March 8th, 2026 - The Money From Your Slush Fund Speaks Volumes!

 

Hello and happy Sunday hellions and artisan brew fanatics!  Your drinking buddy the Meista here this fine day with a killer pairing of "Money Talks", the kick-ass sophomore album by Cryptic Slaughter and a tart and fruity Slush from Prairie Artisan Ales!  Oh, and this pairing is dedicated to all the thrashers and punk rockers that I grew up!  Hell yes!!  

Album Info:

• Artist: Cryptic Slaughter
• Title: "Money Talks"
• Recorded: 1987 at Pacific Sound in Chatsworth, California, Preferred Sound in Woodland, California, Stagg Street Studio in Van Nuys, California, and Track Records in Los Angeles, California
• Release date: May 15th, 1987 (2nd full-length studio release by Cryptic Slaughter)
• Record company: Death Records / Relapse Records
• Production: Bill Metoyer and Cryptic Slaughter 
• Album cover art: Jeff Harp
• Personnel: Bill Crooks (vocals), Les Evans (guitars), Rob "Blasko" Nicholson (bass and backing vocals), and Scott Peterson (drums) 
• Musical style: Crossover thrash metal
• Sound: Fiery fast, in-your-face, and maniacal, with "Money Talks", Cryptic Slaughter perfectly blends thrash metal aggression with punk speed.  The music is bold, it is brash, and it is powerful!
• Major themes: With socio-politically charged lyrics, themes on the album include a self-reliance, freedom of speech, and critical look at greed and capitalism, drug abuse, censorship, technology, violence, etc.
• Tracks:
  
1. "Money Talks"
2. "Set Your Own Pace"
3. "Could Be Worse"
4. "Wake Up"
5. "Freedom Of Expression?"
6. "Menace To Mankind"
7. "Too Much, Too Little"
8. "Human Contrast"
9. "Tables Are Turned"
10. "Positively"
11. "All Wrong"
12. "American Heroes"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Prairie Artisan Ales (Oklahoma)
• Website: https://prairieales.com/
• Brew: Slush
• Style: Fruited Sour Ale
• Serving: 12 ounce can
• ABV: 5.0%
• Ingredients: Sour ale brewed strawberry, raspberry, lemon, and lime
• Pour: The Slush pours a very cloudy, mauve hue with a frothy, but very thin bright pink-white head that quickly dissipates to a thin ring with little lacing.
• Nose: The nose is fruity, sweet, and rather tart.  There are aromas of freshly sliced strawberries, raspberry puree, lemon juice and zest, lime juice and zest, and a hint of honey.
• Taste: The taste of the Slush follows the nose with juicy, fruity, tart, and slightly sweet flavors.  There are notes of lemon juice, cranberry juice, a splash of honey, and very subtle graininess.
• Mouthfeel: Light to medium in body and well-carbonated, the mouthfeel is very tart and crisp, juicy and refreshing, yet smooth with a slightly sweet, juicy and lip-puckering tart finish.

Overall Pairing: The fruit-forward, crushable, tart punch of the Slush from Prairie Artisan Ales is perfect foil for the aggression, fiery riffs, and killer hooks of this kick-ass album!  The more citrusy flavors are great for the lyrics and Crooks' aggressive vocals while the brighter berry flavors go great with the amazing guitar attack of Evans!  And those sweeter notes are prefect for the thunderous blast beat drumming and thumping bass onslaught of Blasko and Peterson!  

Cheers and hails!!

March 7th, 2026 - The Awakening of the Liar, Agua Del Diablo

 

Dobry wieczór metal maniacs, evil-doers, and craft beer freaks!  The Meista here today rockin' the hell out with another kick-ass pairing: "Awakening Of The Liar" (released this week 23 years ago) by Polish blackened death metal band Hate and a tasty and smooth Agua Del Diablo Mexican Style Lager from the fine folks at Silver Reef Brewing Company!  Hell yeah!

