Red Method are back, and they’re not messing about.
The UK metallers have dropped ‘Becoming the Sickness’, the first taste of their long awaited second album. If you thought their debut For the Sick… was heavy, this takes things to another level entirely. Brutal riffs! Is it just me or have they gotten even heavier?
The new single doesn’t pull any punches lyrically either. It digs into the raw reality of mental health struggles, that feeling of being so deep in a hole you’ve forgotten what the surface looks like. The kind of pain you hide from everyone around you because you’re terrified of what they’d see.
Lead vocalist J S.A.N.G.R.E describes the upcoming album as “a primal onslaught of human emotion and a critique of the world as it is now,” exploring everything from post lockdown paranoia to the disconnection of living through social media. It’s heavy subject matter delivered with unflinching honesty.
The music video, produced by Richard Oakes at Dark Fable Media (the team behind visuals for Sleep Token and Slipknot), is equally impressive. It’s a high effort production that shows just how large Red Method‘s artistic vision has become. This isn’t a band content with just making noise. They’re crafting something with real depth.
They’ve shared stages with the likes of Phil Anselmo, Cradle of Filth, Sleep Token, and Infected Rain. Their fanbase, the Bloodline, has grown into a devoted one. With the album recorded, mixed and mastered by Scott Atkins at Grindstone Studios (known for his work with Cradle of Filth, Sylosis, and Behemoth), expectations are sky high. And on this evidence, they’re going to smash them.
‘Becoming the Sickness’ is out now.
