I never listened to any of that stuff and honestly cringe just a little when it's called music BUT that is exactly what I thought when I clicked on the picture. Check out some of the Modest Mouse videos from ten or twenty years ago. Pretty similar in fashion sense if you ask me.
This looks like an obscure 80s doom metal band video that was found in an old warehouse, and someone thought it was so cool they decided to convert it to mp4 and upload it on RUclips. I love the vibes of this type of video and music.
my gf works there and the interns boost things in recommendations for shits and giggles some times :) it's an open secret, but better them making decisions than big brands and co's right?
I had no idea what genre of music I was even in for when I clicked on this; I just saw the thumbnail and thought "grainy 4:3 film video and skimpy pulp-fantasy type costumes? Sign me up!" but damn, this is _awesome!_ Love this kind of melancholy grungy sound, and the aesthetic is everything I aspire to be!
@@IndependentParent It used to be in the 80s, 90s, and 00s. But now. I wouldn't say so. Metal has faded from the mainstream since the last decade and has become the music of the outsider or the hermit. Exactly what it used to be in the 70s. Sure you have bands such as Suicidal Angels or Firewind but no matter how many arenas these guys pack, they aren't hit makers and you don't have to know anything about them if u don't want to, so..
The lead singer reminds me of Eric Carr's KISS character. Down to the make up. But, the song. WOW, I haven't heard anything so original in a LONG TIME.
3:52 for the whole band to come in. Wow. That's very bold to do to modern listening audience. Haven't heard that long a delay for decades. Great dedication to the music era.
I hear what you’re saying. It’s probably been 15 to 20 times for me, but I’m not done yet. I keep coming back… I don’t even watch the video anymore. I just close my eyes and immerse myself in the experience. Addictive and affecting.
Getting such a video done in wintery forest in such fantasy oriented skimpy outfits requires superhuman stamina, so HUMONGOUS amounts of respect for Riley & Maddy for freezing their rear ends off! (as a Finn I know something of cold wintery forests... :) )
Saw the thumb for Fresh Fur and thought it was some obscure Nordic Death Metal band, but clicked anyway. So glad I did. Ended up watching the other videos and loved them all. My 53 year old man D&D playing nerd ass was brought back to my 80's childhood watching Conan, Beastmaster, Sword and the Sorcerer, and all of those classics. This whole concept is awesome. Keep up the great music.
I must listen to this a thousand times. The vocal is amazing! I feel like I’m sitting in a basement… in the dark…. in 1976…. Wow!! What a trip. Loved every minute of it. Thank you! 💜
Whoa...the aesthetics on this, musically, are sooooo wonderfully nostalgic. Like something I'd find on an old cassette when I was a kid. This isn't really just like, emulating classic rock of a certain sort, it's still its own thing, but whatever that thing is, it nails it. I don't even know how to describe it. Thanks RUclips for throwing this at me, huge curveball.
Despite whatever genres and aesthetics people are going to box this in with over and over again; This is actually pretty cool. I can't put my finger on what it is, but I definitely see some direction that's more inspired than just wanting to replay old looks. It's unique, and the music is honest. Great stuff.
The best thing I've discovered in 2024! So glad I was able to see y'all play for the Into the Realm record release party a couple weeks ago. Absolutely amazing show and my pleasure to meet all of you!
Woke up to this being suggested. Listened. Now immortalized in my mind. Epic dogwalk in the crisp frozen enchanting winter dawn ensued. Perfect soundtrack looping through my memory. I got some feeling coming back
this is one of those tracks that while listening, it feels as if the world around you is turning to the music. so that you may be content just long enough to really feel the impact.
According to their Instagram they've been booked for festivals in Germany and Denmark in 2025. Hopefully they'll be adding more dates and will get to Britain and Ireland as well...
@johnsydjimi Riley gave an interview about a month ago for the Monsters Madness and Magic podcast - it's on RUclips - where she says they're recording a second album in January. She wrote all the material on the first album herself. Looking forward to the Summer!
