April 13th, 2025 - Onward To Golgotha You Old Fashioned Baptist

 

Good day and happy Sunday evil-doers, hellions, headbangers, and craft brew lovers!  Your drinking buddy the (not-so) right Reverend Meista here getting a little blasphemous, aggressive, and very dark, ready to indoctrinate you with "Onward To Golgotha", the amazing debut album by death metal monsters Incantation and a deliciously bold and boozy Big Bad Baptist Old Fashioned from Epic Brewing Company!  Hell to the fuck yeah, brothers and sistas!!  Can I get an amen?!

Album Info:

• Artist: Incantation
• Title: "Onward To Golgotha"
• Recorded: September through November 1991 at Trax East Studios in South River, New Jersey
• Release date: May 5th, 1992 (1st full-length studio release by Incantation)
• Record company: Relapse Records
• Production: Steve Evetts and Bill Yurkiewicz
• Album cover art: Miran Kim (artwork) and Bill Venner (band logo)
• Personnel: Ronny Deo (bass), John McEntee (guitars), Craig Pillard (guitars and vocals), and Jim Roe (drums)
• Musical style: Death metal, doom death
• Sound: Innovative, a total game changer, aggressive, heavy as hell, and rather sludgy, the sound on "Onward To Golgotha" embodies the apocalyptic, soul-crushing brutality that is early Incantation!  It is like a runaway 18-wheeler slamming through a concrete barrier and exploding on the freeway below... broken glass, metal grinding on pavement, and an ear-splitting thunderous impact!  It is everything a death metal should be!
• Major themes: Death, destruction, evil, the occult, anti-Christianity, blasphemy, Satan, darkness, violence, etc.
• Tracks: 
  

1. "Golgotha"
2. "Devoured Death"
3. "Blasphemous Cremation"
4. "Rotting Spiritual Embodiment"
5. "Unholy Massacre"
6. "Entrantment Of Evil"
7. "Christening The Afterbirth"
8. "Immortal Cessation"
9. "Profanation"
10. "Deliverance Of Horrific Prophecies"
11. "Eternal Torture"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Epic Brewing Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Website: http://www.epicbrewing.com/
• Brew: Big Bad Baptist Old Fashioned
• Style: Imperial Stout
• Serving: 22 ounce bottle
• ABV: 11.8%
• Ingredients: Barrel-aged in whiskey casks: Marris Otter, 2-Row, Light Munich, Chocolate Malt, Black Malt, and Roasted Barley, Nugget, Chinook, and Cascade hops, and Cacao Nibs, Black Cherry Flavor, Natural Flavors, and Cherry Puree
• Pour: The Big Bad Baptist Old Fashioned pours a beautiful black... black as hell, black as the night sky, black as mud with a frothy and creamy, 2+ finger, mocha head with great retention and lots of sticky, intricate lacing.
• Nose: The nose is characterized by big aromas of orange bitters, orange peel, dark roasted espresso beans, freshly sliced black cherries, bittersweet cooking chocolate, rich planting soil, black licorice, vanilla beans, oak, rich bourbon, spices, along with sweet burnt toffee. 
• Taste: The taste of the Big Bad Baptist Old Fashioned is boozy, sweet, fruity, roasty, and downright dark.  It is characterized by huge dark chocolate, orange peel, orange marmalade, black cherry juice, black coffee, rich bourbon, vanilla bean, and molasses.
• Mouthfeel: Full-bodied with minimal carbonation, the mouthfeel is sticky, velvety, and chunky.  The finish is nice and chewy and velvety smooth with a dry mocha goodness that lingers, and very big, bold bourbon notes.

Overall pairing: The bold, rich, boozy flavors and aromas of the Big Bad Baptist Old Fashioned are perfect for the intensity, aggression, and utter brutality of Incantation's infernal "Onward To Golgotha" album!  For an evening of kick-ass heavy as hell metal and deliciously bold, intense, and unique flavors, I highly recommend both the brew and the album! 

Check out my interview with Incantation from 2022 here: https://youtu.be/T48dmpmHxgQ

HAILS!!