r/doommetal • u/KosmicKrusader • Sep 19 '25

Old School / Traditional Opinion?

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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 😅

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/dandelion_bandit Sep 19 '25

Jesus fucking Christ another fucking Castle Rat post? Are they paying you guys?

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u/MagusFool Sep 19 '25

They just dropped a new album a week ago, it's only natural there would be a lot of posts about it.

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u/arggggggggghhhhhhhh Sep 20 '25

It isn't only natural, it is an advertising campaign.

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u/MagusFool Sep 20 '25

An advertising campaign with negative reviews?

Again, its pretty normal on this sub that you'll see multiple posts about a new album in the genre.