January 21st, 2024 - Inversion: The Poisoner

 

Hello headbangers and hopheads!  Your drinking buddy the Meista here rockin' the hell out to "The Poisoner" by Lisa Mann's killer solo project White Crone with a hoppy and tasty Inversion New England India Pale Ale from Prodigy Brewing Company!!  Hells yeah!!

Album Info:

• Artist: White Crone
• Title: "The Poisoner"
• Recorded: 2019 at Opal Studios in Portland, Oregon
• Release date: February 22nd, 2020 (1st studio album by White Crone) 
• Record company: Lisa Mann Music
• Production: Lisa Mann and Kevin Hahn
• Album cover art: Jan Vidra
• Personnel: Lisa Mann (lead vocals, guitars, and bass)
• Additional musicians: Vinny Appice (drums on "Under Hag Stones"), Mehdi Farjami (lead and rhythm guitars), Kevin Hahn (additional guitars), Larry London (drums), and Caton Lyles (percussion)
• Musical style: Heavy metal, hard rock
• Sound: Heavy, hard-hitting, yet very melodic and compelling, the sound on "The Poisoner" blends traditional heavy metal with a little doom metal and even some blues.  The thunderous rhythms and soaring guitars go great with Mann's powerful and sultry vocals!
• Major themes: Darkness, mysticism, magic, witchcraft, sorrow, mythology, history, death, etc.
• Tracks: 

1. "The Dream Of Tiamat"
2. "The Poisoner"
3. "To The Abyss"
4. "Our Sacred Duty"
5. "Broken"
6. "The Seven Gates Of Hell" (Venom cover)
7. "New Planet Earth"
8. "Interment"
9. "Edge Of Gone"
10. "Melancholia"
11. "Under Hag Stones"
12. "18 Rabbit"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Prodigy Brewing Company (Logan, Utah)
• Website: https://prodigy-brewing.com/
• Brew: Inversion New England India Pale Ale
• Style: New England India Pale Ale (NEIPA)
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 6.9%
• IBUs: 72 
• Ingredients: Citra, El Dorado, and Mosaic hops 
• Pour: The Inversion pours a hazy, golden yellow hue with a billowy, 2-finger, bright white head with great retention and lots of delicate lacing.
• Nose: Hop-forward, the nose is citrusy, fruity, earthy, and slightly malty.  There are aromas of grapefruit rind, orange zest, lemon zest, tangerine, mango, pineapple, light pine, wildflowers, crackery biscuit, and soft caramel/toffee.
• Taste: The taste of the Inversion follows the nose with floral, citrusy, tropical hop flavors along with more subtle malts.  There are notes of pink grapefruit juice, tangerine, light mango, a hint of pear, light pine resin, Pale male, and soft caramel.
• Mouthfeel: Medium to full-bodied with moderate carbonation, the mouthfeel of the Inversion is crisp and dry, slightly bitter, yet smooth finish.

Overall pairing: The punchy, hoppy, and complex flavors and aromas of the Prodigy Inversion IPA go great with the straight-forward, heavy metal kick of White Crone's killer "The Poisoner" album!  They are both bold, they are both engaging, and they are both the real deal!  I also thought the album title went well with the beer's name, as we deal with poisonous, polluted air here in Utah, which occurs due to inversion.

Cheers!!  Hails!!