August 21st, 2021 - Taking The Zone 3 Track From Fear To Eternity

 

Hello and hails hop-heads and headbangers!  Your pal the Meista here today celebrating my 50th birthday with a pairing of Iron Maiden's killer "Fear To Eternity  - The Best Of 1990-2010" with a Zone 3 IPA from the fine folks at Ogden River Brewing Company!  Hell yeah!

Album Info: 

• Artist: Iron Maiden
• Title: "Fear To Eternity - The Best Of 1990-2010"
• Recorded: 1990 to 2010; Disc 1 track 6 recorded live on September 23rd, 1999 at Fila Forum in Milan, Italy during the Ed Hunter Tour.  Disc 1 tracks 10, 12 and disc 2 track 5 recorded live on January 19th, 2001 at Rock in Rio in Brazil.
  Release date: June 6th, 2011 (11th compilation album by Iron Maiden)
• Record company: EMI 
• Production: Iron Maiden 
• Album cover art: Melvyn Grant 
• Personnel: Bruce Dickinson (vocals), Janick Gers (guitars), Steve Harris (bass and keyboards), Nicko McBrain (drums), Dave Murray (guitars), and Adrian Smith (guitars) 
• Musical style: Heavy metal, power metal, progressive metal 
• Sound: Well, it is Iron Maiden... so it kicks ass!!  Dickinson's vocals are powerful, soulful, and as monstrous as they've always been!  And the rest of the band lays it down and lays it down hard!  There are many elements from throughout their long career... aggressive riffs, intricate and harmonies melodies, soaring and passionate vocals, and wonderfully powerful solos!
• Major themes: With 23 songs spanning 10 years, there are a lot of themes and subjects covered here.  A few include: war, valor, history, society, religion, mythology, evil, death, ghosts, etc.
• Tracks:  

Disc 1:

1. "The Wicker Man"
2. "Holy Smoke"
3. "El Dorado"
4. "Paschendale"
5. "Different World"
6. "Man On The Edge" (live)
7. "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg"
8. "Blood Brothers"
9. "Rainmaker"
10. "Sign Of The Cross" (live)
11. "Brave New World"
12. "Fear Of the Dark" (live)

Disc 2:

1. "Be Quick Or Be Dead"
2. "Tailgunner"
3. "No More Lies"
4. "Coming Home"
5. "The Clansman" (live)
6. "For The Greater Good Of God"
7. "These Colours Don't Run"
8. "Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter"
9. "Afraid To Shoot Strangers"
10. "Dance Of Death"
11. "When The Wild Wind Blows"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Ogden River Brewing (Ogden, Utah)
• Website: https://ogdenriverbrewing.com/
• Brew: Zone 3 IPA
• Style: American India Pale Ale (IPA)
• Serving: 32 ounce crowler can
• ABV: 6.9%
• IBUs: 44
• Pour: The Zone 3 IPA pours a clear, light copper hue with a 1+ finger, bright-white, frothy head with great retention and lots of sticky, soapy lacing.
• Nose: The nose is citrusy, tropical, dank, earthy, and lightly malty.  There are aromas of grapefruit rind, tangerine, mango, pineapple, herbal tea, fresh herbs, light pine resin, wild flowers, crackery biscuit, and soft caramel.
• Taste: The taste of the Zone 3 IPA follows the nose and is characterized by citrusy, fruity, and floral hops along with bitter herbs and bready malts.  There are notes of grapefruit juice, tangerine, mango, pine, freshly chopped herbs, black tea, freshly baked bread, and soft caramel.
• Mouthfeel: Medium to full in body with moderate carbonation, the Zone 3 IPA's mouthfeel is very crisp, slightly bitter, yet smooth with a dry, fairly clean finish.

Overall pairing: The bold, citrusy, complex, and delicious flavors and aromas of the Zone 3 IPA from the fine folks at Ogden River Brewing is perfect for the intense, aggressive, and profoundly powerful execution of musicianship on Iron Maiden's amazing "Fear To Eternity" collection!  Those bold hop flavors and that solid malt backbone work really well with the intensity, power, complexity, and brilliance of each and every track on this wonderful album!  'Nuff said!!

Cheers and hails!!  UP THE IRONS!!