Album Info:

• Artist: Hate
• Title: "Awakening Of The Liar"
• Recorded: October through November 202 at Hard Studio in Warsaw, Poland and Hertz Studio in Białystok, Poland
• Release date: March 4th, 2003 (4th full-length studio release by Hate)
• Record company: Empire Records / Mercenary Musik / Listenable Records 
• Production: Adam the First Sinner
• Album cover art: Blitz (photography), Graal (design), and Artur Szolc (art concept)
• Personnel: Adam the First Sinner (lead and acoustic guitars, and lead vocals), Cyprian (bass), Hellrizer (drums), and Kaos (rhythm guitars)
• Musical style: Blackened death metal
• Sound: Wonderfully blending the chaotic speed of black metal, and the brutal heaviness of death metal, on "Awakening Of The Liar", Hate lays down a face-melting musical journey of darkness, aggression, and rage!  The melodies are dark and mesmerizing, the drumming encompasses a machine gun fire blast beat intensity, the guitars are fast, fiery, and infernal, and the vocals are deep, guttural, and steeped in old-school death metal brutality!
• Major themes: Death, desolation, the occult, anti-Christianity, mythology, ritual, violence, Slavic pagan folklore, evil, darkness, etc.
• Tracks: 

1. "Flagellation"
2. "Anti-God Extremity"
3. "Close To The Nephilim"
4. "Immolate The Pope"
5. "The Shroud (A Hellish Value)"
6. "The Scrolls"
7. "Awakening Of The Liar"
8. "Serve God, Rely On Me (Hymn Of Asa'el)"
9. "Grail In The Flesh"
10. "Spirit Of Gospa"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Silver Reef Brewing Company (Saint George, Utah)
• Website: https://sgbev.com/
• Brew: Agua Del Diablo Mexican Style Lager
• Style: Mexican Lager
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 4.5%
• IBUs: 25
• Pour: The Agua Del Diablo pours a clear, bright golden yellow hue with a bubbly, thin white head with good retention and light soapy lacing.
• Nose: The nose is grainy, floral, slightly citrusy, and malty.  There are aromas of corn chips, lime, grassy hops, light lemon zest, smooth caramel/toffee, and crackery biscuit.
• Taste: The taste of the Agua Del Diablo follows the nose with grassy, malty, grainy, and lightly citrusy flavors.  There are notes of sweet corn, pale malt, grassy hops, lemongrass, lemon zest, freshly baked wheat bread, and hints of soft toffee.
• Mouthfeel: Light to medium-bodied and well carbonated, the mouthfeel is very crisp and smooth, with a dry, clean finish.

Overall pairing: The Silver Reef Agua Del Diablo Mexican Style Lager is a great beer to crush whilst rockin' the hell out to the killer tunes on Hate's wonderful "Awakening Of The Liar" album!  Those crisp, bright notes really make for a great foil to those soul-crushing guitars, bass, and drums!  The easy drinkability of the beer is perfect for the more fast-paced attack, while those malty notes go well with the heaviness!  I also love the look of the album cover artwork coupled with beer label art!

Na zdrowie and hails!!

March 7th, 2026 - Nine Short Films of Nectar

 

Hello and happy Saturday rockers, rollers, and craft beer freaks!  Your pal the Meista here today pairing "Nine Short Films", the wonderfully artistic and compelling album by Terry Bozzio and Billy Sheehan along with a deliciously hoppy and bold Nine Years of Nectar from my friends at Fisher Brewing Company!  The Nine Years of Nectar celebrates Fisher's 9 years in business as a brewery.  Hell yeah!!

