Formed on February 18th, 1997, they initially split-up in November 2009, due to internal disputes and musical differences.
Four songs recorded for a potential fourth record were never released until now but the band Lux Incerta released a re-arranged version of one of these songs entitled "Shelter" with guest vocals by Manuel Munoz on their debut record "A Decade of Dusk".

The Old Dead Tree officially reunited on January 6th of the year 2013 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of "The Nameless Disease".
They released demo versions of several songs from that album and reissued the demo "The Blossom" and "The Nameless Disease" digitally.
The band scheduled to play the entire album at several festivals including the 2013 Hellfest Open Air Festival.
However, after "The Nameless Tour" through Belgium, France and Switzerland in autumn 2013, they split up again because the band members are living in different cities and have families now and can't meet to practice regularly.
Manuel Munoz stated that the band might one day release their last four unreleased tracks professionally in order to definitely close the last chapter of The Old Dead Tree.

The band played a concert in Paris in early 2017 to promote the upcoming release of its final Ep.
The band went on hiatus again after the concert.

The group's final extended play The End, including five new songs as well as a documentary, was finally released in 2019.
The band was scheduled to play two concerts in Paris and Lyon in spring 2020 to promote this final release.
The dates had to be pushed back to autumn 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Now they're back with the new album "Second Thoughts".