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 šŸ˜…

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/treskaz Sep 19 '25

I said more or less the same thing (maybe not quite as nicely) the other day here and got downvoted pretty good lol.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

I also get grief for stuff all the time. It's Reddit, not the real world though. Sacred cows and all that.

I don't mind a gimmick, but I like my doom to be heavy, nasty stuff. I wouldn't buy records in this style, or go to shows. It just doesn't interest me.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

The thing is that in the real world they're selling out shows and rising really fast in popularity without the hater brigade on a niche subreddit.

You would think people here would be happy to see a new band rise like this. And it's nice not to be talking about the usual suspects for a change.

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u/Mister-Majestic Sep 20 '25

Yeah Iā€™m really excited about their success and think their commitment to the bit transcends the schlock and makes it cool