Have you ever wondered what it would sound like if Sweetums from The Muppet Show started a Conan themed heavy metal band with Jello Biafra? No? Neither has anyone else. […]
Yes, this happened. Yes, it’s awful.
Richmond, VA’s grindcore royalty, PIG DESTROYER, are getting ready to unleash their latest rage bomb on the world. The album’s called Book Burner and it’s out October 23rd via Relapse Records. If […]
After listening to Luca Turilli’s latest version of RHAPSODY, I’m struck by two very distinct mental images. The first is that of a knight half-heartedly waving his sword at a […]
In honor of what would have been Howard Phillips Lovecraft’s birthday, I decided to take a listen to the new album from France’s THE GREAT OLD ONES.
This seems like a logical starting point. After all, this beer embodies what I want this blog to be about: Heaviness; complexity; rich, malty deliciousness. Stone’s vintage 2011 Double Bastard is simultaneously punishing and delicious. At 10.5 ABV it will kick you in the face, but it’s not overly boozy tasting. There’s a strong maltiness up front that gives way to hoppy bitterness. It’s smooth like Lando Calrissian. I tasted this fella at Breukelen Bier Merchants. 0