Norther formed under the name Requiem (Lindroos, Korpas, Hallio) in 1996 after various early stage band formations.

In the summer of 2005, Norther used Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden, to record their fourth full-length-album named Till Death Unites Us, with producers Fredrik Nordström and Patrick J. Sten.

Soon after recording the album, Toni Hallio left the band to pursue other interests; Heikki Saari replaced him at drums.

Petri Lindroos quit as lead vocalist on 1 February 2009 and was replaced by Aleksi Sihvonen (ex-Imperanon) on 14 April 2009.

To mark his debut, the band released an alternate version of the song Frozen Angel from their previous album, with Sihvonen on vocals.