August 21st, 2026 - That Double IPA Hits Like a Led Zeppelin!

 

Hello and happy Friday rockers, rollers, and hopheads!  Your pal the Meista here today on my 55th birthday (yikes!) pairing one of my all-time favorite beers from one of my all-time favorite breweries with one of my all-time favorite bands!  I'm pairing the self-titled boxed set from the mighty Led Zeppelin and bold and hoppy Fisher Double IPA from the fine folks at Fisher Brewing Company!  Hell yeah!! 

This pairing is lovingly dedicated to the late, great Lloyd Laws!  This boxed set belonged to Lloyd, and his lovely widow Connie kindly gave to me recently.  Much love to Lloyd and Connie!  Rest in power Lloyd!!  We miss you my friend!!

Album Info:

• Artist: Led Zeppelin
• Title: "Led Zeppelin" Boxed Set
• Recorded: October 1968 through December 1978 at various studios
• Release date: October 23rd, 1990 (3rd compilation album and 1st boxed set album by Led Zeppelin)
• Record company: Atlantic Records
• Production: Yves Beauvais, Peter Grant, Jeff Griffin, Jimmy Page, and John Walters
• Album cover art: Richard Hutchinson (design)
• Personnel: John Henry "Bonzo" Bonham (drums, percussion, and backing vocals), John Paul Jones (bass, mandolin, mellotron, organ, keyboards, synthesizer bass, and backing vocals), Jimmy Page (acoustic, electric and pedal steel guitars, theremin, backing vocals, and production), and Robert Plant (lead and backing vocals, and harmonica)
• Additional musicians: Sandy Denny (vocals on "The Battle of Evermore") John Mahoney (programming on "Moby Dick"/"Bonzo's Montreux"), and Ian Stewart (piano on "Rock and Roll")
• Musical style: Hard rock / heavy blues rock with elements of progressive rock, heavy metal, reggae, funk, R&B, and folk rock
• Sound: I won't insult your intelligence by even attempting to describe the monster sound on this boxed set.  Definite, seminal, vast, expansive, important, and brilliant, it definitely stands the test of time and definitely is a masterpiece on so many levels:  a masterpiece in songwriting, performance/execution, and in production!  It's the mighty Zep for Chis' sake!!
• Major themes: Mysticism, fantasy, the blues, pain, sorrow, love, loss, sex, desire, power, valor, mythology, life, death, rebellion, joy, music, relationships, friendship, etc.
• Tracks: 

Disc 1:

1. "Whole Lotta Love"
2. "Heartbreaker"
3. "Communication Breakdown"
4. "Babe I'm Gonne Leave You"
5. "What Is And What Should Never Be"
6. "Thank You"
7. "I Can't Quit You Baby" (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England, 9 January 1970)
8. "Dazed And Confused"
9. "Your Time Is Gonna Come"
10. "Ramble On"
11. "Travelling Riverside Blues" (Live at the BBC 23 June 1969)
12. "Friends"
13. "Celebration Day"
14. "Hey, Hey What Can I Do"
15. "White Summer/Black Mountain Side" (Live at the BBC 27 June 1969)

Disc 2: 

1. "Black Dog"
2. "Over The Hills And Far Away"
3. "Immigrant Song"
4. "The Battle Of Evermore"
5. "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp"
6. "Tangerine"
7. "Going To California"
8. "Since I've Been Loving You"
9. "D'yer Mak'er"
10. "Gallows Pole"
11. "Custard Pie"
12. "Misty Mountain Hop"
13. "Rock And Roll"
14. "The Rain Song"
15. "Stairway To Heaven"

Disc 3: 

1. "Kashmir"
2. "Trampled Under Foot"
3. "For Your Life"
4. "No Quarter"
5. "Dancing Days"
6. "When The Levee Breaks"
7. "Achilles Last Stand"
8. "The Song Remains The Same"
9. "Ten Years Gone"
10. "In My Time Of Dying"

