Thrash Hits — Municipal Waste Massive Aggressive Eararche Records 24 August 2009 by Hugh Platt Step 1) Buy two six-packs of beer. Step 2) Drink all 12 cans as quickly as possible. Step 3) Put your head down, and run into the nearest wall as fast as you can. Tha... more info

Thrash Hits — Municipal Waste @ Bloodstock Open Air 2009 photos courtesy of Gary Wolstenholme —– more info

The Quietus — How to make a Bloody Mary according to thrash merchants more info

Altsounds — Boston Massachusetts metalers *RAVAGE* are ready to unleash their Metal Blade Records debut, *The End of Tomorrow* on August 18th 2009. Artwork was handled by the famed artist Ed Repka who is known best for his Megadeth covers as well as cover art fo... more info

Guardian Music — Our champion diver plunges into the blogosphere's Olympic pool to retrieve this week's new music rubber bricksMunicipal Waste – Wrong Answer(From MySpace via Terrorizer)Latest from the Richmond, Virginia metal band. Great, but hopelessly out o... more info

JamBase — FINAL ØYA 2009 LINEUP ANNOUNCED RECENT ADDITIONS INCLUDE: Fever Ray, Wilco, Asher Roth, Grizzly Bear, Ulver, Monotonix, Beach House, Band of Horses, Amanda Blank, Jenny Lewis, Crystal Antlers, Enslavedand Dirty Projectors. 5 DAY PASSES SOLD... more info

Detroit Free Press — Franz Ferdinand with Born Ruffians at Clutch Cargo's Toad the Wet Sprocket at the Ark (also May 5) Tony Award nominations announced "Annie" at the Fisher Theatre, through May 10 Lamb of God with As I Lay Dying, Children of Bodom, God Forbid and ... more info

Kerrang! — Carcass and Arch Enemy have been announced as joint headliners for one day of this year’s Bloodstock festival. They will join the likes of Amon Amarth, Satyricon, Candlemass, Saxon, Municipal Waste, The Haunted, Turisas, Gwar and more for the... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Richmond, Virginia's Plan 9 Music has invited a panel of celebrity judges consisting of Ryan Waste and Dave Witte from MUNICIPAL WASTE, Ryan Parrish from DARKEST HOUR, and Eric Larsen from ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY/PARASYTIC to take part in a search for "... more info

Thrash Hits — Could Bloodstock 2009 get any better? Well, yes, obviously, as there’s still the small matter of the headliners and shed loads more bands to announce. But that doesn’t stop today’s announcement that the legendary Enslaved, thrash party monsters... more info