This is so awesome. Very excited for the album! I've seen Castle Rat live and cannot recommend their shows enough. This amazing music video just touches on what they're capable of.
OK. Did anyone notice that if you watch the 4 released videos from this group in order, it is clearly a major cinematic release, followed by direct to VHS sequels of varying film and set quality? This is pretty genius all around.
What an absolute experience this was. Thank you for this track and a wonderful music video. I can tell it took some time and the effort put in made me feel complete. Highlight of my day, definitely.
This showed up in my feed typically I never click on something I don’t know of especially bands , but this song has drawn me in , looking forward to listening to everything you offer now
It sounds new and old at the same time, a rare fusion of musics from the 70ies to now. I'm not often that impressed but it's just pure pleasure to my ears !
I am so glad RUclips recommended this to me because I never would have found it otherwise. This is everything I like distilled into one band and it's EPIC!
i'm in the hospital right now, bald from chemo and waiting on my bone marrow transplant to fully engraft. after days of being stuck in here, this made me feel human again. thank you. EDIT: Hey y'all, I went home on the 13th, and besides a readmittance and some medicine adjustments, I'm damn near out for good!! You're all kind, good people to check on a stranger the way you all have. Thank you, thank you, thank you all. 💗🤘 EDIT 2: I got the catheter in my chest out May 17th because I'm past the point where they'd have to worry about rehospitalizing me. I've got 71 days until I'm off all my meds, but I'm basically healthy again. When August comes, I can rejoin society. EDIT 3: It's August 21st. I have hair and blood again. I'm nearly completely off of my meds, and once I am, I'll get revaccinated, then I'll be able to live as freely as I did before my illness. First thing I'm buying after I get a job is a Castle Rat shirt. I fuckin' lived.
Hope you a full recovery. I lost my little brother from leukemia it was diagnosed at age 8, and he died age 12, in 1974 things have come along way ! This music is so different in a good way! Keep fighting! Greetings from south east Alabama USA ☮️❤️
@@donnieallums4847 hey, greetings from Louisiana! deeply sorry about your little brother. i've been dealing with aplastic anemia for a few months now; i'll think of him on my journey back home.
@@freedemonhugs my brother married a girl from houma . She is a great cook and a very good person. There living in Alabama now, but there children and grandchildren are still in Houma. Hope you all the best!❤️
God I love her voice. It's got so much heart and soul.
Dio is shedding a single proud tear from beyond.
he saw the tiger and he know's her stripes clean.
I fully thought you meant the JoJo character
@@soupsoup8006 What does the character have anything to do with this kind of music
I never listened to any of that stuff and honestly cringe just a little when it's called music BUT that is exactly what I thought when I clicked on the picture. Check out some of the Modest Mouse videos from ten or twenty years ago. Pretty similar in fashion sense if you ask me.
@@lordrathutbecause hes named after the musician...
Dark magic, swords, ancient frozen forest, scythe wielding specters, brutal chorus... this is amazing.
yes
Sorry but nothing about this is brutal
@@eastart5422In _your_ opinion, correct?
Agreed! But “brutal chorus”?
Real friends fight to the death in lingerie in the snow.
And let us enjoy the show 😋
Did we just become best friends?!?!? 😂
...with underboob.
lingerie? how dare you! this is obviously mail armor with the highest stats and resistances!
@@Mr.Marblesit's Frank Frazetta's idea of modesty.
This looks like an obscure 80s doom metal band video that was found in an old warehouse, and someone thought it was so cool they decided to convert it to mp4 and upload it on RUclips. I love the vibes of this type of video and music.
Looks inspired by Candlemass "Bewitched", pretty sweet.
The stone archway looks like something they found in the dumpster behind Brigantine Castle after they closed in 1984.
@@ManDuderGuy That and quite a bit of the beginning of the Conan the Barbarian film from the 80s.
This man said mp4 lmao bro nobody uses .mp4
I'm so glad to have randomly found Castle Rat! No other musical acts have caught my attention like this in about 20 years.
