October 24th, 2019 - The Crowning Of The [Ageless] Fire King

God kväll and happy Thursday evil-doers!  The Meista here tonight getting heavy, doomy, and a little evil with a pairing of Sorcerer's sophomore kickass album "The Crowning Of The Fire King" and a delicious and crushable Ageless Fire from TRVE Brewing Company!  This pairing goes out to my friends Sonia and Jason!  Thanks for the beer buddies!!  Cheers!

Album Info:

• Artist: Sorcerer
• Title: "The Crowning Of The Fire King"
• Recorded: 2017 at Stone Tower Studios, Studio Strypronk, Green Hall Studios, and SolnaSoundRecording in Sweden
• Release date: October 20th, 2017 (2nd full length studio album by Sorcerer)
• Record company: Metal Blade Records
• Production: Sorcerer and Conny Welén
• Album cover art: Colin Marks
• Personnel: Anders Endberg (vocals), Johnny Hagel (bass), Peter Hallgren, and Kristian Niemann (guitars)
• Additional musicians: Lars Sköld (drums) and Conny Welén (keyboards and backing vocals)
• Musical style: Heavy metal, epic doom metal, power metal
• Sound: In the tradition of Candlemass, Sorcerer's sound combines the heavier, slower tempo, low-tuned elements of doom with the loftier and more epic characteristics of power metal.  It reminds me a bit of the Tony Martin era of Black Sabbath in the late '80s.  The riffs are big, the solos shred, the drums and bass are a rhythmic juggernaut, and the vocals soar!
• Major themes/lyrical content: Fantasy, mythology, good vs. evil, the sea, the occult, religion, death, power and might, suffering, despair, doom, etc.
• Tracks:   

1. "Sirens"
2. "Ship Of Doom"
3. "Abandoned By The Gods"
4. "The Devil's Incubus"
5. "Nattvaka"
6. "Crimson Cross"
7. "The Crowning Of The Fire King"
8. "Unbearable Sorrow"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: TRVE Brewing Company (Denver, Colorado)
• Website: https://www.trvebrewing.com/ 
• Brew: Ageless Fire
• Style: New England India Pale Ale (NEIPA)
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 5.7%
• Pour: The Ageless Fire pours a cloudy, pale straw-yellow with a 1-finger, airy and frothy bright white head with good retention and sticky, soapy lacing.
• Nose: The nose is citrusy, fruity, grassy, floral, and crackery.  There are aromas of grapefruit juice, orange juice, ripe peach, tangerine, mango, fresh pineapple, summer grass, wild flowers, light grain, and a hint of caramel.
• Taste: The taste of the Ageless Fire is bright, citrusy, tropical, with ever so slight hints of .  There are notes of stone fruit (peach and apricot), pink grapefruit juice, mango, orange juice, pineapple, crackery grains, grassy hops, very light caramel, and a slight hint of white wine in the backend.
• Mouthfeel: Medium in body and moderately carbonated, the mouthfeel of the Ageless Fire is very crisp, slightly sharp, yet smooth with a rather dry, slightly bitter finish.

Overall pairing: Those crisp, grassy, citrusy and tropical fruity flavors make this a very complex, yet crushable beer... and speaking of crushing... how about those doomy and haunting tracks on Sorcerer's "The Crowning Of The Fire King?  EPIC! 

Skål and HAILS!!