Hello and happy Easter Sunday evil-doers, metal hellions, and artisan brew fanatics! Your drinking buddy the Meista here today with a killer pairing for ya... "Ancient Wraith Of Ku", the kick-ass 3rd album by black metal monsters Blood Storm and a Big Bad Baptist Cinnamon Roll Imperial Stout from Epic Brewing Company! Hell yes!!
- Artist: Blood Storm
- Title: "Ancient Wraith Of Ku"
- Recorded: May through June 2001 at Jacoda Music/Vortex Sound Studios in Lindewald, New Jersey
- Release date: 2001 (3rd full-length studio release by Blood Storm)
- Record company: Metal War Productions
- Production: Blood Storm
- Album cover art: Sahsahsalim (artwork) and John Litchko (layout and band logo)
- Personnel: Axarcuth (guitars), Deyaxulgaat (bass), MacCriunna (bass), Mezzadurus (guitars and vocals)
- Musical style: Black metal, blackened thrash metal
- Sound: Aggressive, riff-driven, and wonderfully dark, the sound on "Ancient Wraith Of Ku" is a unique blend of black metal and thrash coupled with dark, cosmic horror vocals! The guitars are buzzsaw, angry bee ferocity over Deyaxulgaat's brutally intricate bass lines and MacCriunna's machine gun fire drumming!
- Major themes: The occult, mythology, H.P. Lovecraft lore, cosmology, blasphemy, dark fantasy, magic, violence, torture, nihilism, etc.
- Tracks:
- "Intro"
- "Quantum Nihilism"
- "Cold Flesh Of Space"
- "Intro"
- "Spectral Holocaust"
- "Shrieks Of Torture"
- "Intro"
- "Ancient Wraith"
- "Kmo A'Ajei Virus"
- "Intro"
- "Haunters Of The Dead"
- "V.V.V.V.V. (Vi Veri Vniversum Vivus Vici)"
- "Intro"
- "Possession By The Ku"
- "Outro"
- "The Curse" (Slaughter cover)
- Brewery: Epic Brewing Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)
- Website: http://www.epicbrewing.com/
- Brew: Big Bad Baptist Cinnamon Roll
- Style: Imperial Stout
- Serving: 22 ounce bottle
- ABV: 9.8%
- Ingredients: Marris Otter, 2-Row, Light Munich, Chocolate Malt, Black Malt, and Roasted Barley malts, with Nugget, Chinook, and Cascade hops, aged in whiskey barrels with cacao nibs and cinnamon bun flavor
- Pour: The Big Bad Baptist Cinnamon Roll pours a beautiful black... black as hell, black as the night sky, black as mud with a half-finger mocha head that slowly dissipates to thin layer with good retention and lots of sticky lacing.
- Nose: The nose is characterized by aromas of spicy cinnamon, maple syrup, bittersweet cooking chocolate, rich planting soil, dark roasted espresso beans, rich vanilla, oak, and rich bourbon, along with sweet toffee and hints of black licorice.
- Taste: The flavor is characterized by huge notes of cinnamon, sugar, icing, maple syrup, dark roasted coffee, dark and milk chocolate, vanilla extract, freshly whipped cream, and rich bourbon, with more subtle notes of dark toasted bread, burnt toffee, and molasses.
- Mouthfeel: Full-bodied with minimal carbonation, the Big Bad Baptist Cinnamon Roll's mouthfeel is sticky, velvety, and chunky. The finish is nice and chewy and velvety smooth with a spicy cinnamon kick that lingers.