Album Info: 

• Artist: Terry Bozzio and Billy Sheehan
• Title: "Nine Short Films"
• Recorded: 
• Release date: September 24th, 2002 (1st and only studio album by Terry Bozzio and Billy Sheehan as a duo)
• Record company: Magna Carta Records 
• Production: Terry Bozzio 
• Album cover art: Max Crace
• Personnel: Terry Bozzio (vocals, keyboards, and drums and percussion) and Billy Sheehan (bass and baritone guitars) 
• Musical style: 
• Sound: Not the most accessible album (at least not initially), "Nine Short Films" is an experiment in... well, experimentation.  More akin to the darker works of modern-day King Crimson or even Nine Inch Nails with a little bit of Brian Eno mixed in for good measure, Bozzio and Sheehan shed their classic hard rock skins to provide an eerie, emotionally intense, and musically fascinating work of art that sounds both post-modern and tribal.  Nothing short of brilliant, this is nothing like Bozzio's work with Zappa, Missing Persons, or BLS nor is it anything like Sheehan's work with Mr. Big, David Lee Roth, or Niacin.  Bozzio's almost spoken gravelly vocals add to the overall creepy mood of the album.  This is most definitely NOT background music.  "Nine Short Films" demands your attention from the opening notes of "Live By The Gun" to the closing notes of "Sub Continent"!   There are some really spectacular musical moments on this album like "Black Wisdom", "Water And Blood", "Distant Horses", "Edge Of A Circle" (probably my favorite track), "Finger Painting", and "Sub Continent".  (Oddly enough, there are 10 tracks on "Nine Short Films".)
• Major themes:  Lyrically dark, themes include life, death, violence, desperation, disaster, and depression delivered with purposely cold precision, etc.
• Tracks: 

1. "Live By The Gun"
2. "Black Wisdom"
3. "Water And Blood"
4. "Tornado Alley"
5. "Distant Horses"
6. "One More Winter"
7. "Edge Of A Circle"
8. "Finger Painting"
9. "The Last Page"
10. "Sub Continent"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Fisher Brewing Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Website: http://www.fisherbeer.com/
• Brew: Nine Years of Nectar
• Style: West Coast India Pale Ale (IPA) 
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 6.5%
• IBUs: 55
• Ingredients: Nectaron hops
• Pour: The Nine Years of Nectar pours a fairly clear, bronze-amber hue with a billowy and frothy, off white, 1+ finger head with great sustain and lots of sudsy, sticky, and layered lacing.
• Nose: The nose is characterized by very citrusy aromas along with floral, earthy, dank, and herbal hops, and more subtle sweeter malts.  There are aromas of grapefruit rind, tangerine zest, orange zest, dried apricot, wet pine needles, orange herbal tea, wildflowers, doughy bread, toasted malts, and a hint of soft, sweet caramel/toffee.
• Taste: The taste of the Nine Years of Nectar is very citrusy, earthy, and herbal along with crackery maltiness.  There are notes of grapefruit juice, apricot, orange pith, tangerine, pine resin, black tea, crackery biscuit, and soft caramel/toffee.
• Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied with moderate carbonation, the mouthfeel is crisp, slightly bitter, yet smooth with a dry, bitter finish

Overall pairing: Complex and , deserves a brew of equal intensity and flavor... thus the Nine Years of Nectar from the fine folks at Fisher!  Those big, complex citrus flavors are great for the overall rock and roll vibe, while the complex fruit flavors go great with the powerful vocals!

To your health... cheers!!

March 6th, 2026 - Shades of Death Become My Voice

 

Hello, happy Friday, and hails metal maniacs and craft beer freaks!  The Meista here with another kick-ass pairing for ya today: "Death Becomes My Voice", the kick-ass 8th album by Ohio metal legends Ringworm and a bold and delicious Shades of Death German Style Schwarzbier from Heavy Reel Brewing Company!  Hells yeah!!