Same
That time Jefferson Airplane played D&D during a bad trip
Lol, true
Good trip *
Nailed it.
This is based on a trew story actully
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
RUclips finally decided to recommend something good
It got recommended to me too. Wonder if the artist payed for advertising. Even if they did, it’s good music. 🤷♀️
Yep exactly.
You might not listen to many good things then, the algorithm makes decisions based on what you watch on YT.
my gf works there and the interns boost things in recommendations for shits and giggles some times :) it's an open secret, but better them making decisions than big brands and co's right?
The Algo doesnt suck lately 🤘🏽
1970s sound, cheesy 80s fantasy video. Great music and vocals. This is a total win.
My total adolescent fantasy💖
that sound is 1992 but i hear ya mostly.
@@jonasdowner You've clearly never heard Jefferson Airplane
@@VallinSFASright? I've been waiting for this since I was 15 lol
@@jonasdowner Nah, go back and listen to some bands from before you were born. This is so late 60s-70s
This has awoken something in that that I've not felt since '86. Brilliant.
That's was awesome
❤ hell yeah
Got some feelin comin back?
This is some quality heritage rock. Castle Rat is a great name.
Totally agree it's a great name. Gives an imagery that fits the music pretty well. Also I like your username as well. Peace.
I was just about to post the same thing, great name
Heavy Candlemass aesthetic here. Thats a good thing. Very, very good.
Right on the money!! I was looking for this comment 🤘🏼
I just commented the same thing!! Lol
This video clip looks like it was directed by the same person who directed the "Bewitched" music video
What a gay comment
@@BillGunslingerlooks NOTHING like bewitched. Welcome to the genre poser
I had no idea what genre of music I was even in for when I clicked on this; I just saw the thumbnail and thought "grainy 4:3 film video and skimpy pulp-fantasy type costumes? Sign me up!" but damn, this is _awesome!_ Love this kind of melancholy grungy sound, and the aesthetic is everything I aspire to be!
Same, was expecting black metal. Check out King Woman if you like this - bit heavier, but pretty sweet ;)
To be fair this is one of the "softer" track they made, that ive listen too so far.@@wulfgold
I'm gonna investigate more - gimme a track?
Dagger Dragger or Feed The Dream@@wulfgold
Check out Blood Ceremony from Canada as well :)
I never get used to the 1% of times the algorithm recommends something legitimately good
It's always fun to find stuff like this before it gets huge.
With almost 100k views in just two weeks, probably it will be pretty big.
yeah i wish shit like this didnt get huge. metal has become the thing normies use to feel cool about themselves
@@IndependentParent
It used to be in the 80s, 90s, and 00s. But now. I wouldn't say so. Metal has faded from the mainstream since the last decade and has become the music of the outsider or the hermit. Exactly what it used to be in the 70s. Sure you have bands such as Suicidal Angels or Firewind but no matter how many arenas these guys pack, they aren't hit makers and you don't have to know anything about them if u don't want to, so..
The lead singer reminds me of Eric Carr's KISS character. Down to the make up. But, the song.
WOW, I haven't heard anything so original in a LONG TIME.
@@On_Dust Yeah, I agree with this. The "rock" genre has really fallen off and songs only gets big if it's in an A24 film or something
This is the kind of thing I desperately wanted to do in the 1990s - good to see it kept up. Carry the torch for us.
yes
Gives me early Smashing Pumpkins vibes sonically.
3:52 for the whole band to come in. Wow. That's very bold to do to modern listening audience. Haven't heard that long a delay for decades. Great dedication to the music era.
I didn’t even realize it was that long I was enjoying it so much.
You haven't explored in decades it seems. but no, it's fkn killer
Love those guitar tones. Brings me back to finding my dad's Sabbath tape as a kid.
