Castle Rat have had one of metal’s biggest breakout years, and they’re capping it off with a brand new video for Dragon…

Words by Felix Bartlett | 12 Aug, 2026

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Castle Rat have shared a new video for Dragon, a highlight from their breakthrough second album The Bestiary.

It caps off a huge year for the New York band, who played to 75,000 people this spring across headline shows, major festivals and a support run with Amon Amarth and Dethklok, closing with a sold-out 1,400-cap headline show in Anaheim, CA. They followed that up by tearing through Bloodstock in the UK last weekend, with Louder writing that the band “proved why they’re being touted as heavy metal’s next big thing.”

As ever with Castle Rat, it all ties back into “The Realm,” the band’s ongoing fantasy mythology, which they’re on a mission to expand and defend, with a little help from fans along the way.

Check it out below: