The group released their debut album Winter Enclosure in 2005.

[2] The band is currently all female except for the drummer, Ivar Alver.

On 20 July 2008, Octavia Sperati announced that they would be "taking a break."

On 10 March 2009, it was announced that their singer Silje Wergeland had joined Dutch rock band The Gathering, replacing singer Anneke van Giersbergen.

On 21 February 2015, Wergeland announced Octavia Sperati's reunion via Twitter.