In the latter part of 1997 D.O.W toured Mexico and Europe. This tour took D.O.W to Mexico City, Guadalajara, Paris, Brussels, London, and “muggy” Whitby, UK for the Dracfest. This festival featured Alien Sex Fiend, Lena Lovich, Hawkwind, and The Damned. When English rock magazine NME came out to do an article on the festival…they wrote about Diet of Worms. The other artists were all but ignored. Diet of Worms continued to sell CDs independently.

In mid 1998, D.O.W added a third member. Divine, former drummer of legendary Goth band Christian Death, joined the ranks of D.O.W as a permanent member. In 1999 Diet of Worms hit the road again, doing a complete North American tour. They began with a sold out show in Guadalajara, Mexico, then went to do “El Festival Obscurro” in Mexico City. After this, they embarked on a six and a half week run that took them all over the US and Canada.

In the beginning of 2000, D.O.W recorded its second record, “The Aquarius,” to critical acclaim throughout the world. Diet of Worms toured 6 months in North America to support “The Aquarius,” almost tripling the record's sales. Bassist Orbis was added to the fold in late 2002. In February 2003, D.O.W embarked on a Mexican/European tour to support its record "Tantrum Land." The tour included Christian Death, Lover of Sin (Punchy’s other project) and Theater of Vampires. It spanned all of western and some of the eastern European countries. September of 2003 marked the departure of long-time drummer/songwriter Steve “Divine” Wright. December of 2003 also was the release of Tantrum Land...an 18 song journey into the feel of Brittish pop/rock.

Due to changing tides and the influences of others, Diet of Worms ended it's career as a group December 2004.