Full article + interview: @killer.solo.music
There comes a point in every rock band’s life where they have to decide whether they’re going to become a museum exhibit or keep moving.
Some bands spend decades polishing the same greatest hits package, wheeling it out town after town like a sacred relic. Others keep chasing something new, even when the industry itself seems determined to mutate into a completely different beast every six months.
Seether have somehow managed to survive both.
Fresh off the release of their new EP Beneath The Surface, bassist Dale Stewart joined me for a conversation that quickly abandoned the usual promotional script and wandered into the strange territory of ageing rock stars, fatherhood, live performance addiction and the death—or perhaps evolution—of the album itself.
The EP features two previously unreleased tracks from the The Surface Seems So Far sessions, including the crushing lead single “Into The Ground”. According to Stewart, the songs had simply been sitting there waiting for the right moment.
“We’ve been sitting on some great material,” he explained. “We just wanted people to hear them.“
Simple enough.
But the more interesting revelation came when the conversation turned to what comes next.
For a band that has spent more than two decades operating within the traditional album-tour-album cycle, Stewart openly questioned whether that model still makes sense in 2026.
“I kind of feel like that’s where the future is,” Stewart said. “Releasing singles rather than full-length albums.”
It’s hard to argue with him.
The modern listener doesn’t consume music the same way they did when Seether were breaking through internationally. Streaming has transformed listening habits into an endless buffet of playlists, recommendations and algorithm-fed singles. The idea of sitting down and absorbing twelve tracks in sequence has become almost quaint.
Stewart isn’t convinced younger audiences care about deep cuts anymore.
And maybe he’s right.
The conversation eventually drifted into territory every musician understands but struggles to explain—the intoxicating exchange between performer and audience.
The adrenaline.
The nerves.
The feeling that a crowd somehow feeds energy back into the people on stage.
“If you could bottle it and sell it, you’d be a rich man,” Stewart laughed.
For anyone who’s ever stood under stage lights while hundreds of voices scream lyrics back at them, no further explanation is needed.
Yet perhaps the biggest change in Seether’s world isn’t musical at all.
It’s family.
Both Stewart and frontman Shaun Morgan now have young children, and for the first time in the band’s history, touring schedules are being weighed against school runs, bedtime stories and the reality of being present for their kids.
“I couldn’t be responsible for myself, let alone a little tiny version of me,” Stewart joked while reflecting on his younger years.
It’s a statement delivered with humour, but one carrying the weight of experience.
After twenty-five years, countless tours and enough stories to fill several lifetimes, Seether aren’t slowing down because they’ve lost the passion.
If anything, they sound more grounded than ever.
The music is still coming.
The road still calls.
But these days, there are little people waiting at home too.
And somehow, that might be the most rock and roll thing of all.
This is the gospel.
I bite crowd surfers.
Killer.
