Rat King - Psychotic Reality (Clear Splatter Edition) (LP)

Depending on who you ask, the term rat king has a few different meanings: One describes a group of literal rats, who meet their death after getting their tails knotted together on a sticky piece of trash, their bodies doomed to rot together in the trash for all eternity like a crown of rodent corpses. The others are metaphorical, used to describe a person who gains success by using others: Martin Luther once used this term to describe the Pope, calling him the king of rats right at the top. Either way, it's a fitting concept for our current world where trash, greed, corruption, and toxicity are abundant, and where we're all doomed to die together, no matter how we feel about our surroundings or each other. These are also all things Seattle death-grind trio RAT KING sing about on their 3rd LP, Psychotic Reality.