US/Canadian heavy/doom metal band Castle premiere new album »Carrie Chains« in full ahead of its release this Friday via Hammerheart Records!

US/Canadian heavy/doom metal band Castle premiere their seventh studio album »Carrie Chains« in full ahead of its release this Friday, September 4th, 2026 via Hammerheart Records.

Tracklist:
01. Fooled Again
02. 3 Knocks
03. Carry Chains
04. Evil Nun
05. Truckgrinder
06. Orb Weaver
07. Goat Vision
08. Burn The Messenger

Courtesy of Hammerheart Records:

From an overgrown fortress, high above the cliffs of black, the spellcasters of doom are back with »Carrie Chains«, their seventh album and second for Hammerheart Records.

Raw, epic riff heavy/doom abounds on Castle’s catchy-as-hell »Carrie Chains«.

Castle conjures an epic and hard hitting album of eight taut spellbinders. A journey through a maze of evil doers, spears of burning gold and fire and crosses nailed to walls. Where only a murky lamp lights the path, and from the grave to your door – these hooks won’t leave you alone.

»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 converged on RainCity Recorders in Vancouver B.C. this past March with producer Jesse Gander to record the albums epic anthems.

Written last year alongside the band’s all-covers E.P. »Double Vision«, and after more than a year of touring behind their last album »Evil Remains« – inspiration for »Carrie Chains« came fast and furious. 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.

Since storming out of San Francisco with their 2011 debut »In Witch Order«, Castle has toured relentlessly, playing over 800 shows on three continents. The live ritual resumes this fall with tours of the US and Japan; and Europe to follow next spring.

Preorders are available for limited edition and band exclusive vinyl, plus a special two-cd longbox edition that includes Castle’s all-covers album »Double Vision« – released last year as a vinyl only on the band’s own Black Wren Records imprint – in addition to regular digipack and digital versions.

Pre-order »Carrie Chains« here:
Hammerheart Records | direct from Castle

Castle US Tour:
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

Castle Japan Tour:
12/5-6 Tokyo (JP) – Tokyo Doom Fest
12/7 Tokyo (JP) – Moonstep
12/8 Kyoto (JP) – Socrates
12/9 Kobe (JP) – Makeshift
12/10 Osaka (JP) – Hokage
12/11 Yokohama (JP) – El Puente
12/12 Tokyo (JP) – Wall
12/13 Nagoya (JP) – Huck Finn

Castle 2027:
03/13 Písek (CZ) – Heavy Metal Thunder Fest

Advance tickets available at https://heavycastle.com

Castle is:
Liz Blackwell – Bass, Vocals
Mat Davis – Guitar, Vocals

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well