Richmond, Virginia based metal outfit Municipal Waste are back with a new album and single in tow. Electrified Brain is out on July 1st via Nuclear Blast, and has been fronted with their latest single, “Grave Dive“, which can be heard below. It’ll be the group’s seventh studio LP in a musical career that’s lasted over twenty years, following on from 2017’s Slime and Punishment.
The album was reportedly produced by Arthur Rizk, and features cover art by James Bousema. Despite the years behind them, it doesn’t seem like they’ve mellowed with age. Vocalist Tony Foresta reportedly wants his audience to “walk away with some bloody ears, blown speakers, pissed off parents, black eyes, and a healthy distrust of authority“, using their special brand of “hardcorepunkmetal“ to do the dirty work.
And it sounds like they deliver on this promise, with “high-voltage non-stop masterclass of neck-snapping thrash that’d be the ideal soundtrack for high-speed car chases and backyard steel cage matches” being just some of the phrases used to describe the record.
Our massively-anticipated 7th studio album #ElectrifiedBrain drops July 1st via @NuclearBlast.
Cover artwork: @JamesBousema
LISTEN TO “GRAVE DIVE”https://t.co/7nmBw5GUeG
PRE-ORDER ALBUMhttps://t.co/JHuKsxwf3P
PRE-SAVE ALBUMhttps://t.co/DRPbTUhskI#MunicipalWaste pic.twitter.com/uywOsWeHbH
— Municipal Waste (@MUNICIPALWASTE) April 1, 2022
As for their latest single, “Grave Dive“, Foresta describes it as “an inspirational song for our fans to cause bodily harm to themselves, but in a loud and healthy way, of course.“
The quintet (which is made up of Foresta on vocals, Ryan Waste/Nick Poulos on guitar, Philip Hall on bass and Dave Witte on drums) have been together since 2001 and have been making this fact known about town ever since. Among some of the accolades they’ve received include a place on Decibel’s Hall of Fame for their The Art of Partying (2007), an album which Loudwire declared “The Best Thrash Album of 2007”.
If you want to pre-order the new album, you can look here. The tracklist for Electrified Brain can be seen below. As for seeing them live, a tour supporting the new album has already begun in America, and they’ll be reaching us in September (as can be seen below). Tickets can be gotten here.
Electrified Brain Tracklist
1. “Electrified Brain”
2. “Demoralizer”
3. “Last Crawl”
4. “Grave Dive”
5. “The Bite”
6. “High Speed Steel”
7. “Thermonuclear Protection”
8. “Blood Vessel – Boat Jail”
9. “Crank The Heat”
10. “Restless and Wicked”
11. “Ten Cent Beer Night”
12. “Barreled Rage”
13. “Putting On Errors”
14. “Paranormal Janitor”
Municipal Waste UK Tour Dates
27/09/2022 – Birmingham – O2 Academy
29/09 – Manchester – Manchester Academy
30/09 – Glasgow – O2 Academy
01/10 – Newcastle – O2 City Hall
03/10 – Leeds – O2 Academy
04/10 – Nottingham – Rock City
06/10 – Bristol – O2 Academy
08/10 – London – Brixton Academy
