As they apparently intend to release their next full-length later in the year, largely-nomadic capital-‘h’ Heavy metallers Castle have launched preorders for a self-released collection of covers from artists like Judas Priest, Mountain, Cheap Trick, and well, you can see the rest and it — plus a heaping dose of darkness — reads like an ingredients list for Castle‘s sound. It’s been dubbed Double Vision, and they have a video up now for their take on Danzig‘s “Am I Demon,” and the whole EP is streaming as well at the bottom of the post. You already know this. I don’t know why I feel the need to say it all the time. Maybe someone doesn’t?

In addition to the covers release and the new album to come via Hammerheart Records, the band also have Canadian tour dates — has there ever been a better time to tour Canada than now? take me with you and leave me somewhere cheap along the way — coming up this April, and they’re planning a US tour that I assume will coincide with the LP coming out, which they note will be in September.

Busy busy busy, but that’s not new for Castle. They sent the following from their PR wire to my own:

CASTLE ANNOUNCE CANADA TOUR, PREMIERE VIDEO FOR ‘AM I DEMON’ (DANZIG COVER)

Heavy metal doom trio CASTLE (Hammerheart Records) have announced a headlining Canada Tour including a stop at Speed Trap II Fest in Montreal, Quebec.

The 13 date run kicks off April 3 in Toronto and wraps up on April 18 in Edmonton, Alberta. A full list of dates can be seen below.

CASTLE ‘Double Vision’ Canada Tour
APRIL 3 – TORONTO ON – THE CAVE
APRIL 4 – KITCHENER ON – UNION
APRIL 5 – WINDSOR ON – METEOR
APRIL 8 – HAMILTON ON – DOORS PUB
APRIL 9 – QUEBEC CITY QC – L’ANTI
APRIL 10 – MONTREAL QC – SPEED TRAP II @ PIRANHA
APRIL 11 – OTTAWA ON – DOMINION
APRIL 12 – KINGSTON ON – DAFT BREWING
APRIL 14 – VICTORIA BC – THE PHOENIX
APRIL 15 – VANCOUVER BC – COBALT
APRIL 16 – CHILLIWACK BC – CHILL HOUSE
APRIL 17 – CALGARY AB – THE PALAMINO
APRIL 18 – EDMONTON AB – STARLITE

To coincide with the tour CASTLE have released an all covers album ‘Double Vision’ on their own label, Black Wren Records. The album features the band’s doomed-out takes on Judas Priest (Love Bites), Foreigner (Double Vision) and Mountain (Blood Of The Sun) among others; including Danzig’s ‘Am I Demon’ which the band has just premiered a video for using studio footage of the recording session.

Preorders for the limited edition vinyl can be ordered from the band here https://castlesf.bandcamp.com

Double Vision E.P. Track List:

Side one
Love Bites (Judas Priest)
Black Cats (Oxymoron)
Double Vision (Foreigner)
Heaven Tonight (Cheap Trick)

Side two
Am I Demon (Danzig)
I Stole Your Love (Kiss)
Blood Of The Sun (Leslie West)
Second Coming (Alice Cooper)

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In addition, CASTLE has also recently announced their new as-of-yet untitled studio album will be released worldwide via Hammerheart Records in September. CASTLE was recently announced as part of the Blades Of Steel Fest in Madison, WI along with Metal Church, Savatage and others on Sept 18th and 19th. A full US tour will be announced in the coming months.

Castle, “Am I Demon” (Danzig cover) official video

Castle, Double Vision (2026)

A follow-up for 2024’s Evil Remains (review here) is an enticing prospect from nomadic heavy metallers Castle, but we’re not there yet. In the meantime, the band have put out the covers EP Double Vision, which finds them taking on songs from KISS, Danzig, Judas Priest, Foreigner for the title-track, and others. It’s a suitably ‘done their homework’ selection that’s apparently been in the works for some time, and they have a video up now for “Double Vision” that, well, it’s Castle kicking ass in the studio run through some effects, so you get the idea. This should tide them over until they hit the studio for their next album-proper, and “Double Vision” sounds rad. Can’t ask for anything more than that.

From the PR wire:

CASTLE Release The All-Covers E.P. ‘Double Vision’; Confirm Recording Dates For New Studio Album.

Doom-tinged heavy metallers CASTLE have released a new covers album featuring the songs of Judas Priest, Danzig, Kiss, Oxymoron, Cheap Trick, Foreigner, Leslie West and Alice Cooper. The vinyl only release comes courtesy of the band’s own label, Black Wren Records and is available for preorder now.

PREORDER VINYL: https://castlesf.bandcamp.com

CASTLE have also announced they’ll be entering the studio early in 2026 to record the follow up to their most recent album ‘Evil Remains’. The as-yet untitled album is slated for worldwide release on Hammerheart Records later in the new year. The band states;

“We’ve had a list of 20 or so songs dating back to the beginning of band in 2009 that we always talked about reworking in some way… well here’s 8 of them! Hopefully we brought something new or brought something out in the songs that sounds new to your ears. We had a blast working these up as we get ready to record the new Castle record in a couple months. In the meantime enjoy our take on these 8 awesome tracks.”

Double Vision E.P. Track List:

Side one
Love Bites (Judas Priest)
Black Cats (Oxymoron)
Double Vision (Foreigner)
Heaven Tonight (Cheap Trick)

Side two
Am I Demon (Danzig)
I Stole Your Love ( Kiss)
Blood Of The Sun ( Leslie West)
Second Coming (Alice Cooper)

CASTLE is:
Liz Blackwell – bass, vocals
Mat Davis – guitar, vocals
Mike Cotton – drums

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Castle, “Double Vision” official video

Castle, Evil Remains (2024)