Album Info:

• Artist: Ringworm
• Title: "Death Becomes My Voice"
• Recorded: 2019 at Mercenary Studios and Spider Studios in Cleveland, Ohio
• Release date: May 3rd, 2019 (8th studio album by Ringworm)
• Record company: Relapse Records
• Production: Ringworm
• Album cover art: Human Furnace (artwork) and Jacob Speis (layout)
• Personnel: James "Human Furnace" Bulloch (vocals), Matt Sorg (guitars), Ryan Steigerwald (drums), Ed Stephens (bass), and Mark Witherspoon (guitars)
• Musical style: Thrash metal with elements of metalcore, hardcore punk, and death metal
• Sound: Characterized by wonderfully aggressive and violent riffs, soaring guitar solos, machine gun fine drumming, driving bass lines, and the Human Furnace's searing vocal attacks, the tracks on "Death Becomes My Voice" are diametrically brutal and melodic! 
• Major themes: The occult, death, rebellion, evil, darkness, insanity, fear, terror, violence, destruction, rage, etc.  
• Tracks: 

1. "Death Becomes My Voice"
2. "Carnivores"
3. "Acquiesce"
4. "Do Not Resuscitate"
5. "Dead To Me"
6. "The God Of New Flesh"
7. "I Want To Tear The World Apart"
8. "Dying By Design"
9. "Separate Realities"
10. "Let It Burn"
11. "Final Division"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Heavy Reel Brewing Company (Seaside Heights, New Jersey)
• Website: https://www.heavyreelbrewing.com/
• Brew: Shades of Death
• Style: German Style Schwarzbier
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 5.0%
• Pour: The Shades of Death pours an opaque, very dark brown (almost black) hue with a light mocha, 1-finger head that slowly dissipates to a thin ring with sudsy lacing.
• Nose: The nose of the Shades of Death is toasty, roasty, slightly fruity (dark fruits), and malty.  There are aromas of dark toasted bread, roasted malts, roasted coffee beans, hints of dark chocolate, light plum, and hints of burnt toffee.
• Taste: Like the nose, the taste is roasty, toasty, grainy, and slightly sweet.  There are notes of bready malts, cacao, dark roasted coffee, hints of dark fruits (plum and raisin), and very light sweet caramel/toffee.
• Mouthfeel: Light to medium-bodied and moderately carbonated, the mouthfeel of the Shades of Death is crisp and very smooth with a dry, clean finish.

Overall pairing: The very crushable, yet wonderfully complex and flavorful characteristics of the Heavy Reel Shades of Death German Style Schwarzbier makes a great companion to the death/thrash metal/metalcore aggression of Ringworm's excellent 2019 offering!  The dark, roasty, and malty notes really pop when you've got Ringworm blasting from your speakers!  I highly recommend both the album and brew!  'Nuff said!

And if you haven't done so already, make sure to check out my interviews with Ringworm guitarists Mike Lare and Matt Sorg from a few years ago:

Mike Lare: https://youtu.be/molfbhf_5_M 

Matt Sorg: https://youtu.be/oWI18sKCEr4 

Cheers and hails!! 

March 1st, 2026 - Envenom Sapporo

 

Konnichiwa evil-doers, metal maniacs, and beer freaks!  The Meista here today donning a Venom t-shirt whilst rocking out to the wonderful and raw genius that is "Envenom", the 35-year-old debut album by the legendary Sabbat and a tasty and easy-drinking Sapporo Premium Beer from Sapporo Brewing!  Hell. Yes.  

Album Info:

• Artist: Sabbat
• Title: "Envenom"
• Recorded: 1990 at C.C. Work and Soundbeat 
• Release date: March 1991 (1st full-length studio album by Sabbat)
• Record company: Evil Records 
• Production: Sabbat
• Album cover art: Elizaveat (aka Takeshi Asai)
• Personnel: Elizaveat (guitars), Gezol (bass and vocals), and Zorugelion (drums)
• Additional musician: Temis Osmond (lead guitar on "Deathtemptation (Kanashibari Part 2)" and keyboards)
• Musical style: Thrash metal, black metal
• Sound: Although Sabbat's music is most definitely unabashed Venom worship, their sound is still very much their own.  Well-crafted and very deliberate, the tracks on "Envenom" display the focus, prowess, and sheer talent of this band in their early years.  The sheer will of force coupled with the raw aggression makes this album an instant classic!
• Major themes: Evil, the occult, Satan and Satanism, hell, witchcraft, death, horror, mythology, violence, etc.
• Tracks: 

