Friends of Municipal Waste...

If you are into awesome modern hardcore punk with a nod to the old-skool sound, look no further... check out No Friends!

Here's what ShirtKiller.com has to say:

"So THIS is what happens when you lock Tony (Municipal Waste) and Sam, Richard, and Alex (New Mexican Disaster Squad) in a cement mixer! Right on!! NO FRIENDS seethes and boils with the same unbridled fury that defined mid-80's hardcore while also drawing strongly on the melodic elements pioneered by Dag Nasty and Descendents. Cynical, misanthropic, and critical, this record exists in the grey area between a punch to the throat and a desperate hug from an old friend."


Come on down and check out No Friends, Municipal Waste, and the rest of our metal vinyl!

Music Monday: Municipal Waste Speaks!

Check out these Best Metal Album of 2010 lists by some of our faves!

ANGELA GOSSOW, ARCH ENEMY

1. Spiritual Beggars, Return To Zero
2. Grand Magus, Hammer Of The North
3. Behemoth, Evangelia Heretika
4. Atheist, Jupiter
5. Amebix, Redux
6. Sodom, War In Pieces
7. Arsis, Starve For The Devil
8. Christopher Amott, Follow Your Heart
9. Nevermore, The Obsidian Conspiracy
10. Exodus, Exhibit B: The Human Condition

TONY FORESTA, MUNICIPAL WASTE

1. Low Threat Profile 7″
2. Dopamines, Expect the Worst
3. Tiltwheel, The High Hate Us
4. Torche, Songs for Singles
5. The Fest, Fun Fun Fun, Brainsqueeze and Best Friends Day
6. Toxic Holocaust/Inepsy split 12″
7. Off With Their Heads, In Desolation
8. Antoine Dodson, “The Bed Intruder Song”
9. Ceremony, Rhonert Park
10. Kylesa, Spiral Shadow

ERIK DANIELSSON, WATAIN

Ten albums??? Theres hardly been ten good albums released this century!! Haha!

Here are my top three for 2010:

1. Ghost, Opus Eponymous
2. Vomitor, Devil’s Poison
3. Grand Magus, Hammer of the North

Greatest expections for 2011:

1. New Negative Plane
2. New Repugnant
3. New In Solitude

Check out much more here!

Music Monday!

New blog feature! Every Monday we'll highlight a new or interesting album in the shop!

This week: Deftones Diamond Eyes (Limited Edition White Vinyl)

This album has been hailed by some metal authorities as the best metal album of the year. The Quietus says, "Album of the year? I don't know, but it's better than getting piss on your leg!"

This album comes out three years after the bands' last release. During that time, bassist Chi Cheng was in s serious car accident that left him in a coma. While he recovered, the band did studio work with Sergio Vega (Quicksand) filling in. These sessions evolved into Diamond Eyes.

Vocalist Chino Moreno on the album:

"The songs recorded for Eros are very special to us as they are the latest with Chi (and we certainly hope not the last); they have history and significant meaning to us. However, as we neared completion on Eros, we realized that this record doesn’t best encompass and represent who we are currently as people and as musicians. And although those songs will see the light of day at some point, we collectively made the decision that we needed to take a new approach, and with Chi’s condition heavy on our minds while doing so. We needed to return to the studio to do what we felt was right artistically. Our inspiration and unity as a band is stronger than it has ever been before and we needed to channel that energy into our music, and deliver to our fans what you rightly deserve: the best Deftones record that we can make."

Best metal album of the year?

You decide!!

Metalhead!!

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