[Cover photo credit to Alberto Villalobos]
Pittsburgh Deathcore band Signs of the Swarm are are soon setting off on a mammoth European festival tour and have released new song “Clouded Retinas,” featuring Will Ramos. After a wide swath of European dates, the band will also tour around North America this coming Fall.
Vocalist David Simonich, who is having an internal dialogue with himself in the new song, explains:
‘Clouded Retinas’ is about my struggle coming to terms with my vision loss and diagnosis of Stargardt disease. I asked my friend Will Ramos to hop on the song not just to make it sound sick but also to spread awareness of degenerative diseases and disability. With Will holding it down for today’s deathcore, I tried to showcase my influences from Nate Johnson and Vincent Bennett because the song feels modern yet nostalgic at the same time.
“Clouded Retinas” is taken from the band’s upcoming sixth full-length album, To Rid Myself of Truth, which is due to be released August 22nd, 2025 via Century Media Records.
Reunited with Producer Josh Schroeder (Lorna Shore, Mental Cruelty, Varials, King 810), Signs Of The Swarm continues “molting their slamming deathcore exoskeleton.” After writing 5th LP Amongst the Low & Empty (2023) almost entirely in-studio, the group geared up to do it again on To Rid Myself of Truth. This stint’s 7-week lead time, plus the in-studio time, was a treat for the band, with the addition of guitarist/backing vocalist Carl Schulz adding a whole other set of riffing hands (and vocal chords) to the band.
Signs Of The Swarm European tour dates
June 4, 2025 – Sölvesborg, SE @ Sweden Rock Festival
June 5, 2025 – Berlin, DE @ Huxleys Neue Welt ^&
June 6, 2025 – Gdańsk, PL @ Festival Mystic
June 7, 2025 – Hamburg, DE @ headCRASH &+
June 8, 2025 – Wolfsburg, DE @ s.v. Jugendhaus Ost &+
June 10, 2025 – Wroclaw, PL @ A2 ^%
June 11, 2025 – Bielsko-Biała, PL @ RudeBoy Club %
June 12, 2025 – Cham, DE @ L.A. Lifestyle Café
June 13, 2025 – Cologne, DE @ Gebaeude 9 &=
June 14, 2025 – Erfurt, DE @ Central Club &
June 15, 2025 – Hradec Kralove, CZ @ Rock for People
June 17, 2025 – Tilburg, NL @ 013 Poppodium ^&
June 19, 2025 – Dessel, BE @ Graspop Metal Meeting
June 20, 2025 – Nummijärvi, FI @ Nummirock
June 21, 2025 – Leeds, UK @ Ghostfest
June 22, 2025 – Clisson, FR @ Hellfest Open Air
June 24, 2025 – Madrid, ES @ Sala Copérnico ~
June 25, 2025 – Galicia, ES @ Resurrection Fest
June 27, 2025 – Ysselsteyn, NL @ Jera On Air
June 28, 2025 – Aarau, CH @ KIFF
June 29, 2025 – Turin, IT @ El Barrio
June 30, 2025 Bologna, IT @ Alchemica Club ~
July 1, 2025 – Ljubljana, SI @ Menza Pri Koritu ~
July 2, 2025 – Salzburg, AT @ Rockhouse ~
July 3, 2025 – Bratislava, SK @ Pink Whale ~
July 4, 2025 – Velké Meziříčí, CZ @ Fajtfest
July 5, 2025 – Leipzig, DE @ Naumanns Tanzlokal ~
^ = w/ Lorna Shore
& = w/ Mental Cruelty
+ = w/ Sun Eater
% = w/ Fit for an Autopsy
= = w/ Skeletal Remains
~ = w/ Terminal Sleep
Signs Of The Swarm live
July 20, 2025 – Mansfield, OH @ Inkcarceration Festival
Signs Of The Swarm tour dates
w/ Mental Cruelty, ten56., Carcosa, Face Yourself
Oct. 2, 2025 – Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Fairmount
Oct. 3, 2025 – Toronto, ON @ Mod Club
Oct. 4, 2025 – Ferndale, MI @ The Loving Touch
Oct. 5, 2025 – Chicago, IL @ Reggies
Oct. 7, 2025 – St. Paul, MN @ Amsterdam Bar
Oct. 8, 2025 – Davenport, IA @ Capitol Theatre
Oct. 9, 2025 – Wichita, KS @ WAVE (Indoor)
Oct. 10, 2025 – Denver, CO @ HQ
Oct. 11, 2025 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell
Oct. 12, 2025 – Boise, ID @ The Shredder
Oct. 14, 2025 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
Oct. 15, 2025 – Portland, OR @ Dante’s
Oct. 16, 2025 – Roseville, CA @ Goldfield Trading Post
Oct. 17, 2025 – Fresno, CA @ Full Circle Brewery
Oct. 18, 2025 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
Oct. 19, 2025 – Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theater
Oct. 21, 2025 – Austin, TX @ Come and Take It Live
Oct. 22, 2025 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater *
Oct. 23, 2025 – Little Rock, AR @ Revolution Music Room
Oct. 24, 2025 – Nashville, TN @ EXIT/IN
Oct. 25, 2025 – Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage (The Loft)
Oct. 26, 2025 – Orlando, FL @ Conduit *
Oct. 28, 2025 – Greenville, SC @ Radio Room
Oct. 29, 2025 – Greensboro, NC @ Hangar 1819
Oct. 30, 2025 – Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage
Oct. 31, 2025 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Preserving
Nov. 1, 2025 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Meadows *
Nov. 2, 2025 – Worcester @ The Palladium
* = No Face Yourself