Hey! Is there anybody else who listened to this song like 500 times and it didn't wear off? : )))))
I havent played a song over & over for atleast 10yrs until now -her voice with this groove is just.... immaculate
I hear what you’re saying. It’s probably been 15 to 20 times for me, but I’m not done yet. I keep coming back…
I don’t even watch the video anymore. I just close my eyes and immerse myself in the experience. Addictive and affecting.
I played it 1000 times and goin for another 1000 🐐🐐🐐
@@kennethadkins7915 Hell to the yeah brother!
Whatever vibe this is giving, its now my favorite
Doom/Stoner rock with less distortion
@@Lespaulman987And stronger melody.
i feel like calling funeral grunge
but yes it's stoner doom @@Lespaulman987
Doom has plenty of melody.@@robertbloom4424
Came for the thumbnail, stayed for the video. 10/10
The low-budget style, like it was filmed on a VHS camera from 1993 is very good.
Very nostalgic to me.. great video
It's fcking Red Sonja.
The quality is too good for VHS, clearly it’s a Betamax recording.
You mean 1983 😂
@@danielsteiner1781 yes
Castle Rat is going to resurrect Metal. So good. Amazing talent.
As an old bloke brought up on prog rock/metal, this warms me cold heart. Pleases me so much to hear this, I’m an instant fan.
The sword and sandal aesthetic, the giant hair metal hairstyle, and the U N D E R B O O B.
Lord help me I'm buying the album.
*U N D E R B O O B*
Of course the music is fascinating in its own right...
But the
U N D E R B O O B...
It's not the aesthetic of sword and sandal
46 yrs young and somehow just got transported back to grade school/junior high metal phase, I love it.
Getting such a video done in wintery forest in such fantasy oriented skimpy outfits requires superhuman stamina, so HUMONGOUS amounts of respect for Riley & Maddy for freezing their rear ends off! (as a Finn I know something of cold wintery forests... :) )
Luckily she got some feeling coming back
RUclips just recommended this to me, no other streaming service recommends such gems, thank you RUclips.
everyone I know but me only uses Spotify, but I get all my music here, find so many gems
Props to them for standing out side in the snow. Commitment in those costumes.
Also love the song.
Oh my god, when the whole band kicks in is absolutely incredible.
Saw the thumb for Fresh Fur and thought it was some obscure Nordic Death Metal band, but clicked anyway. So glad I did. Ended up watching the other videos and loved them all. My 53 year old man D&D playing nerd ass was brought back to my 80's childhood watching Conan, Beastmaster, Sword and the Sorcerer, and all of those classics. This whole concept is awesome. Keep up the great music.
This is effin' sweet! The algorithm did its thang today.
Indeed! ❤
Well said
Today, too! RUclips is a mess, but every once in a while it does something right.
Riley Pinkerton's vocals and songwriting - simply excellent
I love the psychedelia at the beginning. Reminds me of the velvet underground.
Sounds like a classic on par with all the greats from the 70s. Amazing talent!!!
Love both the music and the visual style. Keep it up!
I must listen to this a thousand times. The vocal is amazing!
I feel like I’m sitting in a basement… in the dark…. in 1976….
Wow!! What a trip. Loved every minute of it. Thank you! 💜
Whoa...the aesthetics on this, musically, are sooooo wonderfully nostalgic. Like something I'd find on an old cassette when I was a kid. This isn't really just like, emulating classic rock of a certain sort, it's still its own thing, but whatever that thing is, it nails it.
I don't even know how to describe it. Thanks RUclips for throwing this at me, huge curveball.
It really is an amazing unexpected masterpiece. Her vocal on this is superb… and unforgettable.
i can't stop listening to this band. literally a new favorite of mine.
I am so happy I found you guys! Your sound scratches a musical itch I didn't even know I had
Didnt know i needed LARPcore in my life
Candlemass
Top kek
@@josecat436 absolutely
Glad you guys are finally getting picked up by the algorithm, you deserve it.
Jesus loves you 🤍💚🧡💜💛🖤🩷🤎🩵💖💙❣️❤️🔥💌💟
Gnome to Flowering Eyeballs to Castle Rat...
