Two demos (and two more Extremity Rising inclusions later) the band finally got their record deal, with Mighty Music's sub label Drug(s) in 2000.

A few months later, Raunchy entered the Aabenraa Studio with producer Jacob Hansen to record Velvet Noise.

's "Last Christmas" and a new song called "Decemberklar" for Denmark's National radio, produced by Tue Madsen at Antfarm Studios.

In 2003 Velvet Noise was released in North America, and in the summer the second album, Confusion Bay, was recorded, again with producer Jacob Hansen.

In 2006, the band continued to tour to promote Death Pop Romance along with support gigs such as Ill Niño and Hatebreed.

In April 2009, almost a year after Wasteland Discotheque was released, Raunchy did a music video for the track "Warriors", directed by Andreas Krohn, after that they went on a tour called "Weekend Warriors Tour", in Denmark and Sweden, and in July and August the band played at the big metal festivals With Full Force and Summer Breeze Open Air.

[6] 17 June 2021 marked the first time in almost seven years since Raunchy shared any new music, in the form of a two-minute video on their official Facebook page captioned: "We are proud to reveal that drums for our 7th album are now recorded – Morten did a great job" (followed by a string of emojis and further text), showcasing their drummer Morten "Molle" Toft Hansen tracking drums for their upcoming album.

[7] A day later on 18 June, they shared another video clip captioned "Work in progress…" in which new music can be heard, this time showcasing vocals from their two singers Michael "Mike" Semesky and Jeppe Christensen.

[11] All of the songs from the album were uploaded to their official YouTube channel[12] starting with a one minute sample of daylight in late September 2012.

[14] In October 2015, Vega Nova played their first ever live show with fellow Raunchy bandmate Morten "Molle" Toft Hansen, which they hinted may also be their last.

This was followed by a flurry of following singles released throughout 2020 and 2021 through various music streaming platforms, including "Lost" in June 2020, "Easy Summer Days" in October 2020, "Take My Money" in November 2020, a cover of "Love in Siberia" by the Danish 1980s synthpop duo Laban in December 2020, "Bleed Out" in April 2021, "One More Chance" in May 2021.