Municipal Waste The Art Of Partying (Digipack CD)

After quite literally bursting onto the early 2000s heavy metal scene with their 2003 debut's heady resurrection of classic thrash and crossover, Municipal Waste proved they were no novelty act with their wildly entertaining successor, Hazardous Mutation, setting up no small expectation for album number three, 2007's curiously named The Art of Partying. However, wary listeners need not fear that this title means Andrew W.K. was crashing at the band's studio, or interfering with popular producer Zeuss (Shadows Fall, Hatebreed, etc.), who was brought on board to mix in even more muscle and energy into the Richmond, VA quartet's template. Rather, Municipal Waste have now fully embraced the aggressive but good-humored tactics of classic Anthrax, and the sounds of 1985's Spreading the Disease, in particular, which '80s-flavored thrash nuggets like "Mental Shock," "Sadistic Magician," and "Rigorous Vengeance," replicate to eerie perfection, thanks to added background gang-shouts. The post-ha