December 11th, 2021 - Vitruvian L'uomo Di Ferro

 

Hello and happy Saturday evil-doers, rivet heads, and craft beer freaks!  Your drinking buddy the Meista here on this fine day getting the weekend off to the right start with a pairing of a tasty Vitruvian Lager from Bewilder Brewing Company (in collaboration with The Leonardo Museum of Creativity and Innovation) and the wonderful "L'uomo Di Ferro: A Tribute To Black Sabbath", a Black Sabbath cover album by Sabbatonero!  YES!!

Album Info: 

• Artist: Sabbatonero
• Title: "L'uomo Di Ferro: A Tribute To Black Sabbath"
• Recorded: 2020 at various studios around the globe
• Release date: 2021 (1st studio album released by Sabbatonero)
• Record company: Night Of The Vinyl Dead Records / Nuclear Blast 
• Production: Tony Dolan and Francesco Conte 
• Album cover art: Welt (art) and Maxi Kuzianik and Tony Dolan (design and layout) 
• Personnel: Francesco Conte (guitars), Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan (bass and vocals), Filippo Marcheggiani (guitars), and Riccardo Spilli (drums)
• Guest musicians: Prika Amaral (guitar solo on "Killing Yourself To Live"), Rasmus Bom Anderson (lead vocals on "Symptom Of The Universe"), Ken Andrews (guitar solo on "Heaven And Hell"), Wiley Arnet (guitar solo on "Hole In The Sky"), Dario Casabona (drums on "Hole In The Sky"), Tony D’Alessio (lead vocals on "Heaven And Hell"), Freddy Delirio (keyboards on "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"), Tony Dolan (lead vocals on N.I.B.), Jeff "Mantas" Dunn (guitar solo on "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"), Heric Fittipaldi (keyboards on "Heaven And Hell"), Fleigas (lead vocals on "Paranoid"), Marty Friedman (guitar solo on "Symptom Of The Universe"), John Gallagher (lead vocals on Children Of The Grave"), Terence Hobbs (guitar solo on N.I.B.), Mark Jackson (drums on "War Pigs"), Maksymina Kuzianik (lead vocals on "Killing Yourself To Live"), James Murphy (guitar solo on "War Pigs"), Sonia Nusselder (guitar solo on "Paranoid"), Mayara Puertas (lead vocals on "Killing Yourself To Live"), James Rivera (lead vocals on "War Pigs"), Simone Salvatori (lead vocals on "A National Acrobat"), Snowy Shaw (drums on "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"), Steve Sylvester (lead vocals on "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"), Russ Tippins (guitar solo on "Children Of The Grave"), Atilla Voros (guitar solo on "A National Acrobat"), and Andrea Zanetti (lead vocals on "Hole In The Sky")
• Musical style: Heavy metal, doom metal with elements of thrash and extreme metal
• Sound: With the number of insanely talented musicians and vocalists on this album being led by the Demolition Man, you know it is going to kick some serious ass... and boy does it!  Every song on here is a fantastic rendition of the original.  I love that they have covered some tracks you normally don't hear as well. 
• Major themes: Life, death, evil, darkness, war, insanity, hell, etc. 
• Notes: All funds raised are being donated to front line pandemic workers at the Spallanzani Hospital in Rome, Italy.
• Tracks: 

1. "Symptom Of The Universe"
2. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"
3. "N.I.B."
4. "Killing Yourself To Live"
5. "Heaven And Hell"
6. "Children Of The Grave"
7. "A National Acrobat"
8. "War Pigs"
9. "Paranoid" (7" A side bonus track)
10. "Hole In The Sky" (7" B side bonus track)

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Bewilder Brewing Company (Salt Lake City, Utah) in collaboration with The Leonardo Museum of Creativity and Innovation
• Website: https://bewilderbrewing.com/
• Brew: Vitruvian Lager 
• Style: Franco / Italian Pilsner
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 5.0%
• IBUs: 25 
• Ingredients: Noble hops and Pilsner malt
• Pour: The Vitruvian pours a clear, bright yellow hue with a half finger, off-white, frothy head with that slowly dissipates to a thin ring.
• Nose: The nose is malty, bready, floral, and slightly sweet.  There are aromas of grassy and spicy hops, wildflowers, barley, toasted bread, light toffee, and crackery biscuit.
• Taste: Following the nose, the taste of the Vitruvian is a well-balanced blend of grassy hops and slightly sweet malts.  There are notes of crackery biscuit, light barley, toasted bread, herbal tea, light pine resin, grassy hops, and soft caramel/toffee.
• Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied and moderately carbonated, the mouthfeel is crisp and smooth with a dry, slightly bitter finish. 

Overall pairing: The easy drinking, yet complex Bewilder Vitruvian Pilsner is a traditional Italian style lager and makes for a nice foil to the aggressive and wonderfully complex music of Sabbatonero, while the subtle bitterness is perfect for the darker lyrical themes!  'Nuff said! 

Salud!!  Hails!!

And make sure to check out the interview I conducted with Tony Dolan last year:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAaKWz3yIvo&feature=youtu.be