Their line-up frequently changed afterward, with over 20 members in the band through its various incarnations, which saw operations later based out of Toronto from 2003 to 2007, and Sault Ste.

The trio released the first Woods of Ypres demo, Against the Seasons: Cold Winter Songs from the Dead Summer Heat, the same year.

[2] That December, David Gold moved to Toronto to begin working on a full-length album, completely overhauling their line-up in the process.

Marie in 2010 as well, but just two tracks from those sessions have been released as part of a vinyl-only single named Home in 2011, which has retroactively been referred to as Woods 4.5 in some interviews.

Woods of Ypres announced their break-up in late 2010 partly due to frontman David Gold's move to Kuwait for work reasons, but it was announced that fall that the split was entirely false, and that Woods of Ypres had signed to Earache Records, who would later put out the band's last two studio albums.

After the dismissal of Shane and Evan Madden shortly afterward, remaining band members David Gold and Joel Violette recorded the band's final studio album Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light that August at Beach Road Studios in Goderich, Ontario.

Guitarist Joel Violette indicated in interviews that Woods of Ypres would not carry on recording or touring without Gold, effectively ending the band.

The band received a posthumous Juno nomination in the Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year category in February 2013, and won the award in April.