June 19th, 2022 - Servants Of Sinday

 

God kväll craft beer lovers and metal freaks!  Happy Sinday!  And happy Father's Day!  The Meista here today pairing "Servants", the excellent full-length debut studio album by Swedish black metalers Nekrokraft and a hoppy and delicious Sinday Pale Ale from Level Crossing Brewing Company!  Hell yeah!  

Album Info:

• Artists: Nekrokraft
• Title: "Servants"
• Recorded: 2018 at Dead Sparrow Studio in Sweden
  
• Release date: May 4th, 2018 (2nd full-length studio album by Nekrokraft)
• Record company: The Sign Records
• Production: Nekrokraft
• Album cover art: Mattias Frisk
• Personnel: Angst (vocals), Doc (lead guitar), Ghol (bass), Iron (rhythm guitar), and Moloch (drums)
• Additional musicians: Joel Järvinen (additional keyboards) and Jesper Johansson (keyboards)
• Musical style: Black metal with elements of thrash metal and death metal
• Sound: Dark, atmospheric, yet chalk full of killer, heavy-duty riffs, Nekrokraft lays down an infernal and wonderfully written and executed album with "Servants"!  The rhythm section of Ghol and Moloch is a driving and thunderous juggernaut!  The dual guitar work of Doc and Iron is soul crushing dark beauty!  And Angst's brutal vocals coupled with his infernal lyrics is icing on the blackened cake!
• Major themes: Occultism, Hell, folklore, mythology, darkness, evil, death, violence, horror, etc.
• Tracks:

1. "Mouth Ov Ahriman"
2. "Lechery"
3. "Gateway To Damnation"
4. "Servants Ov The Black"
5. "Rotten Husk"
6. "Brimstone And Flames"
7. "Eternal, I Am"
8. "Dance Ov The Nekrolythes"
9. "Plague"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Level Crossing Brewing Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Website: http://www.levelcrossingbrewing.com/ 
• Brew: Sinday Pale Ale
• Style: American Pale Ale (APA)
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 5.0%
• IBUs: 40
• Ingredients: Great Western Pale Ale, Dextrapils, honey malt, and Crystal 30 malts with Mosaic, Bru-1, and Experimental Grapefruit hops 
• Pour: The Sinday pours a fairly clear, golden-orange hue with a billowing 2+ finger, off-white head with great retention and lots of intricate lacing.
• Nose: The nose is fruity, citrusy, floral, and herbal with lighter sweet malt notes.  There are aromas of tangerine, lime, grapefruit, guava, passion fruit, mango, wildflowers, herbal tea, crackery biscuit, and soft caramel.
• Taste: Following the nose, the taste of the Sinday is fruity, citrusy, and herbal.  There are notes of tangerine, pineapple, mango, guava, strawberries, lemon zest, iced tea, crackery biscuit, and soft caramel.
• Mouthfeel: Light to medium-bodied and moderately carbonation, the mouthfeel is crisp and refreshing, yet smooth with a dry, clean finish.

Overall pairing: The Sinday from Level Crossing Brewing is a lighter, crisp, juicy, and refreshing brew... a perfect foil to crush will banging your head and "sinning" to the brutal riffs and melodies of Nekrokraft's kick-ass "Servants" album!  'Nuff said!

Skål and hails!