Disc 4: 

1. "In The Evening"
2. "Candy Store Rock"
3. "The Ocean"
4. "Ozone Baby"
5. "Houses Of The Holy"
6. "Wearing And Tearing"
7. "Poor Tom"
8. "Nobody's Fault But Mine"
9. "Fool In The Rain"
10. "In The Light"
11. "The Wanton Song"
12. "Moby Dick/Bonzo's Montreux"
13. "I'm Gonna Crawl"
14. "All My Love"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Fisher Brewing Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Website: http://www.fisherbeer.com//
• Brew: Fisher Double IPA
• Style: Double India Pale Ale (DIPA) 
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 9.5%
• Ingredients: Amarillo and Centennial hop flowers
• Pour: The Fisher Double IPA pours a very hazy, deep bronze hue with a creamy, half finger, off-white head with great retention and lots of sticky, intricate, and layered lacing.
• Nose: The nose is dank, citrusy, floral, herbal, slightly earthy, and malty.  There are notes of grapefruit rind, lemon zest, tangerine, wildflowers, black tea, light onion, hearty bread, a hint of honey, and pale and toasty malts.
• Taste: The taste follows the nose with lots of citrusy, herbal, earthy, and toasted malty and slightly boozy flavors.  There are notes of pink grapefruit juice, orange pith and zest, tangerine, bitter herbs, black tea, grassy, floral, and dank hops, toasted barley, crackery biscuit, and a hint of soft caramel/toffee. 
• Mouthfeel: Medium to full-bodied with moderate carbonation, the mouthfeel is crisp, moderately bitter, yet smooth with a dry, slightly bitter and boozy finish.

Overall pairing: Although I'm not sure any brew can truly do this box set justice, the Fisher Brewing Company's bold and delicious Fisher Double IPA does a pretty fine job of accompanying the swinging grooves, the swing, the heaviness, the fiery guitars, the multilayered depth, the power, and the sheer brilliance of the rock and roll gods known as Led Zeppelin!  'Nuff said!

Cheers!!  Rock on!!  "From Lloyd's heart to your ears"

August 20th, 2026 - Lita & Her Cougar Juice

 

Hey there rockers, rollers, and craft brew lovers!  Happy Thursday!  The Meista here rocking out with "Lita", the 3rd studio album by Lita Ford and a citrusy, crushable, and tasty Cougar Juice American Wheat Ale with Tangerine from my friends at Ogden Beer Company!  Rock on!

Album Info:

• Artist: Lita Ford
• Title: "Lita"
• Recorded: 1987 at Record One in Los Angeles, California
• Release date: February 2nd, 1988 (3rd full-length album by Lita Ford)
• Record company: RCA Records
• Production: Mike Chapman
• Album cover art: Moshe Brakha (photography) and Ria Lewerke (art direction)
• Personnel: Lita Ford (guitars and vocals) with David Ezrin (keyboards), Don Nossov (bass guitar), and Myron Grombacher (drums)
• Additional and guest musicians:  Mike Chapman (backing vocals), Craig Krampf (additional drums and percussion), Llory McDonald (backing vocals), and Ozzy Osbourne (duet vocals on "Close My Eyes Forever")
• Musical style: Hard rock, heavy metal, glam metal
• Sound: Lita's most commercially successful album, "Lita" is riff-driven, energetic, and steeped in '80s bombast!  It highlights her talent as not only a great guitarist and songwriter, but a versatile vocalist as well. 
• Major themes: Rock and roll, sex, desire, love, partying, loss, rebellion, the heavy metal lifestyle, etc.
• Tracks: 
  

1. "Back To The Cave"
2. "Can't Catch Me"
3. "Blueberry"
4. "Kiss Me Deadly"
5. "Falling In And Out Of Love"
6. "Fatal Passion"
7. "Under The Gun"
8. "Broken Dreams"
9. "Close My Eyes Forever"

