[1] In 2000, Archer and Lynch took the project in a darker electronic and dance direction, resulting in a self-released full-length album entitled Dragonfly under EL's own label, Angelfall.

After a short hiatus from recording, a lengthy period of trial, error, revision, and many live performances, Ego Likeness signed with Dancing Ferret Discs for the 2004 release of Water to the Dead.

In 2006, Ego Likeness released their third full-length album, The Order of the Reptile, which ventured back into the realms of heavy electronica, a bit of trip hop, some goth rock, and darkwave.

On August 14, 2012, the first single, "Treacherous Things" for the upcoming album "When the Wolves Return" was released along with a music video for the song directed by Kyle Cassidy.

[8] Ego Likeness have also shared the stage with Voltaire, The Damned, Chris Connelly, Collide, Razed in Black, Bella Morte, Das Ich, Rasputina, The Start, Iris, Decoded Feedback, The Azoic, More Machine Than Man, In Strict Confidence, Combichrist, New Model Army, Attriton, The Last Dance, Peter Murphy, and many others.

Lynch published several more poetry collections including Witches (2018), Choking Back the Devil (2019), and Girls from the County (2022), each of which were nominated for Bran Stoker Awards.

[9][10] Archer has released a children's book entitled Luna Maris and a steampunk fable chapbook titled Red King Black Rook in 2008.

[2] Steven Archer is also the creator of the solo project Stoneburner, which incorporates elements of experimental noise, industrial rock, ethereal, trip hop, and worldbeat.

[14] Stoneburner's output explores themes of neurodiversity[15] as well as social issues such as abortion rights and anti-racism,[16] and has included homages to media such as Donna Tartt's The Secret History and Peter Watts' Blindsight.