Wintermask, so I decided to start using it as a forum login on other boards. The main reason we waited to change the name was because too many people had already begun to associate us with the old name, and we felt trapped. We just decided to bite the bullet, though, and get it done before Discmakers started printing our CDs.