Los Angeles industrial rockers Health have dropped an intense and somewhat disturbing video for the song “Sicko.” The song is from forthcoming album Rat Wars, due out December 7. You might recognize parts of “Sicko” because it features samples of the Godflesh tune “Like Rats.”
Director Mynxii White explains: “Taking inspiration from the haunting imagery of ’90’s music videos by Godflesh, we put together a video collage of some of our own favorite obscure horror moments of the same time period in one ‘sick’ video for ‘Sicko.’ Some of my best memories are from the stranger indie movies I’d watch in the middle of the night when everyone was sleeping, and it was a lot of fun going back in time to pull moments like a ‘greatest hits’ of all those dark hours of bloody horror.”
Rat Wars was produced by Stint (Oliver Tree, Demi Lovato) and mixed by Lars Stalfors (Salem, The Neighbourhood). “Sicko” is the second single the band has released from Rat Wars; the first being the industrial metal tinged track, “Children Of Sorrow.” Rat Wars was written during the most emotionally trying period of the band’s life, the album builds on their chaotic yet re-invigorating pandemic years. From: https://newnoisemagazine.com/news-health-release-gory-video-for-track-sicko/
Health is an American industrial/noise rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band currently consists of drummer B.J. Miller, vocalist and guitarist Jake Duzsik, and bassist and producer John Famiglietti. It formerly also included Jupiter Keyes, who left in 2015. Originating from the Los Angeles underground experimental music community, they gained prominence with a remix of "Crimewave" by Crystal Castles before releasing a self-titled album in 2007.
Since then, they have released a further five albums: Get Color in 2009, Death Magic in 2015, Vol. 4: Slaves of Fear in 2019, and Rat Wars in 2023. The band also released the collaborative double album Disco4 in 2020 and 2022, and have contributed to a variety of video game soundtracks, including those for Max Payne 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Grand Theft Auto V, and Ultrakill.
Health was founded after its singer Jake Duzsik met bassist John Famigletti, while Duzsik was working at the flagship Guitar Center in Los Angeles. They decided to form a band and enlisted guitarist Jupiter Keyes and drummer B.J. Miller, the former of which Duzsik knew from university. The band's name was chosen after the members agreed it should be an "everyday word"; when reviewing a long list of terms, "health" was the only one not taken. Their earliest work was inspired by experimentation in Los Angeles' underground music scene, with the intention of incorporating it into a more conventional band format. From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_(band)
