Excellent metal and beer continue flowing abundantly and the cup of heresy overfloweth. This week’s offering: Necrovation’s Storm the Void / Starving Grave and Other Half Brewing’s Mylar Dust.
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Receiving the Evcharist: Kromheim and Varangian
This month I’ve returned with more mead and an even more thematically appropriate album for this ancient drink, so let’s dive in with Kromheim’s Journey to Divinity and Groennfell’s Varangian.
Continue readingReceiving the Evcharist: Barabbas, du förtappade and Lost Hog Rosé
I love seeing all the fresh takes on this column from new faces. Thanks to Colin for putting his take on mead and metal out there last week; it’s given me the impetus to pick this thing up and try my own hand at The Sacrament once again, my way. And my way this week involves screamo and wine by way of Barabbas, du förtappade’s Discussions on Existentialism and Lost Hog Vineyard’s Rosé.
Continue readingReceiving the Evcharist: Wuodan’s Wunde and Old Wayfarer
The uniting theme of my inaugural Evcharist seems to be allusions to the One-Eyed God. So go ahead and raise your horns, grab your walking stick, and let’s journey to ancient times via black metal and mead with Wuodan’s Wunde’s Es glimmt empor aus ewger Nacht and Groennfell’s Old Wayfarer.
Continue readingReceiving the Evcharist: Frøkedal/Sâver and Apple Pie
Like Randy Quaid on a suicide mission into the alien mothership, “I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaaack.” Receiving the Evcharist is our weekly feature where we pair choice albums with our favorite libations. Drink from the cup of heresy. This week’s offerings: Frøkedal and Sâver’s Split and Destihl Brewery’s Apple Pie.
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