Guten abend! Your pal the Meista here pairing "Rocket Ride" by German power metal band Edguy with a Grand Bavaria from Red Rock Brewing Company! Holle ja!
Album Info:
- Artist: Edguy
- Title: "Rocket Ride"
- Recorded: 2005 at Gate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany
- Release date: January 20th, 2006 (7th studio album by Edguy)
- Record company: Nuclear Blast
- Production: Sascha Paeth and Edguy
- Album cover art: Axel Hermann
- Personnel: Felix Bohnke (drums), Tobias "Eggi" Exxel (bass), Jens Ludwig (guitar), Tobias Sammet (vocals), and Dirk Sauer (guitar)
- Additional musicians: Miro Rodenberg (keyboards and orchestral arrangements) and Oliver Hartmann, Thomas Rettke, Amanda Somerville, and Ralf Zdiarstek (backing vocals)
- Musical style: Power metal/hard rock with hints of '80s hair metal
- Sound: Fast, fun, and rocking with lots of soaring melodies, vocals, and guitar solos; vocalist Sammet describes Edguy's sound by the following: "We are a Heavy Metal band. We play angry, powerful, sometimes tongue-in-cheek Metal. We are flamboyant and we don't take ourselves too seriously, but that goes for Van Halen too, right? Are they Happy Rock? No, they have a sense of humor and kick ass! Just like we do..."
- Major themes: Mixing metaphysical or social themes with science fiction and humor, "Rocket Ride" examines elements of love, life, sex, power plays, sanity, and insanity
- Tracks:
- "Sacrifice"
- "Rocket Ride"
- "Wasted Time"
- "Matrix"
- "Return To The Tribe"
- "The Asylum"
- "Save Me"
- "Catch Of The Century"
- "Out Of Vogue"
- "Superheroes"
- "Trinidad"
- "Fucking With Fire (Hair Force One)"
- "Land Of The Miracle" (Live in Brazil - Bonus Track)
Brew Info:
- Brewery: Red Rock Brewing Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)
- Website: http://redrockbrewing.com/
- Brew: Grand Bavaria
- Style: German Hefeweizen / Bavarian Weissbier
- Serving: ounce bottle
- ABV: 5%
- Ingredients: German malted wheat, German yeast strain, and premium two row barley
- Pour: It pours a hazy, rather pale golden-yellow with a medium sized, creamy white head that dissipates quickly and displays only trace lacing.
- Nose: The nose is characterized by aromas of hearty wheat, soft vanilla, banana esters, and citrus (orange and lemon).
- Taste: A classic Hefeweizen flavor in the German tradition, the Grand Bavaria is full of clove, banana, citrus, bready dough, and apple/pear rind flavor.
- Mouthfeel: Light to medium-bodies with good carbonation, the mouthfeel is smooth, creamy, and somewhat spicy with a slightly dry finish.
Prost!!
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