 Brew Info:

• Brewery: Ogden Beer Company (Ogden, Utah)
• Website: http://www.ogdenbeercompany.com/ 
• Brew: Cougar Juice American Wheat Ale with Tangerine
• Style: Fruited Wheat Beer
• Serving: 12 ounce can
• ABV: 5.0%
• Pour: The Cougar Juice pours a clear, bright, golden-yellow hue with a bright white, half-finger head that dissipates to a thin ring with light, soapy lacing.
• Nose: The nose is a characterized by citrusy, bready, and slightly sweet aromas.  There are aromas of juicy tangerine, orange zest, a hint of lemon zest, freshly baked doughy wheat bread, cracked wheat, and a splashy of honey.
• Taste: Well-balanced and very drinkable, the Cougar Juice is a nice blend of fruity and bready flavors.  There are notes of freshly sliced tangerines, orange zest, light lemon, cracked wheat crackers, and light honey.
• Mouthfeel: Light to medium in body and well-carbonated, the mouthfeel is crisp and smooth with a dry, clean finish. 

Overall pairing: The fun, fast-paced, hard rock sound of "Lita" deserves a bright and crushable brew... thus the delightfully tasty and easy-drinking Cougar Juice American Wheat Ale with Tangerine from Ogden Beer Company!  Those citrusy tangerine notes work great with Ms. Ford's sultry vocals, soaring guitars, and the lyrical content while the bready malts go great with the rock and roll punch!  'Nuff said!

Cheers!!  Rock on!!

August 16th, 2026 - Liquid Spectrum of the Infinite Illumination

 

Hello and happy Sunday metal maniacs, evil-doers, and hop freaks!  Your pal the Meista here rocking the hell out with another great pairing for ya... "Infinite Illumination" the most recent and sadly, last album from the phenomenal doom metal band Spirit Adrift and a delicious, juicy, and hoppy Liquid Spectrum Hazy IPA from the fine folks at Mother Earth Brewing Company!  Yes!!  

Album Info:

• Artist: Spirit Adrift
• Title: "Infinite Illumination"
• Recorded: Late 2025 in Texas
• Release date: April 10th, 2026 (6th studio album by Spirit Adrift)
• Record company: 20 Buck Spin
• Production: Jeff Henson
• Album cover art: Lee Guentert (inner sleeve) and Arik Roper (outer sleeve)
• Personnel: Michael Arellano (drums), Jason Dahlke (guitars), Sonny DeCarlo (bass), and Nate Garrett (guitars and vocals)
• Additional musicians: Steve Jansson (lead guitar on "White Death"), James Murphy (lead guitar on "I Am Sustained"), and Arthur Rizk (lead guitar on "Where Once There Was An Ocean")
• Musical style: Doom metal, stoner rock/metal 
• Sound: In the tradition of bands like Black Sabbath, Candlemass, and Trouble, Spirit Adrift wonderfully blends old school doom metal with traditional metal/rock in a fresh and unique way and lays down some heavy duty riffage in the process!  Garrett's vocals are honest, emotive, and powerful, while his and Dahlke's guitar work (along with the guests on the last 3 tracks) is other worldly!  DeCarlo and Arellano bring the heaviness with finesse and artistry!
• Major themes: Death, doom, existentialism, transcendence, history, mythology, philosophy, etc.
• Tracks: 

