Good evening! The Meista here tonight pairing "Melana Chasmata" by Triptykon and a Samuel Smith Organic Chocolate Stout from Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster)!
Album info:
- Title: "Melana Chasmata" (Μελανά Χάσματα) According to band leader Thomas Gabriel Fischer (a.k.a. "Tom Warrior") the albums title means "black, deep depressions/valleys" — or, in a more literal translation, "chasms as [black as] ink".
- Release date: April 15th, 2014 (U.S.)
- Record company: Prowling Death Records/Century Media Records
- Personnel: Fischer (vocals and guitar), Norman Lonhard (drums and percussion), V. Santura (guitar and vocals), and Vanja Šlajh (bass and vocals)
- Album art by: the late H. R. Giger (sadly his last)
- Musical style: A mix of heavy, doomy, dark, ambient, gothic, richly textured, avant-garde perfection!
- Tracks:
| 1. | "Tree of Suffocating Souls" | |
| 2. | "Boleskine House" | |
| 3. | "Altar of Deceit" | |
| 4. | "Breathing" | |
| 5. | "Auroræ" | |
| 6. | "Demon Pact" | |
| 7. | "In the Sleep of Death" | |
| 8. | "Black Snow" | |
| 9. | "Waiting" |
Brew info:
- Style: Chocolate Stout/Milk Stout
- Brewery: Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster)
- Ingredients: Roasted organic chocolate malt and real organic cocoa
- ABV: 5.0%
- Pour: The color is a dark and murky black/brown - almost ink black with a thick and frothy mocha head that leaves big, bubbly lacing.
- Nose: Huge aromas of bitter-sweet dark chocolate, milk chocolate, cocoa, and toffee.
- Taste: Very sweet and dry massive roasted chocolate with more subtle notes of sweetened coffee, caramel, and toffee... maybe a touch of marshmallow too.
- Body: Thick and chewy, but very drinkable and very smooth!
- Finish: Sweet and dry with lingering dark chocolate notes
- Overall: Excellent chocolate stout that goes great with the sludgy heaviness and dark imagery of the brilliant "Melana Chasmata"!!
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