Highly Anticipated Almost every PR announcement I get claims that an album is “highly anticipated.” It’s a phrase I’ve come to loath, and it’s used so much it basically doesn’t mean anything anymore. Except this time. Except for Castle Rat. It was well over a year ago that I began following Todd White and King […]
Read More The World Belongs to Castle Rat: We Just Live In ItAs I look over this list, I can’t help but think that this could be a list of the top 19 albums of the year. But this is the Top 19 Stoner/Doom Albums for April…
Read More My Top 19 Stoner/Doom Albums for AprilLooks like Valentine’s Day is coming early this year—with all the lust, adventure, and fantasy you can handle. Castle Rat, the Fantasy Doom Metal visionaries out of Brooklyn, have worked alongside their label, King Volume Records, to release an exciting limited series of downloadable Valentine’s Day cards. Featuring characters from the Castle Rat band mythology […]
Read More FREE Download: Castle Rat Valentine’s Day CardsBlack Magic and Witchcraft, even Satanism has always been a part of Metal. Stoner/Doom is no different. Hell, Dopelord is releasing Songs for Satan next month! The thing is, its hard to tell the difference between the entertainment and rebellious side of Satanic imagery and references, and the bands that are real. As in: they’re […]
Read More Black Magic and Witchcraft in Stoner/Doom: Blake Carrera from Aiwass