[5] Formed at a nightclub in 2005 when a mutual friend invented a silly band name to try to impress a girl,[6] Gandalf's Fist began as the creative collaboration of multi-instrumentalist Dean Marsh and lyricist-vocalist Luke Severn.

[1] After their LPs Road to Darkness and From a Point of Existence were favorably reviewed by G. W. Hill at Music Street Journal[7] for their mix of neo-prog, folk and hard rock, they recruited German drummer Stefan Hepe to work on their fourth full release, listing him in the liner notes as one of the "Additional Wanderers Intercepting the Signal".

As a four-piece, the band wrote new material for their fifth full-length release called A Forest of Fey, which features Troy Donockley, John Mitchell, Dave Oberlé and Clive Nolan as guest musicians.

[21] After releasing The Clockwork Fable on 1 May 2016 and receiving much praise for it,[22][23] they headlined the second stage in March 2017 at the HRH Prog Volume V Festival in Pwllheli[24][25] with the help of female vocalist Keri Farish and keyboarder Ben Bell (Fusion Orchestra 2, Patchwork Cacophony).

[26] After some very successful collaborations with Farish and Bell, the band promoted them to full members in November 2017; they made their debut with the 2017 Christmas single Winter's Mourning,[27] which has been released in early December 2017.