Megaherz began as a musical project of Alexx Wesselsky, Josef Kalleder, Marc Bredtmann, and Tobias Trinkl.

The now trio of Alexx, X-ti and Wenz released the first studio album Wer bist du?

in 1997, with a completely different sound, inspired by Clawfinger and incorporating electronic and rap elements that would become a staple in future albums.

He would finish the 2002 tour before officially leaving the band on 1 January 2003 and forming the group Eisbrecher with Noel Pix.

In April 2003, the remaining members announced the new singer, Mathias "Jablonski" Elsholz of the band Twelve After Elf.

Elsholz was already familiar to the band's fans, as his vocals had been briefly featured on the track "Falsche Götter" from the album Himmelfahrt.

On 23 September 2005, the rest of the tours for the year were cancelled, as Elsholz left in "total surprise" to the band.

Elsholz announced that he and his wife were expecting twins, and he wished to devote more time to his soon-to-be family.

On 18 April 2007, it was confirmed on Megaherz's official website that the band found a new singer and was working on their sixth record.

On 18 April 2011, they announced that Christoph Klinke from 'From Constant Visions' was the band's new rhythm guitarist, replacing Roland Vencelj.

Afterwards, an announcement on the band's website on 22 September 2011 stated: "In coordination with our record company, GoldenCore Records/ZYX Music, we decided to postpone the release of our new album finally to January 20th, 2012".

The song "Gegen den Wind" was released on 25 January 2013 as the second single to the band's album Götterdämmerung.

Longtime drummer Jürgen Wiehler left the band in February 2018; Tobias Derer, was later announced as his replacement.

Komet would turn out to be Megaherz's highest-charting album to date, reaching number 7 on the German charts.

Megaherz makes use of clean and deep male vocals, heavy riffs, samples, keyboard, and synthesizer effects.

During the early days of the band, Megaherz played an alternative metal style in the vein of Faith No More.