North Carolina stoner metallers HolyRoller to release new album »Rat King« on Ripple Music this June; first single »Crunch Riff Supreme« available now!
Winston-Salem, North Carolina based stoner metal outfit HolyRoller premiere a music video for the first single »Crunch Riff Supreme« taken from their sophomore full-length album, »Rat King«, which will be released on June 6th, 2025 via Ripple Music.
Tracklist:
01. Crunch Riff Supreme
02. Titan
03. Forbidden Things
04. Rat King Side
05. Buried Alone
06. Heave Ho
07. Radiating Sacred Light
08. Drift Into The Sun
Courtesy of Purple Sage PR:
North Carolina’s heavy rock and stoner metal mongers HolyRoller present the first track and video taken from forthcoming third studio album »Rat King«, to be released on June 6th through Ripple Music.
⚡️ Watch new video »Crunch Riff Supreme« via The Obelisk ⚡️
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 track »Crunch Riff Supreme« 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.”
About the main album theme, 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 up 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.”
New album »Rat King« out June 6th on Ripple Music (LP/CD/digital)
HolyRoller formed in 2019 when Adam Cody (Glass Casket, Wretched) and drummer Jay Ovittore (The Pretty Ugly, The 5 L’s) began to jam heavy stoner rock in the vein of Red Fang, Elder & Mastodon. In a unique bubble of time created by the pandemic; HolyRoller was given a one-off chance needed to make countless songs fusing rock, doom, hardcore and punk rock.
Brewing in the smoke filled basements & dive bars of the North Carolina punk & metal scene: HolyRoller recruited local guitar virtuoso Jim Mayberry with low-end mainstay Jason Kincaid. Together, the four piece immediately began writing and entered the studio with Jamie King (Between The Buried & Me, The Contortionist) producing the debut effort.
HolyRoller released their debut self-titled EP in September 2020, gathering attention from Atlanta, Georgia-based independent metal label Black Doomba Records, which released their debut full-length »Swimming Witches« in May 2022. HolyRoller have honed their live show with countless regional gigs in North and South Carolina and Georgia, where they supported Crowbar, Spirit Adrift, Atomic Bitchwax and Nebula. In 2023, HolyRoller welcomed a third guitar player, Steve Poe. Steve adds to the driving and crushing sonic wall of sound, making live shows something to behold. Holyroller was featured on the Weedian compilation »Trip to NC«.
HolyRoller is:
Adam Cody – Guitar, Vocals
Steve Poe – Guitar
Jason Kincaid – Bass, Backing Vocals
Jay Ovittore – Drums
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