During this period the band composed "Rondo for Rockgroup", ultimately released as the suite "Dances of Death". While recording the album, Wolfgang Borgmann left the band because he could not identify himself with the material of this album. He was replaced by the American Doug Lee, former singer of the band Siren. This line-up finished recording the album "Dances of Death (and Other Walking Shadows)". The album included an arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky's tone poem "Night on Bald Mountain". After recording this album, Jörg Michael left the band and was replaced by Swiss drummer Peter Haas.