On 26 February 2010 In Extremo announced that Der Morgenstern left the band because of musical differences via their homepage. On 11 June, Florian "Specki T.D." Speckardt was announced as his replacement on drums. Since then, they have proceeded to release 3 albums: Sterneneisen, Kunstraub, and Quid Pro Quo, all of which have reached the top 10 in the German charts, with Sterneneisen and Quid Pro Quo both having number 1 positions for a time. Their 13th album, "Kompass zur Sonne", was scheduled to be released in May 2020, but was delayed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.