MUNICIPAL WASTE - Electrified Brain
Nuclear Blast
For me MUNICIPAL WASTE can't do no wrong. I mean for starters it was this Richmond, Virginia band that started the whole thrash revival back in the mid 2000's. Their third full length, The Art of Partying, from 2007 was the album that broke em onto the minds of thrash fans everywhere.
Now personally as much as I like that album, as well as their first two. Massive Aggressive from 2009 is the one I still consider fucking great. To me that one was like their Master of Puppets. Yeah sure some people don't care for that album but fuck em. At least after that album the band stayed true to thrash as opposed to METALLICA.
But anyways since then the band's more recent releases (aka: The Fatal Feast from 2012 and Slime and Punishment from 2017) have been decent but not overwhelming. So when this dink came out I was hoping for more than their typical thrash attack. Thankfully Electrified Brain does that in a great way.
OK sure the band's trademark crossover/punk/thrash appeal is all over these fourteen songs. But if you listen with mature ears you'll hear plenty of odes to metal's non thrash past. For example "Demoralizer" has a touch of old MAIDEN. Other cuts show off why Nick Poulos, who joined back in 2016, was a good pick to throw down some major lead guitar work. "High Speed Steel" is pure 80's underground metal worship.
I could go on about the cool songs on here and "Last Crawl" plus "Ten Cent Beer Night" are major ragers. But the bottom line is that Electrified Brain is my new favorite MUNICIPAL WASTE album. It's not only the best album they've done in years but one of this year's best.
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LISTEN HERE:
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