This morning sure has been one hell of a trip!
My new favorite band! Amazing!
Her voice and her singing style is really moody and still straight forward - I love it, love the heavy guitars.
I wish I had an airbrushed space wizard van even harder now.
As a nostalgic old LARPer, I love everything about this.
Seeing theatrical elements in music videos and just generally in the band's entire aesthetic is a welcome change.
Despite whatever genres and aesthetics people are going to box this in with over and over again; This is actually pretty cool. I can't put my finger on what it is, but I definitely see some direction that's more inspired than just wanting to replay old looks. It's unique, and the music is honest. Great stuff.
We need more of this in 2024. Yes YES YES YES! Love the vibe and the sound!
2:09 - this "now!" better not awaken anything in me
4:31 - AT YOUR SERVICE MY QUEEN
Sick Sabbath Vibes. Awesome video.
Bardic fingerpicking guitar FOREVER!!!!
I don't know why I need this so much in my life or how youtube knew to guide me here but I'm just glad I found this.
The best thing I've discovered in 2024! So glad I was able to see y'all play for the Into the Realm record release party a couple weeks ago. Absolutely amazing show and my pleasure to meet all of you!
A tour of Castle Rat and Poison Ruin would probably be a legendary event.
Came here off a random video of this band live in st. Vitus. They're awesome live
Woke up to this being suggested. Listened. Now immortalized in my mind. Epic dogwalk in the crisp frozen enchanting winter dawn ensued. Perfect soundtrack looping through my memory. I got some feeling coming back
This is awesome. Thanks for making this
Remember those "Al generated Famous IP in a 80s Dark Fantasy movie style"
This is that but it's real and with real actors and sets god I love this sm.
Obligatory fuck Al btw lol
doom metal, it' s called doom metal.
@@emrysthefirst7778 ik I was gushing over the production value of the video itself that's all lol.
How do you know it's not AI?
some people just say "remember the 80's"
this is one of those tracks that while listening, it feels as if the world around you is turning to the music. so that you may be content just long enough to really feel the impact.
That first "now" in cry for me is pure gold
Agreed!
Yeah it melts me❤
what a masterpiece , i keep listening and watching the video over and over again , even after months.
I agree! I cannot let it go.. So unique… and beautiful.
Wow, what a great song. Kinda Skeletal Family meets Jefferson Airplane with hint of grunge and Sabbath. Love it.
This is the most badass thing I've ever seen in my entire life.
This is dope af. Thank you, algorithm. And just like that, Castle rat is my new favorite band.
I hope they will tour Europe soon, I want to see this band!
According to their Instagram they've been booked for festivals in Germany and Denmark in 2025. Hopefully they'll be adding more dates and will get to Britain and Ireland as well...
@@AcolyteOfAoibheall Thank you for the info, I guess there is a good chance I see them next summer then :)
@johnsydjimi Riley gave an interview about a month ago for the Monsters Madness and Magic podcast - it's on RUclips - where she says they're recording a second album in January. She wrote all the material on the first album herself. Looking forward to the Summer!
This is so awesome. Very excited for the album! I've seen Castle Rat live and cannot recommend their shows enough. This amazing music video just touches on what they're capable of.
OK. Did anyone notice that if you watch the 4 released videos from this group in order, it is clearly a major cinematic release, followed by direct to VHS sequels of varying film and set quality? This is pretty genius all around.
This looks like it was a lot of fun to shoot! Glad to have stumbled upon it!
I am constantly thinking: "if frank frazetta had a band.."
thanks for your music and sharing your art with us :)
A VHS camera used makes it spookier! It makes you feel you're doomed, you can't kill death
What an absolute experience this was. Thank you for this track and a wonderful music video. I can tell it took some time and the effort put in made me feel complete. Highlight of my day, definitely.
This should have been the music playing in the arcades back in 1982.
Just stumbled over this, and so glad I did. Love the vintage sound, songwriting and video.
