In honor of the Big 4 (Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth) playing Yankee Stadium next week, our hard-rocking friends at Jägermeister have come up with some metal-themed cocktails. If you can't make it to the show, slurping down a few of these with "Master of Puppets" playing at ear-splitting levels could be the next best thing to being there….

Angel of Death - Slayer
1.5oz Old Overholt Rye
1oz Jägermeister
1oz Averna
3 dashes Jerry Thomas Decanter Bitters
Brandied Cherries
Build, stir with ice and garnish with a cherry

Reign in Blood-Slayer
2oz Jägermeister
.75oz Beefeater 24
.5oz Raspberry Simple Syrup
.5oz Iced Tea
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass. Add Ice and Stir
Strain into a Double Old Fashioned Glass
Lemon Twist for garnish

Bring The Noise-Anthrax
1.5oz Jägermeister
1.5oz Grapefruit Juice
.5oz Don Q anejo rum
.5oz Velvet Falernum
Combine all ingredients with Ice, Shake and strain into a tall glass.

Actor Jon Hamm (left) was photographed leaving Dominick’s in West Hollywood (www.dominicksrestaurant.com). Beyond that rather loose connection, he has nothing to do with this entry. We just think he's a sexy slab of man-meat and will publish photos of him whenever possible. The folks at Dominick's are sexy bitches, too, and super cool -- they even provided us with a great $12 cocktail from their menu, the Cardamom Crisp.

According to Wikipedia, cardamom refers to several plants of the genera Elettaria and Amomum in the ginger family Zingiberaceae. Both genera are native to India, they are recognised by their small seed pod, triangular in cross-section and spindle-shaped, with a thin papery outer shell and small black seeds. Elettaria pods are light green while Amomum pods are larger and dark brown.

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