August 6th, 2022 - The United Haze Of Anarchy

 

Good evening and hails metal maniacs!  Your drinking buddy the Meista here tonight with a killer pairing of Evildead's kick-ass "United States Of Anarchy" and a tasty United Haze Of America Pale Ale, the latest offering from my good friends at Fisher Brewing Company!  

Album Info:

• Artist: Evildead
• Title: "United States Of Anarchy"
• Recorded: November 8th through 10th, 2019 at Pawnshop Recording Studios in Van Nys, December 2019 through March 2020 at Skull Seven California in North Hollywood, California, and January 11th, 2020 at X Music Studios in Inglewood, California 
• Release date: October 30th, 2020 (3rd full-length studio release by Evildead)
• Record company: Steamhammer
• Production: Bill Metoyer 
• Album cover art: Ed Repka
• Personnel: Rob Alaniz (drums), Phil Flores (vocals), Juan Garcia (guitars), Albert Gonzalez (guitars), and Karlos Medina (bass) 
• Musical style: Thrash metal
• Sound: With that classic Evildead sound, songs on "United States Of Anarchy" are fast, furious, and steeped in the California thrash of the 1980s!
• Major themes: Politically charged, themes and subjects on the album include social issues, political issues, corruption, greed, violence, war, destruction, the evils of organized religion, etc.
• Tracks: 
1. "The Descending"
2. "Word Of God"
3. "Napoleon Complex"
4. "Greenhouse"
5. "Without A Cause"
6. "No Difference"
7. "Blasphemy Divine"
8. "A.O.P. / War Dance"
9. "Seed Of Doubt"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Fisher Brewing Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Website: http://fisherbeer.com/
• Brew: United Haze Of America
• Style: New England-style Hazy American Pale Ale (APA)
• Serving: 32 ounce "crowler" can
• ABV: 5.0% 
• IBUs: 30
• Ingredients: Strata hops 
• Pour: The United Haze Of America pours a very murky and hazy, golden-caramel amber hue with a hefty half-finger, off-white, frothy, and firm head with great retention and loads of intricate lacing.
• Nose: The nose is a wonderfully aromatic blend of floral and citrus hops with more subtle tropical fruit and malty characteristics.  There are big aromas of grapefruit rind and juice, orange zest, tangerine, mango, peach, apricot, crackery grain, barley, wildflowers, and caramel.
• Taste: The taste of the United Haze Of America follows the nose with lots of tasty citrusy and slightly tropical fruit hop flavor along with floral and malty notes.  There are notes of orange juice, grapefruit juice, tangerine, mango, peach, apricot, black tea, and toffee/caramel.
• Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied and well carbonated, the mouthfeel of the United Haze Of America is very crisp, juicy, and refreshing, yet smooth with a dry, clean finish.

Overall Pairing: The United Haze Of America is a very tasty, juicy, and crushable brew... a perfect companion to the thrashing intensity that is the mighty Evildead!  And what better way to crush 32 ounces of tastiness than with a night of intense headbanging to the kick-ass tracks on "United States Of Anarchy"!  'Nuff said!

Cheers and hails!!

And if you haven't done so already, check out my interview with Evildead drummer Rob Alaniz here: https://youtu.be/geo86sqEm9E