1. "Bewitch"
2. "The Sixth Candle"
3. "Satan Bless You"
4. "Evil Nations"
5. "Devil Worship"
6. "Reek Of Cremation"
7. "Deathtemptation (Kanashibari Part 2)"
8. "King Of Hell"
9. "Eviler"
10. "Carcassvoice"
11. "Dead March"
12. "Reminiscent Bells"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Sapporo Brewing (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Japan)
• Website: https://www.sapporobeer.com/
• Brew: Sapporo Premium Beer
• Style: Japanese Lager
• Serving: 16 ounce bottle
• ABV: 4.9% 
• IBUs: 18
• Pour: The Sapporo Premium Beer pours a clear, bright golden-yellow hue with a frothy and billowy, half-finger, bright white head with good sustain and soapy lacing.
• Nose: The nose is characterized by light grainy, grassy, and crackery aromas.  There are notes of pale grains, lightly toasted white bread, June grass, lightly toasted malts, and a hint of lemon zest. 
• Taste: The taste of the Sapporo Premium Beer follows the nose with crackery, biscuity, grainy, and lightly grassy flavors.  There are notes of crackery biscuit, light toasted malts, hints of grassy hops, lemongrass, rice, and a hint of lemon.
• Mouthfeel: The mouthfeel of the Sapporo Premium Beer is crisp, refreshing, and very smooth with a dry, clean, crisp finish.

Overall pairing: The crushable, very drinkable Sapporo Premium Beer is perfect foil to the insanely aggressive and monumentally influential power of Sabbat's "Envenom"!   Those bright and crips flavors are great for the screaming guitars while the bready malts go great with the driving rhythm section.  'Nuff said!

Kanpai and hails!!

February 28th, 2026 - Heartwork is Tricky Business

 

Hey there evil-doers, rivet heads, and craft beer freaks!  Your drinking buddy the Meista here on this very cold day here in Utah getting heavy with a pairing of a dangerously bold and unique Business Adambier Strong German Ale from Bombastic Brewing and the mighty Carcass's brutally complex and amazing album "Heartwork" (Ultimate Edition)!  YES!!

Album Info: 

• Artist: Carcass
• Title: "Heartwork" (Ultimate Edition)
• Recorded: May 18th through June 21st, 1993 at Parr Street Studios
• Release date: October 18th, 1993 (4th studio album released by Carcass)
• Record company: Earache Records 
• Production: Colin Richardson
• Album cover art: H.R. Gieger (sculpture), Jurg Kümmer (photography), and Andrew Tuohy (design)
• Personnel: Amott (lead guitars), Owen (drums), Steer (guitars), and Walker (bass and lead vocals)
• Musical style: Melodic death metal
• Sound: Characterized by a blend of melodic death metal, progressive death metal, and a hint of grind, Carcass's sound on "Heartwork" is a wonderful and artistic expansion of their ever-evolving sound.  Always compelling, the sound is both aggressive and wonderfully melodic. 
• Major themes: Themes on the album include death, rot, violence, pain, sorrow, hate, anti-religion, etc. 
• Tracks: 

Disc 1:

1. "Buried Dreams"
2. "Carnal Forage"
3. "No Love Lost"
4. "Heartwork"
5. "Embodiment"
6. "This Mortal Coil"
7. "Arbeit Macht Fleisch"
8. "Blind Bleeding The Blind"
9. "Doctrinal Expletives"
10. "Death Certificate"

Disc 2: 

1. "This Is Your Life"
2. "Rot 'N' Roll"
3. "Buried Dreams" (demo)
4. "Carnal Forage" (demo)
5. "No Love Lost" (demo)
6. "Heartwork" (demo)
7. "Deliverance" (demo)
8. "This Mortal Coil" (demo)
9. "Arbeit Macht Fleisch" (demo)
10. "Blind Bleeding The Blind" (demo)
11. "Doctrinal Expletives" (demo)
12. "Death Certificate" (demo)