No idea what everyone is talking about "aesthetic" and "cheesy" and "70s and 80s". This is just Tuesdays in my back yard.
this is just life ngl
Hell yeah
Pure Enjoyment. Sounds old, but new. Familiar, but obscure. Looking forward to hearing & seeing more of Them
I didn't know what I was clicking into but I definitely LOVED IT!!! ❤
This has an eerie 90's nostalgia element to it imo and I am loving everything about it. Subscribed and liked before the song even ended.
This makes me think of the 1970's and panel vans airbrushed with scenes of wizards and half naked warrior chicks❤
Love me some half nekked warrior chicks
This showed up in my feed typically I never click on something I don’t know of especially bands , but this song has drawn me in , looking forward to listening to everything you offer now
It sounds new and old at the same time, a rare fusion of musics from the 70ies to now. I'm not often that impressed but it's just pure pleasure to my ears !
Holy shit. I’ve been waiting my whole life for this and I didn’t even know it
Just stumbled across this video. Fantastic music and visuals. Looking forward to more.
Forgotten magic reached out for us!
Just saw them tonight live in Eugene at John Henrys! Man, great show. Love the sound, the theatrics, the energy, and...my God, her voice!!
That song was incredible live.
this song is gorgeous
Keep on protecting the Realm! Long live Castle Rat!
this is the best band to discover immediately after smoking a bowl.
Listening to this song puts shivers up and down me, and that's without watching the winter video
Wow, this is amazing!
The fight choreography is the best I've ever seen.
I looked the definition of badass in the dictionary it told me to watch this
Oh hell yeah!!! This is one of the awesomest things I’ve ever seen!! Love their sound, the video is incredible and holy shit the vocalist is amazing!!
It's like the perfect mix between Dio and Doro. Hell yeah!
As a fan of creepy shit; does not disappoint.
So hot the snow started melting 🙀🙀🙀
The RUclipss are doing the thing again, introducing me to stuff I didn't know I needed.
I am so glad RUclips recommended this to me because I never would have found it otherwise. This is everything I like distilled into one band and it's EPIC!
This is super like, robert plants fantasy scene in the song remains the same but darker and I'm living for it 🙏
+1 What a breath of fresh air, thanks for the good work, the pure inspiration and the honesty behind it all. Very uplifting!
i'm in the hospital right now, bald from chemo and waiting on my bone marrow transplant to fully engraft. after days of being stuck in here, this made me feel human again. thank you.
EDIT: Hey y'all, I went home on the 13th, and besides a readmittance and some medicine adjustments, I'm damn near out for good!! You're all kind, good people to check on a stranger the way you all have. Thank you, thank you, thank you all. 💗🤘
EDIT 2: I got the catheter in my chest out May 17th because I'm past the point where they'd have to worry about rehospitalizing me. I've got 71 days until I'm off all my meds, but I'm basically healthy again. When August comes, I can rejoin society.
EDIT 3: It's August 21st. I have hair and blood again. I'm nearly completely off of my meds, and once I am, I'll get revaccinated, then I'll be able to live as freely as I did before my illness. First thing I'm buying after I get a job is a Castle Rat shirt. I fuckin' lived.
Hey! Hang in there! We are routing for you! Thanks for sharing ❤❤❤🤘🤘🤘
@@kingvolumerecords hey, thank y'all, and again, thank you for the cheer-up. I'm glad I found y'all. ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥🤘🤘🤘
Hope you a full recovery. I lost my little brother from leukemia it was diagnosed at age 8, and he died age 12, in 1974 things have come along way ! This music is so different in a good way! Keep fighting! Greetings from south east Alabama USA ☮️❤️
@@donnieallums4847 hey, greetings from Louisiana! deeply sorry about your little brother. i've been dealing with aplastic anemia for a few months now; i'll think of him on my journey back home.
@@freedemonhugs my brother married a girl from houma . She is a great cook and a very good person. There living in Alabama now, but there children and grandchildren are still in Houma. Hope you all the best!❤️