This led to the band touring the United States and making several festival appearances. The band's line-up continued to change during and after the release of their second album, "Slaughtercult", in August 2000. Harvey said that "Slaughtercult" was "the album where we came closest to achieving our goal – just a brutal, simple, direct group of songs that were very up-front and live sounding." He further noted the band's pride over the lack of double bass on the album, in contrast to contemporary death metal trends. In support of "Slaughtercult", the band did three US tours, and their first proper European tour, including co-headlining festivals like Fuck the Commerce and Obscene Extreme. The band also appeared at the Wacken Open Air festival.