New Hampshire Hardcore edged Metal band DEADWATER DROWNING debuted with 2002's 'Metalfest' demo. An eponymous EP arrived in July 2003 through Blackmarket Activities, featuring the song 'The Best Sex I Ever Had Started With A 900 Number And A Credit Card Verification', but the group had folded by early 2004. DEADWATER DROWNING would host future PREMONITIONS OF WAR frontman Nate Johnson and THE RED CHORD drummer Jon Dow.

In March 2007 Nate Johnson joined THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD.