The song, entitled "Late Goodbye", was used as the ending-theme of the game as well as a recurring motif, being sung and whistled by multiple characters.

It was produced by Markus "Captain" Kaarlonen, who joined the band shortly after due to Saaresto and Tukiainen admiring his work.

[3] In order to have creative freedom and full control over the band, the members founded their own independent record label, Insomniac, which they have been releasing all their albums through ever since.

[6] On 18 December 2004, the band released a song "Maybe Tomorrow is a Better Day" as a free download on their website to promote their then-upcoming debut album Signs of Life.

[10] Having won the NRJ Radio Awards' "Best Finnish Breakthrough", POTF released their third single, "Carnival of Rust", on 22 March 2006 in Finland and on 1 December 2006 in Germany.

[11][12] The single entered the Finnish charts at #2 and features a radio- and an album-edit as well as a live-recording of "Don't Mess With Me", the fourth track on Signs of Life, from the band's performance at Rockperry Festival, Vaasa, Finland on 15 July 2005.

[14][15][16] In 2009, it was remastered by Elmeri Raitanen as his bachelor-thesis in visual and media arts at Lahti Institute of Design and reissued in HD.

[17] On 12 April 2006, Poets' second album Carnival of Rust was released in Finland, and later in Sweden, Australia, Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and on iTunes.

[26] The same year, POTF signed Phoenix Effect, the band of former Sunrise Avenue-guitarist Janne Kärkkäinen to their label, Insomniac, and produced their debut album Cyanide Skies with Saaresto / Tukiainen performing additional vocals and guitar work.

Its cover was designed by Tuomas Harju and features a giant padlock with a built-in roulette, abandoning the lollipop used on the previous album-covers.

[34] In mid-2009, after finishing the Revolution Roulette Tour, POTF announced they would be heading into the studio to record their fourth album, the genre of which they described as "cinematic rock".

[35][non-primary source needed] On 9 December 2009, the band announced a song "War" from their fourth studio album would be featured in a psychological thriller video game Alan Wake developed by Remedy Entertainment.

In the video, the band portrays some of Alan Wake's in-game antagonists, lumberjacks possessed by an evil force named "the Dark Presence", collectively called "the Taken".

[36][non-primary source needed][37] Twilight Theater was released in Finland and on iTunes on 17 March, followed by Germany, Austria and Switzerland on 29 October.

Alternate versions of "Kamikaze Love" and "The Lie Eternal" were released as singles on 13 April 2012 and 6 July 2012, respectively, in Finland via Insomniac and in Germany via Remote Music.

[44][45] On 8 July 2014, the band announced their sixth studio album Jealous Gods would be released on 19 September on all digital music retailers, streaming services and selected record stores.

[49][non-primary source needed] In January 2016, POTF announced they would be working with Kent producer Stefan Boman on the album.

[53] On 8 December 2023, the band released Old Gods of Asgard's Rebirth – Greatest Hits, a compilation album composed of nine songs written for Remedy Entertainment games.

[54][55] On the same day, Old Gods of Asgard debuted live at The Game Awards 2023 performing "Herald of Darkness" together with Ilkka Villi, Matthew Porretta, David Harewood and Sam Lake.