Benümb spent the next year and a half playing shows with bands including Man is the Bastard, Spazz, Exhumed, Dystopia and Capitalist Casualties, among others.
In late 1997 the Gear in the Machine 7-inch was released on the Relapse 7-inch series, and in 1998 a live split with Suppression, pressed on a flexi-disc, accompanied issue No.
Benümb also appeared at every major U.S. heavy music festival in the two years that followed, including the 1998 and 1999 Milwaukee Metalfests and the 1998 and 1999 March Metal Meltdowns.
By Means of Upheaval continued the band's angry, punk-leaning grindcore sound, political lyrics, and short songs.
Pete Ponitkoff and John Gotelli have since formed Agenda of Swine, and have released an album on Relapse Records.