Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Municipal Waste - "Hazardous Mutation"
Seeing as I named this blog after their second album I might as well start it off with the mighty Municipal Waste. For old school eighties thrashers like me, fruitlessly wandering the musical desert for years in search of any new quality thrash, this is like stumbling across a huge oasis of never ending circle pits, bottomless beers and non-stop headbanging. Playing an updated form of crossover (when metal and hardcore started to rejoin again), this album is full of speedy hardcore accented with tons of tooth chippin' thrash gallops and lightning speed tempo changes, just like the bands used to play it back in the day. Think of a mix of early Tankard, Corrosion Of Conformity, D.R.I. and Cryptic Slaughter but far more technically adept in terms of songwriting and pure riffage and you start to get the picture of how good these guys are. Another thing that really drew me to this band, besides their faithfully retro yet non-patronizing take on crossover, is the stellar vocals. He sounds like a lower pitched version of John Connelly from thrash greats Nuclear Assault, which is definitely one of the more distinct voices in the genre. Put this all together and it's hard to think of another band playing this style this well since the days it started. So break out your jean jacket and beer and prepare for a nasty "Bangover"."Unleash The Bastards"
"The Thrashin' Of Christ"
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