[2] During the summer of 2006, shortly after the release of the first demo, Seppälä and Kuri began searching for a female vocalist with high technical skills to replace Goodman, feeling he wasn't right for the music.

In spite of having Goodman leave his position as the singer, there were no hard feelings between him and the band, and he has made minor appearances on all three Amberian Dawn albums since.

[6] In late 2008, when the band withdrew from their River of Tuoni tour, band leader Tuomas Seppälä had already finished most songs for a new album,[7] and the recording began almost immediately, but with a few changes in line-up - Emil Pohjalainen of Thaurorod joined on second guitar, and Seppälä moved permanently to keyboards on the live shows, but has continued to record guitars in the studio.

In January 2009, the band released their second music video through YouTube, namely the River of Tuoni track "My Only Star" alongside footage from the 2008 tour.

In November 2009, Amberian Dawn settled back in Finland after their tour with Epica and Sons of Seasons, and main composer Tuomas Seppälä already had many new songs finished for a third album.

[13] On 23 August, the band announced the cover art and tracklist of the new album, and at the same time they released an online single, Arctica, for free download on MySpace.

Because of time issues, founding member and bassist Tommi Kuri, drummer Joonas Pykälä-Aho and guitarist Emil Pohjalainen would no longer be part of Amberian Dawn.

The new drummer, Heikki Saari, also used to play with Amberian Dawn in their earliest days, and contributed with drums on two tracks on their River of Tuoni album.

On 9 November 2012, the band announced on their official site, that they are parting ways with singer Heidi Parviainen, along with drummer Heikki Saari and guitarist Kasperi Heikkinen.

It was also revealed that ex-members Joonas Pykälä-Aho (drums) and Emil "Emppu" Pohjalainen (guitar) would be replacing the two departing band members.

In a message on the band's official site, Tuomas Seppälä said: "Finding Capri and getting her to join AD is like a big dream coming true to me.

On 29 November 2019, Amberian Dawn released a lyric video for their cover version of ABBA's 1980 hit song "Lay All Your Love on Me".

[22] Tuomas Seppälä has called his two big musical heroes Ritchie Blackmore and the late Ronnie James Dio,[23] and listed Yngwie Malmsteen and ABBA as some of his influences.

[24] All Amberian Dawn songs are composed by Tuomas Seppälä, who then sent them to Heidi Parviainen who came up with their stories and writes the lyrics depending on her mood and inspiration.