in march 2005, heaven shall burn appeared at the independence d festival in japan. in summer 2005 heaven shall burn and caliban's second split album "the split program ii" was released through lifeforce records. shortly after participating at the hell on earth tour 2005 heaven shall burn announced that guitarist patrick schleitzer was leaving the band and alexander dietz, who played the guitar during the hell on earth tour, would become the new guitarist. heaven shall burn played a special farewell show with schleitzer in saalfeld.