March 13th, 2022 - A Seahorse Seashell Party For The Astral Leviathan

 

Hello and happy Sunday artisan beer drinkers, headbangers, and evil-doers!  The Meista here today rocking the hell out to a pairing of the wonderful "Rake Of The Astral Leviathan", the debut album by Eallic and a Seahorse Seashell Party Tropical Pale Ale from Lone Pine Brewing Company!  Yeah!!

Album Info:

• Artist: Eallic
• Title: "Rake Of The Astral Leviathan"
• Recorded: 
• Release date: December 17th, 2021 (1st full length studio album by Eallic)
• Record company: Life After Death Records
• Production: Eallic 
• Album cover art: John Quevedo Janssens
• Personnel: Brett Maddy (guitars, bass, drums, and vocals) and Shawn Maddy (guitars, bass, drums, and vocals)
• Musical style: Melodic death metal, black metal with progressive metal, folk metal, and other metal elements
• Sound: Combining huge death metal riffs and blast beats with blacker tremolo guitar work, guttural and clean vocals, and hauntingly beautiful bleakness, with "Rake Of The Astral Leviathan", Eallic has produced an album that is as mesmerizing as it is brutal.
• Major themes: Mythology, the occult, horror, science fiction, isolation, violence, evil, darkness, etc.
• Tracks: 

1. "Suffuse"
2. "Desert Flare"
3. "Passage M-87"
4. "Krjjl"
5. "Valerian Sleep"
6. "Emerald Owls"
7. "Mahrem The Unconquered"
8. "The Veil"
9. "This Was My Life" (Megadeth 

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Lone Pine Brewing Company (Portland, Maine)
• Website: https://lonepinebrewery.com
• Brew: Seahorse Seashell Party Tropical Pale Ale
• Style: American Pale Ale (APA)
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 5.0%
• Ingredients: Mosaic and Enigma hops
• Pour: The Seahorse Seashell Party pours a hazy, bright golden-yellow hue with a frothy, 2+ finger, bright white head with great retention and lots of soapy lacing.
• Nose: The nose is citrusy, fruity, and slightly sweet.  There are aromas of grapefruit, orange zest, tangerine, mango, fresh pineapple, sweet berries, and soft caramel.
• Taste: The taste of the Seahorse Seashell Party is hoppy, juicy and malty.  There are notes of tangerine, orange, pink grapefruit juice, mango, lime, passion fruit, pineapple, sweet biscuit, and caramel.
• Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied with moderate carbonation, the mouthfeel of the Seahorse Seashell Party is very crisp and juicy, yet smooth with a dry, fairly clean finish.

Overall pairing: The Seahorse Seashell Party from Lone Pine Brewing Company is a juicy, hoppy, complex, and punchy, yet very drinkable brew... a great foil to the brutal intensity of Eallic's killer debut album "Rake Of The Astral Leviathan"!  The hoppy elements work great with fiery guitars and aggressive vocals, while the malty backbone is great for thunderous rhythms!

Cheers!!  Hails!!