Six Feet Deep a brief time and decided to leave to spend more time with his family. Shaffer and Simmons left the band and were replaced by Bryan Gray and Matt Traxler, who recorded on "The Road Less Traveled". The band disbanded due to Porter wanting to change the band's musical style. Porter and Traxler later went on to form Brandtson, with Bryan Gray going on to join The Blamed, Left Out, and Blenderhead. Six Feet Deep Six Feet Deep was a punk and heavy metal band started in 1991 which became popular in the mid-west United States due to success of their
Fathom estimated by the user. Water near the coast and not too deep to be fathomed by a hand sounding line was referred to as "in soundings" or "on soundings". The area offshore beyond the 100 fathom line, too deep to be fathomed by a hand sounding line, was referred to as "out of soundings" or "off soundings". A "deep-sea lead", the heaviest of sounding leads, was used in water exceeding 100 fathoms in depth. This technique has been superseded by sonic depth finders for measuring mechanically the depth of water beneath a ship, one version of which is the Fathometer