Hey mate, I'm fantastic, thank you - and it's a pleasure doing this interview for you!

Well, there are some label contacts - but no contract is signed yet. And to be honest: a deal isn't the most important thing for us at present. We just finished our support tour with W.A.S.P. and now keeping up work on the songs for our next full-length CD which will be released in 2013 - with or without a record label.

There were multiple reasons for our split-up in 2007 - and you're right, one was the "job – band – life – balance - problem" we had at that time. A lot of things have happened in the meantime and I guess today it's easier for us to cope with those sorts of things. And while discussing a reunion we decided together that each one of us will take the time needed to bring the band back to life - and keep it alive. The initial spark for the reunion was actually set during a birthday-surprise-gig for a friend of us, where four of the band (Buddy, Sauer, Schröder, me) and a bunch of mates did some metal-classics. And that rockin' & rollin' just brought back the magic to us! At that stage we didn't know if there was still a fan base after we've been away for this long time (well, a long time in music business terms...). But now we are really, really stunned and blown away by all the great reactions of old and new fans - giving us a warm welcome back. Awesome!

We usually don't like to explain our lyrics because we like people finding their own story behind our songs. But as a brief overview: "Firedrunk" is about an arsonist and "Arabian Fights" is dealing with the revolutions going on in the Arab world.

As mentioned before, "Arabian Fights" is inspired by the current situation in the Middle East - and so is the artwork and the title of the EP itself. But "Noneternal" is not  conceptual - each track tells its own story in music and lyrics. But it's interesting that "Coming Home" comes with a Celtic flavour to you - because for us it has a strong "country & western(ish)" tone...

Oh, there's still a long way to go - so it's a bit early to talk about that at this stage... The songs we have already put together (in music) are all quite different – now working again as a whole band brings a lot of new ideas and influences. But be sure: it'll be 100% Dark At Dawn – and a truly awesome album! 😉

Right, I'm one of the original members and played on all studio releases. I guess for me it's also "Baneful Skies". I really like the "mood" of the songs and the title track is a killer on stage! We truly enjoyed that one playing on our Noneternal-Tour! On top of that it was really emotional and intensive to get this record done - a debut album is always quite special, I reckon. And yeah – the "Ferryman" still rocks like hell! 🙂

Most of us (including me) really like DeBurgh (hey, not the new stuff or the "Lady in red"-kitsch - but the old albums!) and the "Ferryman" is just a fantastic song! I mean it's great as a pop-song - but it's just awesome as a metal-song! The riff of the chorus is truly made for metal - and there are even metal-themed lyrics! In fact: it's a metal-song trapped in a pop-body. So we needed to free it! 🙂 By the way, a local radio station arranged an aftershow - meeting with Chris in 2002 and he actually already knew our version and sang along to our song! Pretty cool, eh? 😉
(Here you'll find an article about our meeting - only in German but with a funny photo:
http://vampster.com/artikel/show/6847_DARK_AT_DAWN_treffen_Chris_de_Burgh_.html)

Yes, on our second album "Crimson Frost" we did Gary Moore's "Out In The Fields". You have to check that one out!

Well, I hope so of course! But it's really hard to predict for me - the fans out there will decide! So we'll do our best putting together a great "comeback-album" for a reloaded DARK AT DAWN -experience and we hope that there are a lot of metal people out there who are in the mood for our kind of metal!

No worries mate - thank you very much for your interest!