Kat Von D has a handful of bands which might be on heavy rotation inside her private playlists.

The artist’s sophomore album My Side of the Mountain arrives Sept. 20, and through a brand new dialog with Rock Feed, she stated she’s been making ready for her upcoming tour by listening to a mixture of digital and industrial music whereas she workouts.

“Everything from Ministry to Perturbator — Perturbator is one of my favorite synth wave bands, I just love the darkness and darker elements. I hear a lot of metal within that production that I love,” she stated.

Perturbator and Johannes Persson, ‘Final Light’

Von D additionally cited Gunship as one other one in every of her favourite synth wave artists, including that she collaborated with them for the music “Black Blood Red Kiss” on their 2018 album Dark All Day.

“I just love everything about them because they’re such pioneers in that world, and to think of a genre that’s inspired by an era in filmmaking is so cool to me,” she praised.

Gunship, ‘Black Blood Red Kiss’ (feat. Kat Von D)

Another group the artist talked about is Kent, who have been from Sweden. They launched 12 studio albums between 1995 and 2016, however are not lively.

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“They have a romantic approach to their songs,” Von D described. “It’s always these certain chord progressions that I respond to in music, I really love the melancholy, romantic-ness of it.”

Kent, ‘Den sista sangen’

Von D additionally touched on her personal musical journey, explaining that though she’s from the metallic world and enjoys black metallic and different heavy music, she’s additionally a fan of teams corresponding to Depeche Mode and The Cure, and she or he felt impressed to make music extra much like the them than metallic.

“That’s where my heart tends to gravitate, so it made sense to me that our music would be more in that realm,” she stated. “I love electronic music and the nostalgic sounds of the ’80s, so a lot of our sounds are designed with analog synths and all that nerdy stuff.”

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