dˈɑːɹk sˈʌnz wʌz ɪnˈɪʃəli plˈænd tʊ ˈoʊnli biː ɐ sˈaɪd pɹˈɑːdʒɛkt fɔːɹ nˈæp ænd ɡˈɑːmlɪx, bˌʌt ðeɪ spˈɛnt mˈoːɹ ænd mˈoːɹ tˈaɪm ˈɔn ɪt, ᵻvˈɛntʃuːəli fˈaɪndɪŋ ðɛmsˈɛlvz ɐbsˈoːɹbd ɪn ðˈɪs "sˈaɪd pɹˈɑːdʒɛkt".
Dark Suns was initially planned to only be a side project for Knappe and Gommlich, but they spent more and more time on it, eventually finding themselves absorbed in this "side project".