Alternative metal band RED has released a double-sided single, “Cold World” / “Minus It All.” The songs are from the band’s first full-length studio recording in three years, Rated R, featuring the band’s lead single, “Surrogates.”
The album is set for release September 29 and is now available for pre-order.
RED’s evocative artistry takes center stage on their eighth studio album. The new A-side track, “Cold World,” comes with a warning from RED guitarist Anthony Armstrong, who produced the song and co-wrote it with Breaking Benjamin’s Keith Wallen:
“The track takes a look inside oneself when there’s someone or something that’s no longer a part of our life bringing us down. We feel a renewed sense of self, but be careful with that high. This world can sometimes bring us back an even harder fall.”
Anthony also wrote and produced “Minus It All,” which he says “challenges us to subtract the constructs of life around us so that our soul can grow. This world wants its pound of flesh, and that’s just something we’re going to have to give. But giving up some or all of the things that poison us is a choice, a choice that gives us a chance to grow without all the noise.”
Consistently pairing sophisticated instrumentation with hard-hitting songwriting, dynamic performances, and grippingly personal lyrics, Rated R is a thought-provoking project that tackles several resonant and relevant topics amidst centering on the ideological and interpersonal divisions, confrontations and suffering of modern society. Lead single “Surrogates” kicks things off with noise from news reports, symbolizing how overwhelming the media can be. The band drew upon its filmic past, recording a video for the single in Utah that is in production now.
Taking new music, fan favorites, and hits on an extensive international tour, RED launches the first leg of its The Rated R Tour in the U.S. Sept. 8 and traverses 26-cities across 18 states before wrapping up Nov. 19. All tour dates are below. Following a second string of U.S. dates in the winter and spring, RED is set to play a few festivals before traveling to 26 European cities in the fall of 2024.
RED 2023 Tour Dates
FRI, SEP 8 Joliet, IL
SAT, SEP 9 Indianapolis, IN
SUN, SEP 10 Sauget, IL
TUE, SEP 12 Bloomington, IL
WED, SEP 13 Warrendale, PA
THU, SEP 14 Columbus, OH
SAT, SEP 16 Shippensburg, PA *
SUN, SEP 17 Greensboro, NC
TUE, SEP 19 Virginia Beach, VA
WED, SEP 20 Jacksonville, NC
FRI, SEP 22 New York, NY
SAT, SEP 23 Hartford, CT
SUN, SEP 24 Hampton, NH
FRI, NOV 3 Flint, MI
SAT, NOV 4 Milwaukee, WI TP
SUN, NOV 5 Minneapolis, MN
TUE, NOV 7 Lincoln, NE
WED, NOV 8 Inman, KS
FRI, NOV 10 Grapevine, TX
SAT, NOV 11 San Antonio, TX
SUN, NOV 12 Houston, TX
TUE, NOV 14 Jefferson, LA
WED, NOV 15 Destin, FL
FRI, NOV 17 St Petersburg, FL
SAT, NOV 18 Jacksonville, FL
SUN, NOV 19 Atlanta, GA
*Uprise Festival event
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