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Bombastic Brewing (Hayden, Idaho)
• Website: https://www.bombasticbrewing.com/
• Brew: Business Adambier Strong German Ale
• Style: Adambier / Strong German Ale
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 14.0%
• IBUs: 18
• Pour: The Business Adambier pours an opaque, deep, dark brown (almost black) hue with a billowy and creamy, 2+ finger mocha head with great retention and lots of sticky, sudsy lacing.
• Nose: The nose is smokey, malty, sweet, and slightly boozy.  There are aromas of raisin bread, dark roasted malts, cocoa, vanilla beans, light smoke, sweet caramel, oak, leather, sweet tobacco, and rich bourbon. 
• Taste: Following the nose, the taste of the Business Adambier is rich, smokey, roasty, malty, sweet, and slightly boozy.  There are notes of burnt toffee, raisin bread, smoked malts, rich vanilla, light chocolate, dried apricot, and rich bourbon.
• Mouthfeel: Full-bodied with low carbonation, the mouthfeel is silky, velvety, and thick and chewy with a dry, sweet, and boozy finish.
• Notes: "Adambier is a historic style from Dortmund, Germany, said to have put the hard drinking King Frederick William IV of Prussia under the table."

Overall pairing: The Bombastic Business Adambier Strong German Ale is a very bold, unique, high ABV, yet very drinkable ale... perfect for the aggressive and wonderfully complex music of Carcass!  The smokey aromas and flavors are perfect for the guttural vocals and darker lyrical themes, while the sweet, malt and dark fruit flavors are great for the melodic guitars, and the booziness if perfect for the intensity of the musical delivery!  Both are total crushers!  'Nuff said! 

Cheers!!  Hails!!

February 22nd, 2026 - The Big Bad Baptist Moves Onward to Golgotha During the Solstice

 

Good day and happy Sunday evil-doers, hellions, headbangers, and craft brew lovers!  Your drinking buddy the (not-so) right Reverend Meista here getting a little blasphemous, aggressive, and very dark, ready to indoctrinate you with the "Onward To Golgotha" Box Set, a celebration of the amazing debut album by death metal monsters Incantation! The box includes the original album, "Onward To Golgotha Live", and two 7" singles: "Entrantment Of Evil" and "Deliverance Of Horrific Prophecies"!  I'm pairing this evil brilliance with a deliciously bold and boozy Big Bad Baptist Solstice from Epic Brewing Company!  Hell to the fuck yeah, brothers and sistas!!  Can I get an amen?!

Album Info:

• Artist: Incantation
• Title: "Onward To Golgotha" Box Set
• Recorded: "Onward To Golgotha" recorded September through November 1991 at Trax East Studios in South River, New Jersey; "Onward To Golgotha Live" recorded live in 1992 at various dates and venues; "Entrantment Of Evil" recorded May 26th and June 2th, 1990 at Stardust Recording Studio in Upper Montclair, New Jersey; "Deliverance Of Horrific Prophecies" recorded May through June 1991 at Trax East Studios in South River, New Jersey 
• Release date: May 5th, 1992 (1st full-length studio release by Incantation)
• Record company: Relapse Records
• Production: Steve Evetts and Bill Yurkiewicz, and Incantation
• Album cover art: Miran Kim (artwork) and Bill Venner (band logo)
• Personnel: Ronny Deo (bass), John McEntee (guitars), Craig Pillard (guitars and vocals), and Jim Roe (drums)
• Musical style: Death metal, doom death
• Sound: Innovative, a total game changer, aggressive, heavy as hell, and rather sludgy, the sound on "Onward To Golgotha" embodies the apocalyptic, soul-crushing brutality that is early Incantation!  It is like a runaway 18-wheeler slamming through a concrete barrier and exploding on the freeway below... broken glass, metal grinding on pavement, and an ear-splitting thunderous impact!  It is everything a death metal should be!
• Major themes: Death, destruction, evil, the occult, anti-Christianity, blasphemy, Satan, darkness, violence, horror, etc.
• Tracks: 
  

