After Metal Blade Records signed Hades, guitarist Dan Lorenzo started thinking about playing out again. Metal Blade definitely wanted Hades to: they flew Lorenzo to Germany and he did 77 interviews in 5 days.
Back in the US the band played The WreckRoom and sold it out. New Hades-drummer Dave Lescinsky handled the old stuff well. They played a couple more shows and rehearsed almost every Saturday.
Soon they went to the Big Blue Studios to record "The Downside". Billy Milano (SOD) sang on 'Reprise'.
In August 2000 Hades played on Wacken Open Air in Germany.
