April 13th, 2023 - After 40 Years At War, I Could Use A Coffee Kölsch

 

Guten tag metal maniacs and craft brew freaks!  Your heavy metal drinking buddy the Meista here today getting heavy and aggressive with a pairing of "40 Years At War – The Greatest Hell Of Sodom", the latest kick-ass compilation album by German thrash monsters Sodom, which celebrates their 40 years of making kick-ass thrash metal!  I'm pairing this with a very crisp, rich, and tasty Coffee Kölsch from the folks at Bewilder Brewing Company!

Album Info:

• Artist: Sodom
• Title: "40 Years At War – The Greatest Hell Of Sodom"
• Recorded: Summer 2021 to February 2022 at Staudio-Studios in Altenessen, Germany
• Release date: October 28th, 2022 (3rd compilation album by Sodom)
• Record company: Steamhammer 
• Production: Toni Merkel and Sodom
• Album cover art: Eliran Kantor
• Personnel: Tom Angelripper (bass and vocals), Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik (guitars), Toni Merkel (drums), and Yorck Segatz (guitars)
• Musical style: Thrash metal
• Sound: This is all classic Sodom... rerecorded.  It is fast, fiery, aggressive as hell, and just as angry as it was originally!  Sodom is a juggernaut... Angelripper's vocals are gripping and harsh!  The guitar work of Blackfire and Segatz is fiery, crushing, and furious!  And Merkel's machine gun drumming coupled with Angelripper's thunderous bass is the embodiment of German thrash metal perfection!
• Major themes: War, anger, hate, death, violence, murder evil, darkness, the occult, power, anti-religion, corruption, mythology, etc.
• Tracks: 

1. "Sepulchral Voice"
2. "After The Deluge"
3. "Electrocution"
4. "Baptism Of Fire"
5. "Better Off Dead"
6. "Body Parts"
7. "Jabba The Hut"
8. "Gathering Of Minds"
9. "That's What An Unknown Killer Diarized"
10. "Book Burning"
11. "Genocide"
12. "City Of God"
13. "Ashes To Ashes"
14. "In War And Pieces"
15. "S.O.D.O.M."
16. "Caligula"
17. "Euthanasia"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Bewilder Brewing Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Website: https://bewilderbrewing.com/
• Brew: Bewilder Coffee Kölsch 
• Style: German Kölsch with coffee from Kings Peak Coffee Roasters
• Serving: 32 ounce crowler can
• ABV: 5.0%
• IBUs: 25
• Pour: The Bewilder Coffee Kölsch pours a clear golden-yellow with a thin, eggshell white, frothy head with good retention and lacing.
• Nose: The nose is grainy, crackery, earthy, rich, and a little hoppy.  There are aromas of roasted coffee beans, freshly baked sourdough bread, crackery biscuit, lemongrass, a hint of honey, and freshly cut wild grass.
• Taste: Following the nose, the taste is malty, earthy, crackery, and grassy.  There are notes of crackery biscuit, cracked wheat, lemongrass, a hint of lemon zest, an ever so slight hint of honey, grassy hops, and rich coffee in the finish.
• Mouthfeel: Light to medium-bodied and well carbonated, the mouthfeel is very crisp and refreshing with a dry, clean, yet earthy finish.

Overall pairing: The Bewilder Coffee Kölsch is a very tasty, very light, very drinkable brew... perfect for crushing with the raw aggression, musical prowess, and unbridled, fist-pumping rage of Sodom's killer "40 Years At War – The Greatest Hell Of Sodom"!  'Nuff said!

Prost and hails!