Hails and buenos tardes headbangers, evil-doers, and craft beer fans! The Meista here today getting heavy and aggressive pairing MaYan's brilliant debut album "Quarterpast" and a smooth and tasty Eclipse Eterno Mexican Style Dark Lager from all the fine folks at 2 Row Brewing! Hell yeah!!
Album Info:
- Artist: MaYan
- Title: "Quarterpast"
- Recorded: October 18th, 2010 through January 15th, 2011 at The Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany
- Release date: May 20th, 2011 (1st studio album by MaYan)
- Record company: Nuclear Blast
- Production: Sascha Paeth and MaYan
- Album cover art: Stefan Heilemann (artwork and band logo)
- Personnel: Isaac Delahaye (guitars), Jack Driessen (keyboards, orchestration, and backing vocals), Mark Jansen (vocals and arrangements), Frank Schiphorst (guitars), and Ariën van Weesenbeek (drums and backing vocals)
- Additional musicians: Henning Basse (lead and choir vocals), Floor Jansen (lead and choir vocals), Laura Macri (lead and choir vocals), Simon Oberender (choir vocals) Simone Simons (lead and choir vocals), Amanda Sommerville (spoken word on "Symphony Of Aggression"), and the Trinity Boys Choir (choir vocals on "Quarterpast")
- Musical style: Melodic death metal, symphonic death metal
- Sound: Bombastic, complex, symphonic, and angry, yet melodic and uplifting, the sound on "Quarterpast" blends and juxtaposes soaring orchestral movements with powerful death and black metal aggression! Whether clean or growling, the vocal performances are stunning, Schiphorst's guitar work is richly textured and fiery fast, Driessen creates an amazing tapestry of complex and intricate keys and orchestration and van der Loo and van Weesenbeek lay down a driving and triumphant rhythm of crushing power!
- Major themes: Politically and socially charged, themes on the album include social, political, and religious criticism, corruption, life and death, greed, rebellion, fighting the power, deception, control, freedom, government overreach, etc.
- Tracks:
- "Symphony Of Aggression"
- "Mainstay Of Society - In The Eyes Of The Law: Corruption"
- "Quarterpast"
- "Course Of Life"
- "The Savage Massacre - In The Eyes Of The Law: Pizzo"
- "Essenza Di Te"
- "Bite The Bullet"
- "Drown The Demon"
- "Celibate Aphrodite"
- "War On Terror - In The Eyes Of The Law: Pentagon Papers"
- "Tithe"
- "Sinner's Last Retreat - Deed Of Awakening"
Brew Info:
- Brewery: 2 Row Brewing (Midvale, Utah)
- Website: http://2rowbrewing.com/
- Brew: Eclipse Eterno Mexican Style Dark Lager
- Style: Mexican Lager / Dark Lager
- Serving: 16 ounce can
- ABV: 5.0%
- Pour: The Eclipse Eterno pours a fairly clear, dark, caramelly reddish amber hue (similar to cola) with a thin, light beige head that dissipates very quickly leaving only a hint of lacing.
- Nose: The nose is malty, grainy, and slightly grassy. There are aromas of freshly baked bread, freshly picked maize, summer grass, a splash of honey, and soft caramel.
- Taste: Similar to a Vienna lager, the taste of the Eclipse Eterno is characterized by bright grains, light grassy hops, and sweet and bready malts. There are notes of ground maize, corn chips, hearty bread, grassy hops, and soft caramel/toffee.
- Mouthfeel: Light to medium-bodied with moderate carbonation, the mouthfeel of the Eclipse Eterno is crisp and very smooth with a mildly bitter and dry finish.
Overall pairing: The easy-drinking, slightly sweet, and flavorful characteristics of the 2 Row Eclipse Eterno is a perfect foil for the sheer power, brutality, brilliance, and melodic death metal prowess of the mighty MaYan!! And I love the imagery of the album cover art with the beer can label art! 'Nuff said!!
Make sure to check out my interview from 2019 with the friendly and funny Mark Jansen and Frank Schiphorst of MaYan here: https://brewsandtunes.blogspot.com/2019/02/february-23rd-2019-living-in-now.html
Salud!! Hails!!
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