First they replaced the keyboardist with a much worse one, then they replaced the guitarist with ULTRA MUCH worse one. And now they totally suck live. Also their two latest albums have been boring and bad. The only good thing left in the band is Kakko.
I do believe that Kakko had a hard time looking for "proper" guitarists and keyboardist as band member replacements... it's not easy to fit on the shoes of Jani and Mikko... they took the band to its heighest level! Long live to Sonata Arctica!