Downthesun was a six-piece nu metal band from Kansas City, Missouri. The band was formed by bassist Lance "Kuk" Collier and samples operator Nathan Church who were in a local Kansas City band that opened for Slipknot. This put them in touch with Slipknot's Shawn "Clown" Crahan. The band went through several line up and name changes before becoming Downthesun. The line up that recorded the album in June 2001 was: Lance Collier-bass, Aaron Peltz-vocals,Anthony "Satone" Stevens- Vocals, Nathan Church-Electronics&Vocals, Neil Godfrey-Guitar, Danny Spain-Drums.

In 2001 the band signed to Slipknot's Maggot Recordings label.