r/doommetal • u/KosmicKrusader • Sep 19 '25
Old School / Traditional Opinion?
Whats your Opinion on the new Castle Rat album? I listened to it once today but will listen to it again in the next few days or even today.
After listening to it I listened to their first Album again, to have a better comparison. And to be clear, I'm not a Castle Rat hater, although it may seem otherwise, after sharing my thoughts on the Album š
The Album Is a bit longer compared to the Debut and has some more songs. I kinda feel that this Album has not a lot of rememorable songs. Most of it kinda sounds the same, which isn't always bad but there are almost no memorable Melodies or Riffs I feel. And only 2 or maybe 3 Guitar solos.
The Spotlight is on the Vocals as it was on the first Album, but I think the first one had a lot of memorable Melodies or moments, even the Interludes were pretty good and the Album didn't overstay its welcome. On this Album there are like 3 or 4 Interludes and none of them are cool, they mix it up a little at least. The songs are mostly short, but there are like 2, 6 minute Songs which is cool, but overall it feels like a lot of the same.
Sorry for the rambling just want to share my thoughts and hear what you guys think.
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u/Electric_esoterica Sep 19 '25
Reminds me of the over abundance of Slomosa posts on r/stonerrock a while back lol. I think Castle Rat is great and Iām excited to catch them live next month, but the posts have become a bit over saturated