After touring the country at the end of 2019 in support of his latest album,
ABSURDA, Uteschâs plans to tour more in 2020 were brought to a halt by the coronavirus pandemic. On top of all that, fellow Metavari founding member Ty Brinneman passed away at the start of 2020 after a battle with mesothelioma.
âThe world fell apart, from Ty getting sicker than ever to the pandemic,â Utesch says. âThings got really horrible and everything was put on hold, as I was walking through the loss of Ty and then the lighter but no less crazy scenario where we werenât able to tour. It was like, âOh man. We just ramped up all of this stuff with