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artist: HolyRoller
title: Rat King
year: 2025
genre: Metal
type: Album
label: Ripple Music
language: EN
rel. date: 2025-06-06
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Joint Stereo
runtime: 00:35:56
size: 82.4 MiB / 8 tracks
rip date: 2026-06-26
source url: https://open.qobuz.com/album/ppbsr0rcdvgwb
tracklist:
01. Crunch Riff Supreme 3:28
02. Titan 3:56
03. Forbidden Things 5:13
04. Rat King 5:06
05. Buried Alone 4:17
06. Heave Ho 4:39
07. Radiating Sacred Light 4:02
08. Drift Into the Sun 5:17
release notes:
With a history of intense, powerful stage performance, HolyRoller's brand
of psychedelic smoke'n'roll keeps heads banging & riffs blazing, and
their brand new album on Ripple Music is no exception. "Rat King is our
heaviest, most straightforward album to date. Our goal was to create
catchy Stoner rock with brutal doom laden riffs throughout. We wanted
simple songs with undeniable groove at every turn. Vocals you can sing
along to & rhythm that keeps you head banging. Lyrically, our themes
revolve around navigating mental health as Adam Cody's sings about
suicidal thoughts and finding peace in being an atheist, substance abuse,
political ideologies, aging in the music industry and more," the band
comments.
About the album title, they add: "A Rat King refers to when a group of
Rats has lived in such proximity that their tails and fur fuse together
over time, forming a mass that has to work together as one. Our message
is: work together to accomplish what needs to be done, lift your fellow
rats and be a king in your community, however small it may be. Don't
underestimate the little guy. Take a bite out of crime, and most
importantly, smoke em if ya got em."
With a sound that ignites like a fuse, the powerhouse foursome delivers a
feral feast of catchy stoner rock and doom metal with gripping melodies
and grooves that lock into your spine. Every track on "Rat King" is a
sledgehammer to the senses filled with lyrical depth, as frontman Adam
Cody howls about suicidal ideation, atheism as solace, substance abuse or
surviving the music industry's grind. It's raw, confrontational, and
oddly cathartic - an album for those who find beauty in the ugly. Fans of
ASG, The Sword, Red Fang, Corrosion of Conformity will love this!