1. "Infinite Illumination"
2. "Window Within"
3. "You Will Never Hold The Key"
4. "Born In A Bad Way"
5. "Buried In The Shadow Of The Cross"
6. "White Death"
7. "I Am Sustained"
8. "Where Once There Was An Ocean"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Mother Earth Brewing Company (Vista, California and Nampa, Idaho)
• Website: https://www.motherearthbrewco.com/
• Brew: Liquid Spectrum Hazy IPA 
• Style: New England-style Hazy India Pale Ale (NEIPA)
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 7.2%
• IBUs: 25
• Ingredients: Strata, Galaxy, Mosaic, and Nelson hops
• Pour: The Liquid Spectrum Hazy IPA pours a very hazy, pale golden-yellow hue with a frothy, bright white, 1-finger head with good retention and sudsy, sticky lacing.
• Nose: The nose is very citrusy and tropical with more subtle floral and malt elements.  There are aromas of tangerine, freshly squeezed orange juice, orange zest, lemon zest, grapefruit rind, bright mango, stone fruit (soft peach and dried apricot), wildflowers, freshly picked and cut strawberries, bubblegum, and soft caramel/toffee.
• Taste: Fruit-forward and very juicy, the taste of the Liquid Spectrum Hazy IPA is citrusy, fruity, and slightly sweet.  There are notes of tangerine, orange juice, orange pith, lime, mango, a hint of pineapple, sweet peach, ripe strawberries, and light honey.
• Mouthfeel: Medium to full-bodied with moderate carbonation, the mouthfeel is very crisp and very juicy, yet smooth and creamy with a dry, slightly sweet, slightly boozy, pillowy-soft finish.

Overall pairing: The Liquid Spectrum Hazy IPA from Mother Earth Brewing is a punchy, yet very smooth, drinkable, and refreshing hoppy brew... great for pairing with the heavy hitting doom metal punch that was the legendary Spirit Adrift!  The citrusy and sweet fruit elements of the beer work well as a foil to the heaviness of the band's performance, and the hoppy bitterness fits well with fantastic lyricism and intricate note progressions!  And I love the look of the cool beer can label with the amazing album art of Roper and Guentert! 

My wife and I were fortunate enough to see Spirit Adrift play their final live show on May 28th, 2026 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (opening for the mighty Cryptopsy)!

Cheers and hails!! 

August 15th, 2026 - Conventional Wisdom Would Confirm the Passage of Existence

 

Hello, hails, and happy Saturday evil-doers, metal maniacs, and hopheads!  The Meista here today pairing a hoppy and delicious Conventional Wisdom Pale Ale from my friends at Fisher Brewing Company and "The Passage Of Existence", the kick-ass 5th album from the indelible Florida death metal band Monstrosity!  Hell yeah!

Album Info:

• Artist: Monstrosity
• Title: "The Passage Of Existence"
• Recorded: 2018 at Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida, Ascension Sound in Tampa, Florida, and Obituary's Redneck Studios in Gibsonton, Florida  
• Release date: September 7th, 2018 (5th studio album by Monstrosity)
• Record company: Metal Blade Records
• Production: Lee Harrison
• Album cover art: Timbul Cahyono
• Personnel: Matt Barnes (guitars), Mark English (guitars), Lee Harrison (drums and additional keyboards), Mike Hrubovcak (vocals), and Michael Poggione (bass) 
• Guest musician: Chris Ellison (keyboards and effects)
• Musical style: Death metal
• Sound: 
• Major themes: Death, suffering, oblivion, evil, darkness, horror, violence, science fiction, mythology, etc.
• Tracks: 

