Heavy Metal heavyweights Castle Rat have just released their third single, Serpent, taken from their upcoming second album, The Bestiary, available September 19th via King Volume Records (US) and Blues Funeral Recordings (UK/Europe).

You can listen to Serpent here:

Or from the streaming service of your choice from this link.

Guitarist and vocalist Riley Pinkerton (The Rat Queen) states:

“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.”

PRESS SOURCE: Purple Sage PR.