CASTLE RAT LIVE PHOTO GALLERY—Review and photos by Greg Maki— Riley Pinkerton of Castle Rat How the realm has grown here in Baltimore. About a year ago, fantasy doom metal act Castle Rat played to a few hundred people at the very divey Ottobar. In September 2026, the band was to kick off its “Summon... Continue Reading →
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Fresh off a spring tour opening for Amon Amarth and Dethklok, fantasy doom metal band Castle Rat will headline the Summon the Beasts fall 2026 U.S. tour, also featuring Unto Others and Wraith Knight. The tour will be Castle Rat's biggest headline run to date. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 5, at castlerat.com. The... Continue Reading →
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Fantasy doom metal band Castle Rat is set to tour in spring 2026 with Amon Amarth and Castle Rat, and now has scheduled two headline shows in the midst of that run: April 26 (with Sacred Leather) at the Pyramid Scheme in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and May 24 (with Death Chant) at the House of... Continue Reading →
By Greg Maki—And just like that, another year has come and gone. And what a year 2025 was for heavy music, led by this summer’s instantly legendary Back to the Beginning concert and Ozzy Osbourne’s passing just a couple weeks later—not unexpected but no less devastating because of that. Those titanic events served to shine... Continue Reading →
Metal titans Amon Amarth and Dethklok will join for for "The Amonklok Conquest," a North American co-headline tour with special guest Castle Rat, in spring 2026. “Three bands. One night. The strong will scream. The weak will fall. Limbs will be lost. We will crush skulls beneath our boots and tear the halls down stone... Continue Reading →
CASTLE RAT PHOTOS—Review and photos by Greg Maki—For one night, the Ottobar was no longer in Baltimore. With the Rat Queen as our guide, the sold-out crowd was taken into a fantastical realm populated by wizards, dragons, unicorns and other mystical beasts. We had to be wary at all times of the evil Rat Repearess,... Continue Reading →
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By Greg Maki After inviting us into its world on its debut album, 2024’s “Into the Realm,” fantasy doom metal band Castle Rat—hailing from the very non-fantastical Brooklyn, New York—expands on its lore in spectacular fashion on its sophomore effort, “The Bestiary.” With the first album featuring only seven proper songs and barely topping 30... Continue Reading →
