Any questions for Anubis Gate?

Probably an obvious one, but some sort of question about the differences between Locomotive Music and Nightmare Records and how they've effected the respective albums from each period?

Phrase it however you'd like. :)
 
When they write songs, how do they go about it from the perspective of what they are trying to achieve? In other words, are they going for a feel, or a melody, or hooks or what? I know you usually ask questions about the song writing process, but I thought maybe going at it from this perspective would be interesting, especially from a band that writes songs like these which have strong melodies and hooks.
 
On a serious note, who would they cite as their influences because they really seem to have an unusual sound, i.e. they really don't sound like anybody else. Also, it is noted on their Wikipedia page that "AG concerts have always been rare"; is that a concious decision not to tour regularly, or play many live shows?

EDIT: Just realized you were going to be speaking with him yesterday....doh!