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Everyone hits a point in their life when their musical taste stagnates, for me it was the apex of metalcore and the breaking point came towards the middle of 2006. Enter the band that changes your life, for me that band is Municipal Waste, Unleash The Bastards is the first song I heard by this band that would completely change the game as far as I was concerned. The band has the opening slot for the Sounds of the Underground tour at the Merriweather Post Pavilion. The sparse crowd gathers on the floor on an early July morning, awaiting the impending day of sweat soaked entertainment. Suddenly, the relatively unknown band takes the stage with a whine of feedback and they roar into the first song.
Magically, as though appearing out of thin air, a group of 15 to 20 punkers swirl into a frenzy. The circle pit consumes the entire floor as the band gives all they have into a speed metal freight train that runs the audience members with the sense enough to arrive early over like so many maidens tied to the tracks by mustached villains.
And then as quickly as they appeared, they are gone. The band finishes the last song and the punkers vanish into the ether. Tony Foresta leaves the stage with the closing remark of "have fun listening to to breakdowns for the rest of the day". Many bands with a larger following give the band kudos throughout the day including The Black Dahlia Murder and GWAR. Their set lasted but 20 minutes, but it forever changed my perspective of intensity.
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