Band: Castle Rat
Song: “SERPENT”
Album: The Bestiary
Release Date: September 19th, 2025
Label: King Volume Records/Blues Funeral Recordings
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Guitarist/vocalist Riley Pinkerton (The Rat Queen) offered of the new track:
“With ‘SERPENT’, we wanted to explore the iconography of the snake—not just as a symbol of danger or deceit, but as a tragic figure, misunderstood and cast out. There’s a tantalizing quality to the song; it’s seductive and sympathetic all at once. The drums are bombastic, the tempo pushes toward this near-march that’s as danceable as it is headbang-worthy. We leaned into synth textures more prominently this time, adding a layer of eerie elegance to the chaos. It’s slithering, it’s sharp—it’s the serpent’s side of the story.”