Of all the bands currently riding the New Wave of Thrash Revival Warbringer, Bonded By Blood, Evile, and others Virginia Beachs Municipal Waste is not just the best, but also the most broadly popular. And its easy to understand why; beyond the chunky, metronomic efficiency of guitarist Ryan Wastes riffs and the in-your-face crossover vocals of Tony Foresta, Municipal Waste boasts a wide-ranging and authentic grasp on the last two decades of hardcore and metal, and puts all that is good about them into recordings and performances. Take, for example, the bands tourmates: legendary SoCal crustcore punks Phobia, legendary Seattle crossover thrashers the Accused, and Canadian power-metal revivalists Cauldron (who, swear to god, have a song called Chained Up In Chains that they introduce with this is about your girlfriend honestly, Im not sure theyre not a performance art act, theyre so awesome). Each of those bands plays into their niches beautifully; Municipal Waste plays into all of them drunkenly. All ages. JASON FERGUSON
Tue., Nov. 24, 7 p.m., 2009
