Libitina returned to the live circuit in 1999 with new material, after a prolonged break from touring. During this break, Peter had married Amanda and had relocated with work to Ayrshire, Scotland. The live dates included the band's first trip to Germany, with a headline appearance at The Spunk Club in Herford.

After spending time writing new material, the band started their live dates in 2000 with an appearance at Vamps & Tramps VI in Whitby. In August, Libitina celebrated their 50th gig with a free show in their adopted home town of Sheffield and also played at the prestigious InFest festival in Bradford. Jamie moved house from Sheffield to Manchester in this year, making long-distance songwriting even more of a necessity for the band.

Libitina unveiled their second album, entitled "Weltanschauung", on June 8th, 2001. It was released on the band's own label and was recorded at the same studio used for "A Closer Communion" with ABC's Stephen Singleton again the producer. Feedback on the album was very good, with excellent reviews and club play throughout the world. In fact, every song from the album has been played either on the radio or the dancefloor somewhere in the world. With the release of "Weltanschauung", Libitina played dates throughout the UK and, in October, two shows in Germany (at The Duncker Club in Berlin and The Headbanger's Ballroom in Hamburg). The band's migration from the north of England continued with Jamie's relocation to Canterbury with work.

At the beginnning of 2002, Libitina made their debut appearance at a major European festival, namely Euro-Rock Indoor in Antwerpen, Belgium. This gig came several weeks after the birth of Pete's daughter, Alice. The band's next show saw them unexpectedly (!) expand to become a four-piece outfit. Synth player Phill (and singer with UK intelligent synth-pop band Quite) was added to the team at the Malediction II Festival in Reading. This followed a dare involving a cheap keyboard bought in a charity shop before their soundcheck. It was a very drunken initiation (for which we apologise to those present!), with the band's bar bill coming to two hundred pounds between the four of us! Phill was a school friend of Jamie and was invited to join the band full-time after the Reading gig. Libitina's 2002 line-up thus consisted of Phill (keyboards, programming, and guitar), Darren (guitar), Peter (keyboards, guitar, master programming, and lead vocals), and Jamie (bass guitar, programming, and vocals). The band made a second appearance in a Mick Mercer book in 2002, "21st Century Goth".

As the year progressed, Phill became more involved in the band's songwriting. It was becoming apparent that Pete's new family commitments and growing disaffection with the direction the goth scene was taking would mean that he would not continue as an active member of the line-up for much longer. He had begun to feel that he was keeping the band back from gigging and recording and that this would place a strain on friendships within Libitina. Pete's forthcoming retirement did not deter Libitina from writing new material, however.