Although the band considered the album their strongest to date, it received very bad reviews from critics, with the final blow delivered when Mausoleum Records went bankrupt; as the result of the album's bad promotion, the band became totally disillusioned with the music business and split up. In October 1999, Montalo, Gra and Luther began to discuss the possibility of a reunion, owing to a resurgence of interest in the band after the release of the "Best of Witchfynde" CD in 1996, which sold well. Pete Surgey rejoined the band on bass. However, during rehearsals Luther Beltz announced that he no longer wanted to participate in the reunion; the band replaced him with vocalist Harry Harrison, a longtime fan of the band that was introduced by Pete Surgey. The band then began to work on their fifth album "The Witching Hour", which they released on Edgy Records in 2001. Their first three albums were re-released by Cherry Red and Lemon Recordings. A new "Best Of" album was released in 2007 by Lemon Recordings. The band then began work on their sixth studio album called "Play It to Death", which they recorded at Bandwagon Studios and released in July 2008. Towards the end of 2008, owing to Harry Harrison's ill-health and other commitments, Luther Beltz returned to front the band for the Play It to Death UK Tour. July 2014 saw the addition of second guitarist Tracey Abbott from Overdrive, which created a more solid and powerful sound. Witchfynde played the Metalcova Festival in Barcelona on 28 November 2015. It was one of the first shows they ever played in Spain. Witchfynde played at the Alpine Steel Festival in Innsbruck on 22 October 2016. It was Witchfynde's first show in Austria. Witchfynde played the HOA Festival in Germany and the Sweden Rock Festival in 2019 and where joined by Ian Hamilton on Bass who has replaced Pete Surgey. Witchfynde played the very first Metal Conquest in Rome in January 2020 and the Brofest warm up show in February at Trillions in Newcastle