John Egholm (guitar) founded the band in 2008; he called Remi Johannesen (drums) and they started jamming.

Meanwhile, Theodor Kapnas (guitar), who was studying audio engineering in Sweden, joined the band and most of the writing happened online.

During fall of 2009 Hamferð recorded their first demo, containing the tracks "Opið Hav" and "Ódn" and, in January 2010, joined another band competition in the Faroe Islands called Sement.

[4] On 3 August 2012, the band won even this competition, getting also a worldwide record deal with the German label Nuclear Blast.

[5][6] In December 2012 Hamferð won a Faroese music prize at the annual Planet Awards in the category Band of the Year.