Good afternoon headbangers and hopheads... and happy Friday! The Meista here today starting the weekend off right with a pairing of Massacre's "Inhuman Condition" EP and an Atomizer IPA from Full Sail Brewing Company! Hell yeah!!
Album Info:
- Artist: Massacre
- Title: "Inhuman Condition"
- Recorded: December 1991 at Morrisound Recording in Tampa, Florida
- Release date: March 30th, 1992 (1st EP by Massacre)
- Record company: Earache Records
- Production: Massacre
- Album cover art: Edward J. Repka
- Personnel: Bill Andrews (drums), Terry Butler (bass), Kam Lee (vocals), Rick Rozz (guitars), and Steve Swanson (guitars on tracks 1 through 3)
- Additional musicians: Cronos (vocals on "Warhead") and Walter Trachsler (rhythm guitar on "Provoked Accuser")
- Musical style: Death metal, thrash metal
- Sound: Fast, aggressive, and brutal as hell, with their debut album, Massacre let the world know that Death and Morbid Angel were not the only heavy hitters of the death metal scene in the early 1990s! Rozz's straightforward, yet monstrous tremolo riffs are amazing! Andrews and Butler lay down a savage rhythm! And Lee's brutal growls are some of the best death metal vocals you will come upon... seriously!
- Major themes: With lots of Lovecraftian interdimensional sci-fi, horror, and gore imagery, themes on "Inhuman Condition" include death, war, terror, fear, evil, darkness, insanity, the occult, etc.
- Tracks:
- "Inhuman Condition"
- "Plains Of Insanity"
- "Warhead" (Venom cover)
- "Provoked Accurser"
Brew Info:
- Brewery: Full Brewing Company (Hood River, Oregon)
- Website: https://fullsailbrewing.com/
- Brew: Atomizer IPA
- Style: American India Pale Ale (IPA)
- Serving: 12 ounce bottle
- ABV: 7.0%
- IBUs: 70
- Ingredients: Cryo Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe, and Ekuanot hops
- Pour: The Atomizer IPA pours a slightly hazy golden-orange with a 1-finger, off white head with good retention and soapy lacing.
- Nose: The nose is very citrusy, fruity, grainy, and floral. There are aromas of grapefruit, orange juice, mango, fresh mountain flowers, very light pine resin, soft caremel, and crackery biscut.
- Taste: The taste of the Atomizer IPA follows the nose with lots of citrus, tropical fruit, crackery grain, and light herbal flavors. There are notes of juicy pink grapefruit, orange juice, tangerine, mango, pineapple, crackers, grassy hops, lemon tea, and light pine.
- Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied with moderate carbonation, the mouthfeel is very crisp, smooth, and juicy with a dry, clean finish.
Overall pairing: The Atomizer IPA is a very bright, very flavorful, punchy, and crushable brew that is pefect for throwing back whilst pumping your fists and wrecking your neck to the brutal death metal onslaught that is Massacre's ass-kicking "Inhuman Condition"!! 'Nuff said!
Cheers and hails!!
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