Castle Rat's Viral Live Set: Rat Queen's Doom Metal

0:00On April 7th, Castlerad exploded from the underground heavy metal scene last year, and now their full live set from the KEXP studio is up on YouTube, showing exactly why they're blowing up. This New York 5P springs old school doom metal with fuzzy riffs and a wild dungeons and dragons vibe centered around rats, all led by Riley. Pinkerton, the rat queen herself, who's quickly becoming one of the best front women in modern metal. Pinkerton's went nuts over their signature on-stage battle near the end of the 20-minute performance where Riley and Rebecca Corrigan as the rat. Reaper is thrown down in a spectacle that already went viral on metal social media earlier this year. Pinkerton told Metal Hammer, last November, how the rat queen character started as a last minute Halloween gimmick with cardboard costumes that stuck so. Hard they built a whole lore around it, turning a simple band name into this epic fantasy mythos. If you're hooked, grab their special bundle with a limited edition rat plushie, pictured

1:00disc of the Bestie Area album, and an exclusive cover, all of them it's the perfect way to dive deeper into their rat infested world. From the world of music powered by AI, this is Music News Today. I'm Corey with The Story.