Plague-House Puppet Show

Plague-House Puppet Show is the second album, released by Spinefarm on 16 November 2004. The line-up is unchanged from the debut: Heikki Pöyhiä on vocals, Tommi Sartanen and Ville Wallenius on guitars, Jussi Kainulainen on bass, Juha Leskinen on drums, Mikko Naukkarinen on keyboards. The music had moved, though. Reviewers at the time agreed that the weight had shifted off power metal and toward 1980s rock and metal. Because the debut had been called one of the better debuts in years, that shift divided people. "Into Treason" was cut from it as a single on 14 January 2005. And after this record the band lost their keyboard player — they chose not to look for another, and that decision would define the album that followed.