US/Canadian heavy doom outfit Castle have just announced their new studio album “Carrie Chains”, which will be released on September 4th, 2026, via Hammerheart Records.
In celebration, the lead single of the album “Carry Chains” is now streaming on all digital platforms.
Watch the official music video for “Carry Chains” below.
“Carrie Chains” shows Castle at new heights of constructing their trademark serpentine riffs into powerful anthemic hooks while the whiskey throated vocals of powerhouse singer Liz Blackwell fill every spooky nook and cranny to intoxicating effect. Taking influence from the 70’s/80’s riff-heavy maestros like Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Mercyful Fate and keeping a stripped down attack sound, Castle channel that classic heavy-metal DNA into something leaner, meaner, and unmistakably their own.
Pre-order “Carrie Chains” here.
Tracklist:
1. Fooled Again
2. 3 Knocks
3. Carry Chains
4. Evil Nun
5. Truckgrinder
6. Orb Weaver
7. Goat Vision
8. Burn the Messenger
Written last year, alongside the band’s covers EP “Double Vision”, “Carrie Chains” shows Castle at new heights of constructing their trademark serpentine riffs into powerful anthemic hooks while the whiskey throated vocals of powerhouse singer Liz Blackwell fill every spooky nook and cranny to intoxicating effect.
Following more then a year of touring behind the bands previous album “Evil Remains”, the band found themselves tackling a long talked about project to unwind… an all-covers EP. While arranging and demoing the EP’s wide-ranging material, guitarist Mat Davis found inspiration for “Carrie Chains” coming fast and furious;
“It was like exercising a muscle, having new perspectives…. reaching back into the past and re-imagining the future – we tapped back into the early days of Castle’s sound and inspiration and came out with a record sounding somewhere between ‘In Witch Order’ and ‘Blacklands’”.
Following the energy of the new songs through the recording process, Castle recorded live in the studio for the first time, with the band’s recording drummer Mike Cotton laying down a thunderous precision that harkens back to 80’s era Black Sabbath.
Davis continues:
“We kept the sound and feel live and raw all the way through the mastering process, the energy was key to songs and telling the story of the album”.
Singer/bassist Liz Blackwell adds:
“We spent so many years on the road in the early days of Castle, we’d riff on song ideas through night drives and backstage hangs… a lot of the song ideas like ‘Truckgrinder’, ‘Carry Chains’ and ‘Goat Vision’ all originated back then and have the classic theme of the underdog rising up against all odds, including the albums main character, ‘Carrie Chains’ – it’s a great inspiration in these times”.
Castle have simultaneously announced a new US run, scheduled for September 2026. A full list of confirmed dates can be found below.
US Tour Dates 2026:
9/3 Detroit, MI – Smalls
9/4 Cleveland, OH – Maple Grove Tavern
9/5 Montague, MA – RPM Fest
9/6 Brooklyn, NY – Woodshop
9/7 York, PA – Collusion Tap Works
9/9 Washington D.C. – Pie Shop
9/10 Pittsburgh, PA – Poetry Lounge
9/11 Indianapolis IN – Black Circle
9/12 Nashville, TN – Cobra Lounge
9/14 Dallas, TX – Dusty’s
9/15 Austin, TX – Valhalla
9/16 Tulsa, OK – Whittier Bar
9/17 Des Moines, IA – Locals Bar
9/18 Chicago, IL – Reggies
9/19 Madison, WI – Blades Of Steel Fest
10/23 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
10/24 Portland, OR – High Water Mark
10/25 San Francisco, CA – Bottom Of The Hill
10/26 Palmdale, CA – Transplants Brewery
10/27 Las Vegas, NV – The Griffin
10/28 Phoenix, AZ – Last Exit
10/29 Los Angeles, CA – Knucklehead
10/30 San Diego, CA – Tower Bar
Advance tickets available here.
Line-up:
Liz Blackwell – Bass, vocals
Mat Davis – Guitar, vocals
Mike Cotton – Drums
Weblinks:
www.heavycastle.com
www.facebook.com/CastleSF
