1.FIRST OF ALL, POINT OUT THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENTS OF THE BAND’S HISTORY AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES TO THE READERS.

• Primal Dawn formed in late ’99 after the demise of our old band, Evoulution’s End, which was more thrash in style.  Our first demo came out in early 2000.  The next one was not until early this year due to various line up and other problems, but everything is back on track now.  The euthanasia program has since been re-released on Lithuania’s Atlintida productions as a split with Outrage from Austria.

• Ha, well myself and Dave love Manowar, the other two hate them.  That’s probably where the comparison ends though.  Regarding the name, it refers to a more simple time, before technology, humanity etc, hence something more pure.  I guess in a round about way it ties in with some of the social critiscism in our lyrics.

• Thanks for the compliments.  I know it sounds like a cliche, but basically we just wrote what came out.  We didn’t have anything particular in mind when writing the songs.  Our next CD will be slightly different, with more of a black metal influence and shorter, faster songs.  Better lyrics too.

• Because we were not signed.  Basically, everybody is self-releasing their albums these days.  It’s nothing special to release an album anymore. We would rather keep that feeling alive and do things the traditional way, keep doing demo’s/EP’s until we move on to the next level.

• Split releases are benificial to new bands.  It is in the interest of the two other parties involved in this to promote it aswell as us, so that will result in people who otherwise wouldn’t have heard of us having access to our music.

• We are satisfied for the most part with them.  Of course there are a few things we would change given the chance, but things like that will always be there when you are working against the clock.  We recorded in county Meath in Ireland.  The producer was not a metaller, but has a good idea of how metal should sound regardless.  I think he did a very good job personally.

• We have a lot of social commenty in the lyrics and they can be political at times.  We have come in for a lot of critiscism from the more egalatarian elements of the metal scene for some of them, “the cull” and “pull the trigger” for instance.  The lyrics on our next release I imagine will be no different in what they are saying although they are more philosophical.  More about basic laws of nature, such as social darwinism and natural hirarchy.

• We will keep gigging as we always do, hopefully making it outside Ireland soon.

• Cradle of filth is an unusual reference, I wouldn’t consider them an influence at all.  Their first album was ok when it came out.  I guess our influences would be the obvious ones, old Morbid Angel, Bolt Thrower, old Deicide, Dissection, Dark Throne, Satyricon, Angelcorpse, old Mayhem, old Paradise Lost, Kreator, Sodom etc.  Newer influences coming from the likes of Allfather, Revenge, Axis of Advance, Vomitor etc. Some of my personal favourite bands would include all the above mentioned aswell as Kristallnacht, Ulver, Gontyna Kry, Nastrond, Primordial, Graveland, Thunderbolt, Abigor, Blood Axis, Clannad, Vond, Mortiis, Bathory, early Celtic Frost.

• Hard to say, our new stuff is noticably different to our recorded output. I guess fast, dark, extreme music with philosophical, thought provoking lyrics.

• Sitting on a nice, fresh piece of turd because that’s what flies do.

• Well, I don’t believe in god or anything of that nature so I cant say.  I reakon God would be having a good laugh at us and possibly taking pride in some of us and feeling disgust at others.

• So many things.  I am a total history nerd.  That answer would depend completely on my mood, but I guess to be part of a great conquering army like my ancestors the Gaels, or else the Romans, Spartans …whoever.

• Hmmm…maybe “Tips on how to shave your goat”.

• Is shaving a goat similar to shaving a llama?

• Nothing that springs to mind. Thanks for the support and best of luck with your webzine.