August 30th, 2025 - There Will Be Blood... During This Transfusion!

 

Hails and happy Saturday headbangers and craft brew freaks!!  The Meista here thrashing away with Vindicator's kick-ass, debut, full-length album "There Will Be Blood" and a tart, juicy, and spicy Transfusion from Prairie Artisan Ales!  Hells yeah!

Album Info:

• Artist: Vindicator
• Title: "There Will Be Blood" 
• Recorded: Summer 2008 at t Atonement Studios in Birmingham, Ohio
• Release date: January 29th, 2014 (1st full-length album by Vindicator)
• Record company: Death or Glory Records
• Personnel: Bob Gutter aka Metal Bob (lead guitars), Marshall Law (bass and lead vocals), Jesse Stown (drums), and Vic Stown (rhythm guitars)
• Album cover art: Abram Hodgens (logo), Marshall Law (cover art), and Sarah Stown (photography)
• Musical style: Thrash metal/speed metal
• Sound: Fast, furious, and unapologetic in-your-face thrash metal!  The guitar work of Metal Bob and Vic Stown is explosive, fiery, and perfectly balanced by Law's thunderous bass work, and Jesse Stown's rapid-fire machine guns and stampeding bull drumming!  This is how trash is supposed to sound!
• Major themes: Violence, destruction, terror, blood, evil, aggression, injustice, pain, revenge, etc.
• Tracks:

1. "Fresh Outta Hell"
2. "New Clear Assault"
3. "Deathfront Demons"
4. "Hallows Eve"
5. "Pain And Suffering"
6. "Shrapnel"
7. "Thrash And Destroy"
8. "Vindicator"
9. "Gore Orphanage"
10. "There Will Be Blood"
11. "Mouthdicator"

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Prairie Artisan Ales (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
• Website: https://prairieales.com/
• Brew: Transfusion
• Style: Fruited brewed cocktail
• Serving: 12 ounce can
• ABV: 5.0%
• Ingredients: Malted beverage with concord grape, lime juice, and ginger
• Pour: The Transfusion pours a very murky, pale plum color with a frothy, 1+ finger, bright pinkish white head that dissipates slowly, leaving a thin ring with soapy lacing.
• Nose: The nose is fruity, spicy, and rather tart.  There are aromas of freshly sliced limes, lemon juice and zest, fresh ginger, concord grape juice, and a hint of honey.
• Taste: The taste of the Transfusion follows the nose with juicy, fruity, tart, and spicy flavors.  There are notes of bright lime juice, grape soda, concord grape juice, ginger beer, fresh ginger, lemon juice and zest, a hint of red wine vinegar, a splash of honey, and very subtle graininess.
• Mouthfeel: Light to medium in body and very well-carbonated, the mouthfeel is very effervescent, crisp, spicy, juicy, and refreshing, yet smooth with a dry, slightly spicy finish.

Overall pairing: The unique, spicy, ginger-forward, fruity punch of the Prairie Transfusion is a great, crushable drink for the brutal thrash metal power that is the mighty Vindicator!! Crush a few Transfusions and hit the pit!  'Nuff said!

Make sure to check out my interview with Vic Stown from a few years ago here: https://youtu.be/oXD71hqmf_M

Cheers and hails!!