{"product_id":"netherwilds-peasant-rising-mc-pre-order","title":"Netherwilds - Peasant Rising MC [PRE-ORDER]","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a preorder item with an estimated shipping date of 9th October 2026.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\"\u003eTORONTO — Viral TikTok peasant Netherwilds transforms his political class-struggle metaphor into Peasant Rising, a bombastic, narrative-driven medieval metal album through King Volume Records on October 9, 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\"\u003eIn late 2024, Tokyo Police Club’s David Monks unexpectedly carved out a strange corner of the internet through immersive videos featuring his dirt-covered peasant character, “Worm Chewer.” Filmed among the stone ruins of the Irish countryside and featuring Monks’ convincing, grotesque fake teeth, the videos felt less like sketches and more like reflective transmissions from a long-forgotten century.\u003cbr\u003e\nAs the audience grew across TikTok and Instagram, so did the mythology surrounding the character. Beneath the absurdist humour and medieval roleplay was something unexpectedly relatable: a depiction of feudal survival, class division, hunger, labour and desperation that mirrored modern anxieties closely enough to strike a nerve with viewers.\u003cbr\u003e\nInspired by the possibility of speaking to people through the fantasy and nerd culture he had loved since childhood, Monks began building a musical world around the character. The first single, “Return the Goat,” introduced a furious peasant narrator with nothing left to lose—blending everything from blast beats and hardcore breakdowns to bouzoukis, medieval instrumentation and epic storytelling. Though a relative newcomer to metal, Monks approaches it with the intensity of a lifelong outsider finally finding the right language in the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\"\u003eNow the world of “Return the Goat” has been fully realized in Peasant Rising—a narrative medieval metal album that transforms feudal revolt into a metaphor for the modern class divide. Across its expanding cast of peasants, kings, executioners and mystics, the album explores collective struggle, survival and the possibility of ordinary people reclaiming power together—with a dash of humor in tracks like “Helm Yeah\" and “Siege Proof Hovel.” Let the uprising begin!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\"\u003e1.\u003cbr\u003e\nPeasant Rising view\u003cbr\u003e\n2.\u003cbr\u003e\nPeasant Pit view\u003cbr\u003e\n3.\u003cbr\u003e\nHelm Yeah view\u003cbr\u003e\n4.\u003cbr\u003e\nScroll I: The Fair view\u003cbr\u003e\n5.\u003cbr\u003e\nBallad of Sir Gregory view\u003cbr\u003e\n6.\u003cbr\u003e\nHeretic view\u003cbr\u003e\n7.\u003cbr\u003e\nScroll VII: The Storm view\u003cbr\u003e\n8.\u003cbr\u003e\nBlight! view\u003cbr\u003e\n9.\u003cbr\u003e\nFarmer's Armoury view\u003cbr\u003e\n10.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Fall view\u003cbr\u003e\n11.\u003cbr\u003e\nScroll V: The Rescue view\u003cbr\u003e\n12.\u003cbr\u003e\nDungeon Song view\u003cbr\u003e\n13.\u003cbr\u003e\nScroll IV: The Dungeon view\u003cbr\u003e\n14.\u003cbr\u003e\nSiege Proof Hovel view\u003cbr\u003e\n15. Scroll III: The Chase view\u003cbr\u003e\n16.Cry in the Hay\u003cbr\u003e\n17. Scroll II: The Mud Mages\u003cbr\u003e\n18. Scroll VIII: The Rising\u003cbr\u003e\n19.Wickermech\u003cbr\u003e\n20. Scroll XI: The Walls\u003cbr\u003e\n21.Return The Goat\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Netherwilds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50021078794517,"sku":"KVR-022-CS","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/9900\/0853\/files\/NW-Cassette_mockup.jpg?v=1783590020","url":"https:\/\/tornfromthegrave.us\/products\/netherwilds-peasant-rising-mc-pre-order","provider":"Torn from the Grave US","version":"1.0","type":"link"}