US stoner metallers HolyRoller released new full-length album »Rat King«; out now on Ripple Music!
Winston-Salem, North Carolina based stoner metal band HolyRoller stream their sophomore full-length album, »Rat King«, which was just 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 premium stoner metal merchants HolyRoller release their third studio album »Rat King« on LP, CD and digital through Ripple Music on June 6th. A fierce and hook-driven slab of heavy for fans of Red Fang, ASG, Corrosion Of Conformity!
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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.
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.
New album »Rat King« available now 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, The 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 returned to a writing phase in late 2023 and early 2024 and went back into the studio with Jamie King. Before the recording, they parted ways with guitarist Jim Mayberry mutually. They are now getting ready to release their third album »Rat King« on Ripple Music on June 6th, 2025.
HolyRoller is:
Adam Cody – Guitar, Vocals
Steve Poe – Guitar
Jason Kincaid – Bass, Backing Vocals
Jay Ovittore – Drums
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