Diorama was formed in 1996 by Torben Wendt. The initial demo tape was sufficient to attract the interest of Adrian Hates (Diary of Dreams), who produced the debut album and released it on his label Accession in 1999, initiating several years of close co-operation between the two bands, Torben touring with Diary of Dreams on their "One of 18 Angels Tour" as both support act and second vocalist. felix marc joined the line-up in time for the recording of the second Diorama album "Her Liquid Arms", which yielded the club hit "Advance".

Diorama took a short break after this, but returned in September 2002 with "The Art Of Creating Confusing Spirits". Another tour with Diary of Dreams would follow, but then a further period of silence would follow, broken only by the occasional live apperance. The band eventually returned to support VNV Nation on the first phase of their Formation Tour, promoting their own fourth album "Amaroid" in the process.

Their new album "A different life" was released on March 23, 2007.