Industrial metal counterparts Ventana and Deadly Apples have announced the “Saints of Sickness Tour.” The 18-date run stretches through November and features special guest Aeternum. You can snag your tickets at ventanaband.com, deadlyapples.com, or aeternummusic.com!
11/6 – Cadillac, MI – The Venue Event Center
11/7 – Louisville, KY – The Fox Den
11/8 – Cudahy, WI – X-Ray Arcade
11/10 – Sparta, WI – Blue Collar
11/11 – Fargo, ND – The Aquarium
11/12 – Sioux Falls, SD – Red Eye Bar & Casino
11/13 – Casper, WY – Oil City Beer Company
11/15 – Denver, CO – HQ
11/17 – St. Louis, MO – Fubar
11/18 – Hobart, IN – The Hobart Art Theater
11/19 – Detroit, MI – TSDMAAC
11/20 – Toronto, ON – Ground Control
11/21 – Lakewood, OH – Mercury Music Lounge
11/22 – Albany, NY – Empire Live
11/25 – Lowell, MA – Taffeta Music Hall
11/27 – Newark, DE – Halftime Sports Bar and Music Venue
Nu metal outfit Ded has announced a string of dates with Dropout Kings and VRSTY. The Anti-Everything Tour starts July 11th in Phoenix, Arizona, and treks all the way to New York before circling back to its conclusion in Grand Junction, Colorado. Tickets are available at dedband.com!
7/11 – Phoenix, AZ – The Rebel Lounge+
7/13 – Lubbock, TX – Jake’s Sports Cafe
7/14 – Oklahoma City, OK – 89th Street
7/15 – Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck+
7/17 – Mansfield, OH – Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival 2026#
7/18 – Cadott, WI – Rock Fest 2026#
7/19 – Minneapolis, MN – Skyway Theatre+
7/20 – Joliet, IL – The Forge+
7/21 – Des Moines, IA – XBKX Live+
7/22 – Iowa City, IA – Wildwood Smokehouse & Saloon
Hailing from New Zealand, Vana is a genre-bending artist who plays with darker themes and is not ashamed to show her teeth. She runs the gamut from synthpop to rock, to early emo and trap metal, and has left an indelible mark on the scene.
Now, she’s bringing her “The Lady in Red” headlining tour to North America. This 31-date trek boasts special guests Deadlands, Cloudyfield, and RedHook. Tickets are on sale at vanamusicofficial.com!
4/17 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade (Hell)
4/18 – Orlando, FL – Conduit
4/19 – Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
4/21 – Greensboro, NC – Hangar 1819
4/22 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
4/23 – Washington, DC – The Atlantis
4/25 – New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
4/26 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
4/28 – Toronto, ON – The Mod Club
4/29 – Lakewood, OH – Mahall’s
5/1 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
5/2 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
5/3 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
5/5 – Kansas City, MO – recordBar
5/7 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
5/9 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Grand @ The Complex
5/10 – Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club
5/12 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
5/13 – Portland, OR – South Hawthorne Waterfront Park
5/15 – Roseville, CA – Goldfield Trading Post
5/16 – Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy Theatre
5/17 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues Parish
5/19 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
5/21 – Austin, TX – Come and Take It Live
5/22 – Houston, TX – Bad Astronaut
5/23 – Dallas, TX – Puzzles Deep Ellum
5/26 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East
5/28 – Allentown, PA – Arrow
5/29 – Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird Café & Music Hall
Crunkcore group brokeNCYDE has announced the Kush & Kandi Tour. This spring/summer run of dates features support from Bayymack and e-stro, and special guest Dot Dot Curve or The Medic Droid on certain dates. Tickets are available at brokencyde13.com!
(Some dates do not show up on the brokeNCYDE site, but tickets are available through the venues’event pages, which Iam linking. If the dates aren’t on my list, I couldn’t findbrokeNCYDEon that venue’s calendar.)
4/12 – Bakersfield, CA – Jerry’s Pizza & Pub
4/13 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst
4/14 – San Francisco, CA – Brick & Mortar Music Hall
Seethe is an alternative/nu metal artist hailing from Pittsburgh. Spawning from the isolation of Covid lockdowns in 2020, this project has taken on a life of its own. With a handful of albums and EPs and an expansive catalog of singles to his name, Seethe shows no signs of slowing down.
One of the first people to let me review his music when I started my own journey, I’m surprised it has taken us this long to do an interview! We discussed his musical beginnings, inspiration, dream collaborations, and much more – and I feel like we only scratched the surface! Check it out!
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Mostly Music: So let’s talk some background first. How did you get started making music?
Seethe: Music has always been there. It’s in the blood on both my mom’s side and my dad’s side. I grew up around anything from oldies, to bluegrass, to metal, rock, and hip hop. I was air guitaring and singing with a brush as a microphone before I was even potty trained!
MM: That vast array of exposure explains a lot. Lol. Your music definitely has quite a bit of variety.
Do you have any particular band/artist that was, like, The One that made you really wanna pursue this? Or a song? I know it’s not always that specific, but…
Seethe: There are many layers to that. First, I was a guitarist that dabbled in some piano and bass, then over time, transferred to lead vocals. Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jerry Cantrell made me wanna pick up and sling the ole six string. In my high school years, I was deep into acoustic pop rock with the likes of John Mayer, Secondhand Serenade, Dashboard Confessional, and Five Times August. When it came down to vocals (waaaaay early on), I hadn’t found my voice and was attempting very bad Creed/Breaking Benjamin vocals til I started actually singing and exploring my voice round 3, 2016. Phil Anselmo, Tim Williams, and Billy Keeton were very, very influential in where I was trying to go vocally as I began to explore my voice.
