After a significant line-up change, the band released the single "Voodoo Child" with new lead singer Natalie Bassingthwaighte.

The single was taken off the band's second studio album, Here Come the Drums, which was released in October 2005 in Australia, where it was a large commercial success, peaking at #2 and was certified 4× Platinum for shipments of 280,000.

The band released their third studio album, Better in the Dark, in Australia in October 2007 to moderate commercial success, peaking at #4 and was certified Platinum.

After a brief hiatus through 2008 and 2009, the band revealed their new lead singer, Melinda "Mindi" Jackson, and released their first single with her, "Love Is a War", in December 2009 from their fourth studio album, Night of the Living Drums.

It failed to chart, their first single to do so since 2002, and subsequently, the album Night of the Living Drums, which had been scheduled for release in June 2010, was delayed indefinitely, and Rogue Traders were dropped from Sony Records.

[7] Their fourth studio album and greatest hits compilation, The Sound of Drums, was released in November 2011 for the band's tenth anniversary.