Health to Release a New Album Rat Wars on Dec. 7, Drop First Two Singles
Industrial noise rock band Health just announced they’re jumping back into the spotlight with a brand new album titled Rat Wars. Described by the band as “The Downward Spiral for people with at least two monitors and a vitamin D deficiency,” the album is slated for a December 7 release via Loma Vista Recordings.
To celebrate the announcement of their follow up to 2019’s VOL. 4 :: SLAVES OF FEAR, the band dropped two singles: “Children of Sorrow” and “Sicko,” both of which you can check out below. In the first single, Lamb of God’s Willie Adler provides some additional guitar-based malice to the already dark track, while “Sicko” uses samples of Godflesh’s “Like Rats” to create what the band called its “half-time hellscape.”
In addition to the new album announcement and single drops, the band also announced a full-album listening party set set for tomorrow at Los Angeles’ Das Bunker. Furthermore, Health also have a 2024 headlining tour planned with Pixel Grip and King Yosef offering support on each date. The tour will kick off on March 2 in Ventura, California and come to a stop on April 4 in Los Angeles.
Rat Wars will be released on December 7 via Loma Vista Recordings, but you can preorder your copy today.
You can find the album’s full track list, along with the full list of tour dates, down below.
RAT WARS LP Tracklist:
1. DEMIGODS
2. FUTURE OF HELL
3. HATEFUL
4. (OF ALL ELSE)
5. CRACK METAL
6. UNLOVED
7. CHILDREN OF SORROW
8. SICKO
9. ASHAMED
10. (OF BEING BORN)
11. DSM-V
12. DON’T TRY
HEALTH Tour Dates:
10/06/2023 – Los Angeles, CA – Das Bunker (Full Album Listening Party)
03/02/24 – Ventura, CA – Ventura Music Hall *
03/04/24 – Mesa, AZ – Nile Theatre *
03/05/24 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine *
03/07/24 – Austin, TX – Empire Garage *
03/08/24 – Dallas, TX – Studio at the Factory *
03/09/24 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live Midtown *
03/11/24 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade – Heaven Stage *
03/12/24 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground *
03/13/24 – Richmond, VA – The National *
03/15/24 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel *
03/16/24 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer *
03/17/24 – Boston, MA – Royale *
03/19/24 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House *
03/20/24 – Detroit, MI – The Majestic *
03/22/24 – Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall *
03/23/24 – Saint Louis, MO – Red Flag *
03/25/24 – Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre *
03/26/24 – Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall *
03/28/24 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox *
03/29/24 – Vancouver, BC – The Commodore *
03/30/24 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall *
04/01/24 – Roseville, CA – Goldfield Trading Post *
04/02/24 – San Francisco, CA – August Hall *
04/04/24 – Los Angeles, CA – Belasco Theater *
* with support from Pixel Grip and King Yosef
