"They're lining up six hours before the show. They just scream when you go out on stage as if it's Beatlemania." Nine Inch Nails and Korn love them and they might have invented metal's sleaziest subgenre. This is the story of Health

Health lit against a red background.

In a small photography studio on Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip, the members of Health look like commandos prepared for a coming post-apocalyptic future. The industrial trio are facing a camera with suitably grim expressions, standing in combat boots and layers of black, as a soundtrack of old hard rock hits washes over them.

They are a band of strange contrasts, making music of intense vulnerability and muscle, melody and noise. They are profoundly serious about their music and message, and a laugh-riot in person, on one hand repeatedly sharing the heartfelt declaration “YOU WILL LOVE EACH OTHER” while also jokingly claiming a new musical genre for themselves: Cum Metal.