Guten tag and happy Friday metal maniacs and craft brew freaks! Your heavy metal drinking buddy the Meista here today getting heavy and aggressive with a pairing of "Tapping The Vein", the 2024 remastered reissue 5th album by German thrash monsters Sodom, which celebrates their 30th anniversary of the album! I'm pairing this with a very crisp and tasty Kölsch from the folks at Offset Bier Company! Hell yeah!
Album Info:
- Artist: Sodom
- Title: "Tapping The Vein"
- Recorded: May through July 1992 at Dierks Studios III in Stommeln (Pulheim), Germany and at the Musiclab in Berlin, Germany
- Release date: August 1st, 1992 / November 15th, 2024 (deluxe remastered reissue) (5th studio album by Sodom)
- Record company: Steamhammer / Noise Records
- Production: Harris Jones
- Album cover art: Dieter Braun and Jürgen Huber
- Personnel: Tom Angelripper (bass and vocals), Andy Brings (guitars), and Chris Witchhunter (drums)
- Musical style: Thrash metal with elements of speed metal, black metal, punk rock, and traditional metal
- Sound: This is that classic Sodom... fast, fiery, aggressive as hell, and beautifully angry! Sodom is a juggernaut... Angelripper's vocals are gripping and harsh! The guitar work of Brings is fiery, crushing, and furious! And Witchhunter's machine gun drumming coupled with Angelripper's thunderous bass is the embodiment of German thrash metal perfection!
- Major themes: War, anger, death, violence, murder, evil, darkness, the occult, power, anti-religion, corruption, danger, etc.
- Notes: Sadly, this was Christian Johannes Dudek's (aka Chris Witchunter) last album as he was released from the band shortly after its release due to increasing drinking problems.
- Tracks:
Disc 1 - Tapping the Vein (2024 Remaster)
- "Body Parts"
- "Skinned Alive"
- "One Step Over The Line"
- "Deadline"
- "Bullet In The Head"
- "The Crippler"
- "Wachturm"
- "Tapping The Vein"
- "Back To War"
- "Hunting Season"
- "Reincarnation"
Disc 2 - Tapping the Vein (2024 Redux)
- "Body Parts"
- "Skinned Alive"
- "One Step Over The Line"
- "Deadline"
- "Bullet In The Head"
- "The Crippler"
- "Wachturm"
- "Tapping The Vein"
- "Back To War"
- "Hunting Season"
- "Reincarnation"
Brew Info:
- Brewery: Offset Bier Company (Park City, Utah)
- Website: https://offsetbier.com/
- Brew: Kölsch
- Style: German Kölsch
- Serving: 16 ounce can
- ABV: 4.5%
- Ingredients: Ireks malt, rare Kölsch yeast, step mashed, and 4 weeks of lagering.
- Pour: The Offset Kölsch pours a clear, bright golden-yellow with a thin, eggshell white, frothy head with good retention and lacing.
- Nose: The nose is grainy, crackery, and grassy. There are aromas of freshly baked sourdough bread, crackery biscuit, lemongrass, a hint of honey, and freshly cut wild grass.
- Taste: Following the nose, the taste is malty, crackery, and grassy. There are notes of crackery biscuit, cracked wheat, lemongrass, a hint of lemon zest, grassy hops, an ever so slight hint of honey, hints of white wine and pear, and a splash of caramel 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 Offset 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 "Tapping The Vein"! 'Nuff said!
Make sure to check out my recent interview with ex-Sodom guitarist, Andy Brings here: https://youtu.be/QzmN0eWnIqU
Prost and hails!
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