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Red Code Debuts Alt-Metal EP ‘Traces of Unease and Discomfort (Episode 1)’

Trieste-based alternative metal band Red Code will release their debut studio recording, Traces of Unease and Discomfort (Episode 1), on September 25, 2026. The project explores themes of toxic dynamics and personal struggles, blending progressive influences with a raw sound produced entirely without backing tracks.

Audio engineers Jens Bogren, Ricardo Borges, and Simone Mularoni handled mixing and mastering for the release. Accompanying promotional photography by Cristian Deklic highlights historic locations in Trieste associated with a prominent 1986 news forgery following the Chernobyl disaster.

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Red Code Debuts ‘Traces of Unease And Discomfort (Episode 1)’

“Traces of unease and discomfort” draws on the personal experiences of each band member, all of whom contributed to the music and lyrics. The songs move through claustrophobic relationships, toxic dynamics, personal responsibility for pain, and self-sabotage. Tracks were mixed and mastered partly by Jens Bogren and Ricardo Borges at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden — whose credits include Arch Enemy, Sepultura, Katatonia, Devin Townsend, Ihsahn, At the Gates, Dark Tranquillity, Paradise Lost, and Symphony X — and partly by Simone Mularoni at Domination Studio, who has worked with Deathless Legacy, Elvenking, Vision Divine, and Michael Romeo, and plays guitar in DGM.

The digital album release date is 25 September 2026

Watch “Quarantine” official video:

“Traces of unease and discomfort (Episode 1)” cover & tracklist:

01 Toxic Karma
02 He Knows
03 Checkmate
04 Quarantine
05 I Stand Alone [Godsmack Cover]

About Red Code

Red Code was formed in Trieste as a live act, founded by vocalist Lenina and guitarist Andrea Bossi, who later passed away. The band kept playing in his memory and has built a steady live history, opening for Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil), Exilia, Nicola Manzan (Bologna Violenta), Pierpaolo Capovilla (Il Teatro degli Orrori), Underwaves, Tystnaden, Logical Terror, and Break Me Down, and performing on Radio Rai and at venues, festivals, and motorcycle rallies across the region.

The sound is built entirely on Lenina’s vocals and the band’s instruments, with no backing tracks, post-production, or sequencing — alternative metal aggression filtered through prog influences, with touchpoints ranging from System of a Down and Godsmack to Dream Theater and Fates Warning. Traces of Unease and Discomfort is the band’s first studio release of original material after years of live shows.

About the photo shooting:

On May 12, 1986, shortly after the explosion of the Chernobyl reactor, the American networks ABC and NBC broadcast the first images of the disaster: a smoking chimney, square concrete silhouettes, typically Soviet in style. Except they were fake — forgeries. The images were actually of well-known architectural landmarks in Trieste. Cristian Deklic’s photo shoot follows Red Code through the locations behind one of the most colossal fake news stories in world journalism, set in what was at the time Italy’s eastern border.

Lineup
Lenina – Vocals
Daniel – Guitars
Gabriele – Bass, backing vocals
Marco – Drums