Editing Donots (section)

===Solitary Man Records and further success (2008–2013)===
After a short hiatus, they released their seventh album ''[[Coma Chameleon]]'' through their own label Solitary Man Records in March 2008. The album marked a change of sound for the band, evolving the [[pop punk]] sound of their previous albums to a darker, heavier [[alternative rock]] and [[punk rock]]-influenced sound. The band returned to mainstream success with the alternative rock single "Stop the Clocks", which received major radio airplay and was nominated for the German music award "1LIVE Krone" for Best Single. The band played their first headlining tour in four years with [[Disco Ensemble]] in spring and [[American Steel]] and [[Fire in the Attic]] in autumn.
In 2009, they released the "To Hell With Love" EP in the UK. Later that year, they supported [[Die Toten Hosen]] on their "Machmalauter Tour" and released their first live DVD "To Hell With Live".

The Donots released their eighth studio album ''[[The Long Way Home (Donots album)|The Long Way Home]]'' in 2010, with the successful singles "Calling" and "Forever Ends Today". That year, they supported [[Green Day]] on all German dates of their [[21st Century Breakdown World Tour]], resulting in a major popularity boost for the band. A special international edition of the album was released in September in the UK via Lockjaw Records and in November in the US via OK!Good Records. "The Long Way Home Tour" took place in autumn 2010 with [[Royal Republic]] as support, which culminated in their first "Grand Münster Slam" at [[Halle Münsterland]], which was their biggest headlining show of their career at that point, playing in front of 3,000 people.

In 2012, they released their ninth album ''[[Wake the Dogs]]'', which was collaboratively released by Solitary Man Records and [[Vertigo Records]] ([[Universal Music]]). It was the band's first Top 10 album, reaching No. 6 in Germany. In summer 2012, they played the Center Stage of Germany's biggest festivals [[Rock am Ring and Rock im Park]] for the first time. They supported the album with the "Wake the Dogs Tour" in autumn 2012 with [[Atlas Losing Grip]] and Nothington. The album resulted in three singles, "Come Away With Me", "You're So Yesterday" and "So Long", which featured a guest appearance by [[Frank Turner]].

In 2013, the band went on their first US tour, playing the East Coast with [[Flogging Molly]] and [[Mariachi El Bronx]] and the West Coast with [[Anti-Flag]] and [[C. J. Ramone|C.J. Ramone]]. The tour was filmed and released as the documentary and live album "Wake the States".