1. "Cosmic Pandemia"
2. "Kingdom Of Fire"
3. "Radiated"
4. "Solar Vacuum"
5. "The Proselygeist"
6. "Maelstrom"
7. "Eyes Upon The Abyss"
8. "Dark Matter Invocation"
9. "The Hive"
10. "Eternal Void"
11. "Century"
12. "Slaves To The Evermore"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Fisher Brewing Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Website: http://www.fisherbeer.com/
• Brew: Conventional Wisdom Pale Ale
• Style: West-Coast Pale Ale 
• Serving: 32 ounce crowler can
• ABV: 5.0%
• IBUs: 45
• Ingredients: Nectaron and Lupulin Amarillo hops
• Pour: The Conventional Wisdom Pale Ale pours a cloudy, light 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 citrusy, piney, and slightly fruity aromas along with floral, earthy, dank, and herbal hops, and more subtle sweeter malts.  There are aromas of grapefruit rind, tangerine zest, orange zest, wet pine needles, fresh berries, orange herbal tea, wildflowers, doughy bread, toasted malts, and a hint of soft, sweet caramel/toffee.
• Taste: The taste of the Conventional Wisdom Pale Ale is very citrusy, fruity, earthy, and herbal along with crackery maltiness.  There are notes of grapefruit juice, orange pith, tangerine, pine resin, hints of strawberry, 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: The bold, hoppy, yet very crushable flavors and aromas of the delightful Conventional Wisdom from Fisher Brewing is a great ale to pair with the intense, crushing power and depth of Monstrosity's "" album!  Those citrusy and herbal hop flavors go well with the aggressive rage while the malty backbone is perfect for the overall heaviness of Harrison and van Erp's powerful rhythms! 

Make sure to check out my interview from a few years ago with Lee Harrison: https://youtu.be/9YBn3gNFyBU !

Hails!!  Cheers!!

August 14th, 2026 - Sermons of the Sünner

 

Gutan abend and happy Friday!  The Meista here today rocking the hell out with a crisp and delicious Sünner Kölsch from Sünner Brauerei / BRAUWELT Köln and "Sermons Of The Sinner", the debut album by the mighty KK's Priest!  Hell yeah!

Album Info:

• Artist: KK's Priest
• Title: "Sermons Of The Sinner" 
• Recorded: 2021
• Release date: October 1st, 2021 (1st studio album by KK's Priest)
• Record company: EX1 Records / Cleopatra Records
• Production: K.K. Downing
• Album cover art: Andy Pilkington
• Personnel: K.K. Downing (guitars), Sean Elg (drums), A.J. Mills (guitars), Tony Newton (bass), and Tim "Ripper" Owens (vocals)
• Musical style: Heavy metal
• Sound: This album sounds exactly like you think it would... and that's a very good thing!  This is old school, fist-pumping, head banging metal in the tradition of Judas Priest.  Downing's guitars and Ripper's vocals soar over an explosive and thunders rhythm section!
• Major themes: Heavy metal, power, might, camaraderie, good vs. evil, rebellion, freedom, etc.
• Tracks: 

1. "Incarnation"
2. "Hellfire Thunderbolt"
3. "Sermons Of The Sinner"
4. "Sacerdote y Diablo"
5. "Raise Your Fist"
6. "Brothers Of The Road"
7. "Metal Through And Through"
8. "Wild And Free"
9. "Hail For The Priest"
10. "Return Of The Sentinel"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Sünner Brauerei / BRAUWELT Köln (Köln, Germany)
• Website: https://www.brauwelt-koeln.de/
• Brew: Sünner Kölsch
• Style: German Kölsch
• Serving: 16 ounce bottle
• ABV: 4.8%
• Pour: The Sünner Kölsch pours a clear, golden yellow hue with a frothy, bright white, 1-finger head with good sustain and lots of sudsy, sticky, and layered lacing.
• Nose: The nose is characterized by grass hops, crackery malts, and light sweetness.  There are aromas of summer grass, hay, doughy bread, crackery biscuit, lemon zest, light herbs, a hint of apple, and light honey.
• Taste: The taste of the Sünner Kölsch follows the nose with lots of bready, grainy, grassy, and earthy.  There are notes of crackery grains, sourdough bread, grassy hops, zesty lemon, and a hint of earthy honey.
• Mouthfeel: Light-bodied and well-carbonated, the mouthfeel is very crisp, yet smooth with a dry, clean finish.

Overall pairing: The Sünner Kölsch is crisp and delicious, traditional German Kölsch... a perfect, straightforward beer to crush whilst pumping your fists and banging your head to the heavy metal attack of KK's Priest!  'Nuff said!!

Prost!!  Hails!!

