August 23rd, 2019 - To Mega Jewel Throne

Gueten Oobe!  The Meista here getting heavy and aggressive with Celtic Frost classic "To Mega Therion" and a Jewel Throne from TRVE Brewing Company!

Album Info:

• Artist: Celtic Frost
• Title: "To Mega Therion"
• Recorded: September 14th through the 28th, 1985 at Casablanca Studio in Berlin, Germany
• Release date: October 27th, 1985 (2nd full-length studio album by Celtic Frost)
• Record company: Noise Records
• Production: Horst Müller, Tom G. Warrior, and Karl Walterbach
• Album cover art: H. R. Giger
• Personnel: Reed St. Mark (drums, percussion, and effects), Dominic Steiner (bass and bass effects), and Tom G. Warrior (guitars, vocals, and effects)
• Additional musicians: Martin Ain (bass on tracks 2 and 3), Wolf Bender (French horn on tracks 1, 4, and 10), Claudia-Maria Mokri (additional vocals on tracks 2, 6, and 10), and Horst Müller, Urs Sprenger (sound effects on track 9)
• Musical style: Extreme metal (early black metal and early death metal) and thrash metal with elements of doom metal and gothic metal
• Sound: Heavily influential in both the black metal and death metal circles, "To Mega Therion" is one of those pivotal, landmark albums that grabs a hold of you and never lets go!  It is fast-paced, aggressive, dark, and completely original!  This is one of those albums that demands your utmost attention from the opening chord to final symbol crash!
• Major themes: Darkness, the occult, evil, death, horror, aggression, power, violence, etc.
• Tracks:   

1. "Innocence And Wrath"
2. "The Usurper"
3. "Jewel Throne"
4. "Dawn Of Megiddo"
5. "Eternal Summer"
6. "Circle Of The Tyrants"
7. "(Beyond The) North Winds"
8. "Fainted Eyes"
9. "Tears In A Prophet's Dream"
10. "Necromantical Screams"
11. "Return To The Eve" (1985 Studio Jam)

    Brew Info:

• Brewery: TRVE Brewing Company (Denver, Colorado)
• Website: https://www.trvebrewing.com/
• Brew: Jewel Throne Mixed Culture Golden Ale on Colorado Apricots
• Style: Wild American Ale / Farmhouse Ale / Saison
• Serving: 12 ounce bottle
• ABV: 5.5%
• Pour: The Jewel Throne pours a very hazy, bright yellow hue with a bright white, foamy, 1-finger head that dissipates quickly to a thin ring and leaves virtually no lacing
• Nose: The nose is earthy, fruity, and funky. There are aromas of juniper, light lemon, straw, dried and fresh apricot, wet leather, and barnyard funk.
• Taste: With loads of tart fruit flavors, the taste of the Jewel Throne is tart, fruity, slightly grainy, and funky.  There are notes of dried apricot, lemon zest, lemon juice, juniper berries, Belgian yeast, and barnyard funk.
• Mouthfeel: Medium in body and moderately carbonated, the mouthfeel is very crisp, biting, and funky with a very dry finish.

Overall pairing: The dank, funky, hop-forward and bitterly aggressive flavors of Jewel Throne are the perfect brew for the groundbreaking brutality of Celtic Frost's earth-shattering album "To Mega Therion"!  Both are big, bold, angry, and impactful!

    

Proscht!!  HAILS!!