"Onward To Golgotha":

1. "Golgotha"
2. "Devoured Death"
3. "Blasphemous Cremation"
4. "Rotting Spiritual Embodiment"
5. "Unholy Massacre"
6. "Entrantment Of Evil"
7. "Christening The Afterbirth"
8. "Immortal Cessation"
9. "Profanation"
10. "Deliverance Of Horrific Prophecies"
11. "Eternal Torture"

"Onward To Golgotha Live":

1. "Entrantment Of Evil" (Live at Cell Block)
2. "Deliverance Of Horrific Prophecies" (Live at Cell Block)
3. "Unholy Massacre" (Live at Cell Block)
4. "Devoured Death" (Live at Cell Block)
5. "Blasphemous Cremation" (Live at Cell Block)
6. "Profanation" (Live at Cell Block)
7. "Golgotha" (Live at Cell Block)
8. "Devoured Death" (Live at Studio 1)
9. "Entrantment Of Evil" (Live at Studio 1)
10. "Bleeding Torment" (Necrophagia cover) (Live at Studio 1)
11. "Deliverance Of Horrific Prophecies" (Live at Studio 1)
12. "Deliverance Of Horrific Prophecies" (Live at Flashes)
13. "Devoured Death" (Live at Flashes)
14. "Rotting Spiritual Embodiment" (Live at Flashes)
15. "Unholy Massacre" (Live at Flashes)
16. "Blasphemous Cremation" (Live at Flashes)
17. "Christening The Afterbirth" (Live at Flashes)
18. "Profanation" (Live at Flashes)

"Entrantment Of Evil":

1. "Entrantment Of Evil"
2. "Eternal Torture"
3. "Devoured Death"
4. "Unholy Massacre"

"Deliverance Of Horrific Prophecies":"

1. "Deliverance Of Horrific Prophecies"
2. "Profanation"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Epic Brewing Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Website: http://www.epicbrewing.com/
• Brew: Big Bad Baptist Solstice
• Style: Imperial Stout
• Serving: 22 ounce bottle
• ABV: 13.2%
• Ingredients: Barrel-aged in whiskey casks: Marris Otter, 2-Row, Light Munich, Chocolate Malt, Black Malt, and Roasted Barley, Nugget, Chinook, and Cascade hops, and Cacao Nibs, Cloves, Star Anise, Pomegranate
• Pour: The Big Bad Baptist Solstice pours a beautiful black... black as hell, black as the night sky, black as mud with a frothy and creamy, 2+ finger, mocha head with great retention and lots of sticky, intricate lacing.
• Nose: The nose is characterized by big aromas of black licorice, dark roasted espresso beans, freshly sliced black cherries, bittersweet cooking chocolate, rich planting soil, vanilla beans, oak, rich bourbon, cloves, along with hints of burnt toffee. 
• Taste: The taste of the Big Bad Baptist Solstice is boozy, sweet, fruity, roasty, and downright dark.  It is characterized by huge dark chocolate, bold black licorice and cloves, black coffee, rich bourbon, vanilla bean, a hint of pomegranate and black cherry juice, and molasses.
• Mouthfeel: Full-bodied with minimal carbonation, the mouthfeel is sticky, velvety, and chunky.  The finish is nice and chewy and velvety smooth with a dry mocha goodness that lingers, and very big, bold bourbon notes.

Overall pairing: The bold, rich, boozy flavors and aromas of the Big Bad Baptist Solstice are perfect for the intensity, aggression, and utter brutality of Incantation's infernal, amazing, and essential "Onward To Golgotha" Box Set!  For a killer evening of kick-ass heavy as hell metal and deliciously bold, intense, and unique flavors, I highly recommend both the brew and the album! 

And make sure to check out my interview with members of Incantation from back in 2022 right here: https://youtu.be/T48dmpmHxgQ

HAILS!!  Cheers!!