August 9th, 2026 - The Big Blackfoot Exclaims: "Siogo" With an ESB in Hand

 

Hey there rockers, rollers, and craft beer freaks!  Happy Sunday!  The Meista here today with one more pairing for you today... "Siogo", the killer 6th album by legendary southern rockers Blackfoot and a tasty and smooth Bewilder ESB from Bewilder Brewing Company!  Hell yeah!!

Album Info:

• Artist: Blackfoot
• Title: "Siogo"
• Recorded: 1983 at Subterranean Studios and Solid Sound in Ann Arbor, Michigan and The Recording Connection Mobile in Cleveland, Ohio
• Release date: May 1983 (6th studio album by Blackfoot)
• Record company: Atco
• Production: Al Nalli 
• Album cover art: Gary Heery and Bob Defrin (photography, design and artwork)
• Personnel: Charlie Hargrett (lead and rhythm guitars), Ken Hensley (keyboards, slide guitar on "Drivin' Fool", and backing vocals), Rickey Medlocke (lead and rhythm guitars, and lead and backing vocals), Jackson Spires (drums, percussion, and backing vocals), and Greg T. Walker (bass and backing vocals)
• Additional musician: Lala (backing vocals) and Michael Osborne (backing vocals)
• Musical style: Rock and roll, hard rock, heavy blues rock, southern rock
• Sound: Although more commercial and poppier than earlier efforts, the sound on "Siogo" is still that heavy-hitting Blackfoot sound.  
• Major themes: Rock and roll, love, loss, frustration, life, desire, lust, the blues, race relations, etc. 
• Tracks: 

1. "Send Me An Angel"
2. "Crossfire"
3. "Heart's Grown Cold" (Nazareth cover)
4. "We're Going' Down"
5. "Teenage Idol"
6. "Goin' In Circles"
7. "Run For Cover"
8. "White Man's Land"
9. "Sail Away"
10. "Drivin' Fool"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Bewilder Brewing Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Website: https://bewilderbrewing.com/
• Brew: Bewilder ESB
• Style: English-style Extra Special Bitter (ESB) Ale / Traditional English Amber Pub Ale
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 5.0%
• IBUs: 35
• Ingredients: English yeast
• Pour: The Bewilder ESB pours a bright copper-amber hue with a light tan, 2+ finger, frothy head with great retention and lots of sticky, sudsy lacing.
• Nose: The nose is bready, malty, and floral.  There are aromas of light roasted barley, freshly baked bread, crackery biscuit, a hint of bitter hops, wildflowers, and light clover honey. 
• Taste: The taste follows the nose with malty, bready, grainy, and herbal flavors.  There are notes of bready malt, roasted barley, walnut, a splash of caramel, and light bitterness.
• Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied with moderate carbonation, the mouthfeel of the Bewilder ESB is crisp, yet creamy and smooth with a dry, slightly bitter finish.

Overall pairing: The hearty flavors and aromas of the Bewilder ESB is perfect for the rock and roll punch of Blackfoot's underrated "Siogo" album!  Those crisp, grainy flavors enhance the precision and depth of Medlocke's and Hargrett's melodic, yet fiery guitars and Hensley's amazing keys, while the malty and bready notes are perfect for the powerful rhythms and grooves of Spires and Walker!  'Nuff said!

Make sure to check out my interview with legendary Blackfoot bassist Greg T. Walker here: https://youtu.be/bMYjlAMwDoc

Cheers!  Rock on!

August 9th, 2026 - Hey, Zeus! It's Prometheus!

 

Buona sera!  The Meista here pairing "Prometheus - Symphonia Ignis Divinus", the amazing sophomore album from Luca Turilli's Rhapsody and a Heyzeus Mexican Style Lager from Melvin Brewing Company!  Hails!!

