December 5th, 2025 - A Christmas Bombenhagel!

 

Guten abend evil-doers, metal maniacs and craft beer lovers! Tis the season, so your pal the Meista here tonight pairing a bold and delicious Christmas Bomb Imperial Stout Brewed with Spices from Prairie Artisan Ales and "Bombenhagel", the latest EP from the mighty Sodom!  Hell yeah!

Album Info: 

• Artist: Sodom
• Title: "Bombenhagel"
• Recorded: March 2021 at Staudio-Studios in Altenessen, Germany
• Release date: August 20th, 2021 (10th studio EP by Sodom)
• Record company: Steamhammer
• Production: Sodom
• Album cover art: Raphael Gabrio
• Personnel: Tom Angelripper (bass and vocals), Frank Blackfire (guitars), Toni Merkel (drums), and York (guitars)
• Additional musician: Harris Johns (guitars on "Bombenhagel")
• Musical style: Thrash metal
• Sound: This is classic Sodom... fast, fiery, aggressive as hell, and just as angry!  Sodom is a juggernaut... Angelripper's vocals are gripping and wonderfully harsh!  The guitar work of Blackfire and York is fiery, crushing, and furious!  And Merkel's machine gun drumming coupled with Angelripper's thunderous bass is the embodiment of thrash metal perfection!!
• Major themes: War, death, violence, anti-fascism, history, etc.
• Tracks:   

1. "Bombenhagel"
2. "Coup de Grace"
3. "Pestiferous Posse"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Prairie Artisan Ales (Oklahoma)
• Website: https://prairieales.com/
• Brew: Christmas Bomb Imperial Stout Brewed with Spices 
• Style: Imperial Stout
• Serving: 12 ounce bottle
• ABV: 13%
• Ingredients: Imperial stout made with cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg
• Pour: The Christmas Bomb pours an opaque, deep, dark brown (almost ink black) with a creamy, light mocha, half-finger head that slowly dissipates to a thin ring with virtually no lacing.
• Nose: The nose is very spicy, chocolaty, and earthy.  There are big aromas of gingerbread, cinnamon, nutmeg, anise, along with more subtle notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, toffee, tobacco, and rich booze.
• Taste: The taste of the Christmas Bomb is characterized by spicy, earthy, and rich flavors.  There are notes of spicy gingerbread, cinnamon, nutmeg, black licorice, vanilla bean, cream, dark chocolate, sweet toffee, and a boozy finish of rum or bourbon.
• Mouthfeel: Full-bodied with low carbonation, the mouthfeel of the Christmas Bomb is thick, chewy, and velvety smooth with a dry, spicy and somewhat boozy finish.

Overall pairing: The Christmas Bomb Imperial Stout Brewed with Spices from Prairie Artisan Ales is a bold, rich, boozy, very complex, yet inviting brew... perfect for the aggression and power of the mighty Sodom!  The flavors and aromas of this tasty brew blend wonderfully well with Angelripper's aggressive vocal prowess, as well as the explosive guitars and thunderous intensity and depth of the bass and drums!

And make sure to check out my interview with Andy Brings of Sodom fame here: https://youtu.be/QzmN0eWnIqU

PROST!!  HAILS!!