[1] Adam and Sam Sherry are originally from New Zealand, writing and performing as a minimalist two-piece, based between Melbourne and London.

In 2012, A Dead Forest Index released an EP entitled Antique with Denovali Records[2] and in 2013 the duo were invited to support the band Savages on a UK tour.

[4] The duo released their debut album In All That Drifts from Summit Down with US label Sargent House in 2016 and were invited to support Chelsea Wolfe on a tour of North America.

[5][6] In 2016, Gemma Thompson, guitarist of the band Savages married Sam Sherry and features on the single Myth Retraced.

[7] In 2017, A Dead Forest Index were invited to collaborate with the Italian dance company Dewey Dell to compose a choral composition inspired by the Sardinian Cantu a tenores.