Album Info:

• Artist: Luca Turilli's Rhapsody
• Title: "Prometheus - Symphonia Ignis Divinus" ("Prometheus, Symphony of the Divine Fire")
• Recorded: September 2014 through March 2015 at Backyard Studios, Kempten, Germany and Luca Turilli's private studio, Trieste, Italy
• Release date: June 30th, 2015 (2nd studio album by Luca Turilli's Rhapsody)
• Record company: Nuclear Blast
• Production: Luca Turilli
• Album cover art: Stefan “Heile” Heilemann
• Personnel: Alessandro Conti (lead vocals), Patrice Guers (bass), Alex Landenburg (drums), Dominique Leurquin (guitars), and Luca Turilli (guitars, keyboards, orchestral arrangements, production, engineering, and cover art concept)
• Additional musicians: Jasen Anthony (narrator), Bridget Fogle (vocals), Dan Lucas (vocals), David Readman (vocals), Emilie Ragni (vocals), Ralf Scheepers (vocals), and The Voices Of The Apocalypse (Alessandro Conti, Bridget Fogle, Dan Lucas, Previn Moore, Emilie Ragni, Ralf Scheeper, and Matthias Stockinger) 
• Musical style: Cinematic metal, Symphonic power metal, neo-classical metal with elements of progressive metal, opera, and folk metal
• Sound: Insanely (almost overwhelming) bombastic and dramatic, "Prometheus - Symphonia Ignis Divinus" is a HUGE album!  It's like Mozart hired Iron Maiden to play his music and J.R.R. Tolkien to write the lyrics! 
• Major themes: Thematically the album is a complex and "memorable journey between quantum gates, parallel dimensions, myths and legends hiding cosmic truths, ancestral secrets and spiritual revelations". 
• Notes: The album took seven months of composition, three months of production, and over 50 days of mixing.  Lyrics are in Italian and English.
• Tracks: 

1. "Nova Genesis (Ad Splendorem Angeli Triumphantis)"
2. "Il Cigno Nero"
3. "Rosenkreuz (The Rose and the Cross)"
4. "Anahata"
5. "Il Tempo Degli Dei"
6. "One Ring to Rule Them All"
7. "Notturno"
8. "Prometheus"
9. "King Solomon and the 72 Names of God"
10. "Yggdrasil"
11. "Of Michael the Archangel and Lucifer's Fall Part Ii: Codex Nemesis"
12. "Thundersteel" (Cinematic Version, Bonus Track)

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Melvin Brewing Company (Alpine, Wyoming)
• Website: https://melvinbrewing.com/
• Brew: Heyzeus Mexican Style Lager
• Style: Mexican Style Lager
• Serving: 12 ounce can
• ABV: 5.0%
• Pour: The Heyzeus pours a clear, bright golden-yellow hue with a huge, billowy, and firm 2+ finger, eggshell white head with great retention and lots of sticky, intricate spider web lacing.
• Nose: The nose is very light and clean grains and malts, citrus and light floral/grassy hops.  There are aromas of cereal grain, corn meal, corn chips, lemon zest, lemongrass, sourdough bread, summer grass, a hint of honey, and wildflowers.
• Taste: The taste of the Heyzeus is grainy, malty, and slightly sweet.  There are notes of cereal grain, cornbread, crackery biscuit, lemon juice and zest, lime, and a touch of honey.
• Mouthfeel: Light-bodied and well-carbonated, the mouthfeel is very crisp and refreshing with a very clean, dry finish.

Overall pairing: I picked up this album from my buddy Kevin at the Heavy Metal Shop (www.heavymetalshop.com) on special order.  Honestly, I'm not sure if any beer is big enough to match the boldness of this album, but the Heyzeus Mexican Style Lager from Melvin makes a very interesting pairing to say the least.  The light and crisp flavors go great as a foil to the boldness of the album, while the sweetness of the corn and malt make a nice companion to the beautiful vocals and Turilli's amazing finger board work!

Salud!!  Opa!!  Hails!!