March 5th, 2016 - Doubling Down With A Wylde Card

Goedeavond!  The Meista here tonight pairing ReVamp's excellent sophomore album "Wild Card" with a Wylde Extra Pale Ale from Uinta Brewing Company!

Album Info:

• Artist: ReVamp
• Title: "Wild Card"
• Recorded: 2013 at SandLane Studio in Rijen, The Netherlands
• Release date: September 3rd, 2013 (2nd studio album by ReVamp) (2009-02-03)
• Record company: Nuclear Blast
• Production: Joost van den Broek
• Album cover art: Richard Stark
• Personnel: Floor Jansen (lead vocals), Matthias Landes (drums), Jord Otto (guitars), Arjan Rijnen (guitars), and Ruben Wijga (keyboards)
• Additional musicians: Marcela Bovio and Daniël de Jongh (choir vocals), Mark Jansen (vocals on track 10), Devin Townsend (vocals on track 6), and Johan van Stratum (bass guitar)
• Musical style: Progressive metal, power metal, symphonic metal
• Sound: With all the complexity and depth of symphonic metal, but with the heaviness and rocking aggression of power metal, ReVamp's sound is wonderful blend of the melodic and the intense!  The band is incredibly tight and versed in the essence of metal.  And Floor Jansen's vocals are some of the most powerful, most beautiful, most sensual this goofy blogger has ever had the luck of hearing!
• Major themes: States of mind, states of sanity, lust, depression, honesty, integrity, aggression, etc.
• Tracks:   

1. "The Anatomy Of A Nervous Breakdown: On The Sideline"
2. "The Anatomy Of A Nervous Breakdown: The Limbic System"
3. "Wild Card"
4. "Precibus"
5. "Nothing"
6. "The Anatomy Of A Nervous Breakdown: Neurasthenia"
7. "Distorted Lullabies"
8. "Amendator"
9. "I Can Become"
10. "Misery's No Crime"
11. "Wolf And Dog"
12. "Sins"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Uinta Brewing Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Website: http://www.uintabrewing.com/
• Brew: Wylde Extra Pale Ale
• Style: American Pale Ale
• Serving: 12 ounce can
• ABV: 4.0%
• Pour: It pours a hazy golden orange with a thin, white head that dissipates quickly leaving only trace lacing. 
• Nose: The nose is citrusy, grassy, piney, and sweet.  There are aromas of grapefruit rind and juice, lemon zest, summer grass, soft caramel, and cedar.
• Taste: The flavor follows the aromas; grassy and spicy hops abound.   These grassy and hoppy flavors mingle with sweet caramel and biscuit. 
• Mouthfeel: Incredibly crisp and refreshing, the mouthfeel is initially sharp, but smooths to an almost creamy finish.  It is rather dry and finishes clean.

Overall pairing: The sharp notes and wonderful drinkability of the Wylde Extra Pale Ale makes for a great pairing with the progressive/power metal onslaught that is ReVamp's wonderful "Wild Card"!!  'Nuff said!

Proost... Gezondheid!!