MM: Okay, with all that going on, how did you find your sound? I know your sound varies, but for a while, you leaned heavily into the trap metal end of things, so to speak. Was that a conscious decision, or was it more…you played around with ideas and found that that particular genre fit what you were going for?
I feel like I’m wording that badly…
Seethe: Covid honestly was really responsible for the creation of Seethe. I had begun to dabble in electronic music but never had the guts to release it. Anything I had released up to that point I had a band or a partner in crime, and I always had that comradery and support, but never enough guts to put something out solely by myself. At the start it was mainly just to make some music with an electronic edge like the “Queen of The Damned” soundtrack with the modern soundscape of the trap metal genre that had been blowing up in recent years. While a niche genre, it allowed me to develop and grow. After 4-ish years of producing and releasing trap metal tracks, I had decided it was time to start branching out and shifting my sound. That’s honestly the beauty of being a solo artist. Yes, there is more work, and it literally all falls on my shoulders, but I could/can do what I want, when I want.
MM: So, this may be a stupid question, but with the recent releases veering into a less electronic/trap-oriented direction, are you still working solo?
Seethe: Nope. If I had the equipment and better resources, I definitely would (Lord knows it would probably be cheaper if i did, given my rate of output). Fortunately, I have met many different and awesome producers along the way. Sometimes, we work together on a project from the ground up, or it’s a matter of me merely scavenging beats/instrumentals I find and lease or purchase. Some awesome producers I’ve worked with (but not limited to) – Slaughter, APXLLYXN, Exor, Gus Wallner, VIXLENCE, Last of a Dying Breed. Can’t forget Aura Abnormal, and Dead Prophet Alive.
MM: You have released four tracks so far this year. Congratulations on that, by the way. Can you give me a bit of background on the most recent single, “Oceans”?
Seethe: “Oceans” is one of the first songs in a while that wasn’t written introspectively. It’s more of an observation about the world as we see it now. All of the doom and gloom and tension that hangs in the air. REM said it best: “it’s the end of the world as we know it.”
In the recording side of things, this was a fun/challenging one to work on. Jacob Lizotte is an amazing producer/composer, and that forced me to really up my game vocally. The music not only goes hard in the paint, but it’s also very open and has a sort of ambient atmosphere to it, so I had plenty of room to paint the canvas with my craft.
MM: I wanna ask a question that’s kinda just for fun, but I love the answers I get. If you could collaborate with anyone, who would it be?
Seethe: Dream collabs would be Layne Staley, Phil Anselmo, Damien Starkey, Brock Lindow, and Chad Gray.
MM: A Chad Gray collab would be SO good!!! So what is your creative process? How do you piece songs together? (I’m interested in both the writing and recording aspects, but hands down, I grasp the writing part a lot more easily. I know nothing about recording.)
Seethe: The creative process varies. It’s honestly one of my favorite things about art. I am a multi-instrumentalist, but I unfortunately don’t have a means to record anything besides vocals. I have been fortunate enough to work alongside multiple producers and composers to build songs from the ground up. Sometimes, someone will hit me with a piece of music and want me to man vocals. Other times, it’s merely me scavenging on BeatStars or YouTube, looking for a beat that catches my ear. A lot of times, the songwriting for me is very spur of the moment or if something catches my ear. You never know when inspiration is gonna strike.
Or other times I will have a song written up and it’s a matter of finding or creating the music to bring it all together. There are times I will sit on a song or idea for months, or it comes out on the spot in minutes. Collabs are always fun as well. It’s a different energy when you have someone bring you on and you are putting your craft with someone else’s vision.
MM: We could probably keep talking for ages, but I’ve already used up a lot of your time. Thank you very much for this interview. I look forward to hearing what you come up with next and perhaps having another conversation about…well, everything!
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In the time since we wrapped up our chat, Seethe has announced the release of his fifth single for 2025, “Reprieve.” The track will hit streaming services on April 26th. You can pre-save it here!
But while you’re waiting, be sure to listen to the other songs he has dropped since January – “Mandela Effect,” “IDT (Falling in Wait),” “Depths,” and “Oceans.” These four offerings grant a glimpse into the wide creative range Seethe possesses and the varied stylistic choices he makes. If you enjoy what you hear, follow him on your favorite platforms so that you never miss any Seethe music news!
Nothing More will be hitting the road this March and April with either Mike’s Dead or Kingdom Collapse, depending on the city. (The dates below include only their headlining shows, not those at which Nothing More will be support for Disturbed and Daughtry.)
Kim Dracula will be co-headlining a North American tour this spring alongside Hanabie. Special guests include Crystal Lake and Kaonashi. Tickets and VIP experiences are on sale now at kimdracula.com!
3/5 – Montreal, QC – MTELUS
3/6 – Toronto, ON – The Danforth Music Hall
3/8 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore Minneapolis
3/11 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
3/12 – McKees Rocks, PA – Roxian Theatre
3/14 – Boston, MA – Big Night Live
3/15 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
3/16 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount
3/17 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore
3/19 – Norfolk, VA – The NorVa
3/20 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
3/22 – Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues
3/23 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre
3/25 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
3/26 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
3/27 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
3/29 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
3/30 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
4/2 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
4/3 – Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
4/5 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
4/6 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
4/9 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre*
4/10 – Portland, OR – McMenamins Crystal Ballroom*
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