  
Municipal Waste have always been youthful lads
living in the past, back in a time when thrash
metal hit its peak. They’ve always been
vulgar, quick and have been inciting riots since
they formed back and played their first show,
a New Years Eve keg party in 2000 seeing 2001
in with an aggressive start. It doesn’t
seem like they’ve been in business in 11
years as they only really peaked back in 2008
with “The Art Of Partying”, I’d
say if anything the quality of their album cover’s
and of the material’s production value has
regressed since then, but in this instance it’s
quite the appropriate thing as it makes the material
sounds like it fits back in the 80’s where
it would have thrived.
The total album duration is a mere 40 minutes
in duration as opposed to the usual hour and half
stints that an album would get which when you
look at it is kind of a downer as you could pay
the same price for a film that would last you
longer, never the less that’s what they’ve
done. But for the people who are familiar with
Municipal Waste this is more of the same; party
themed, booze ridden, high octane rollercoaster
that due to the short duration never get’s
stale. “Covered In Sick/The Barfer”
is another song about alcohol but there it is
from the start with thick tones, variation in
pace throughout, sing-a-long moments with the
chorus like “Covered in sick!” repeating
over and over.
They aren’t a band that is to be taken seriously
in all honesty, they live more for touring aspect
of the industry rather than releasing hard hitting
music as they prefer to party and from what they’ve
unleashed on our country every time they’ve
graced our shores so far nobody does a better
job of that, the albums are more of a soundtrack
to chaos. With bands like Testament, Overkill,
Anthrax and various other thrash legends still
bringing the hard hitting stuff to us like a punch
to the face nobody will be claiming this to be
their album of the year but for a good half hour
you can cheer the fuck up and have a laugh, you
can’t put a price on that.
3.5/5
Review by James Webb
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