Electrified Brain
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{{Infobox album
| name = Electrified Brain
| type = studio
| artist = Municipal Waste
| cover = Electrified Brain.jpg
| alt =
| released = July 1, 2022{{cite web |title=DISCOGRAPHY |url=https://www.municipalwaste.net/music |website=Municipal Waste |access-date=26 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407234427/https://www.municipalwaste.net/music |archive-date=7 April 2023 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Electrified Brain - Municipal Waste |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/electrified-brain-mw0003700802 |website=AllMusic |publisher=NETAKTION LLC |access-date=26 May 2025 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/9ovEY |archive-date=26 May 2025 |url-status=live}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Crossover thrash
| label = Nuclear Blast
| producer = Municipal Waste{{cite journal |title=Back cover |journal=Electrified Brain |date=2022 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/23764904-Municipal-Waste-Electrified-Brain/image/SW1hZ2U6ODk1NjcwNDE= |publisher=Nuclear Blast}}
| prev_title = Slime and Punishment
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Electrified Brain
| type = Studio
| single1 = Grave Dive
| single1date = April 1, 2022{{cite web |title=MUNICIPAL WASTE - to release new album "Electrified Brain" |url=https://www.nuclearblast.com/blogs/news/municipal-waste-to-release-new-album-electrified-brain |website=Nuclear Blast |access-date=26 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250526132148/https://www.nuclearblast.com/blogs/news/municipal-waste-to-release-new-album-electrified-brain |archive-date=26 May 2025 |date=1 April 2022 |url-status=live}}
| single2 = High Speed Steel
| single2date = May 18, 2022{{cite web |title=MUNICIPAL WASTE - Spews Molten Thrash With New Single "High Speed Steel"! |url=https://www.nuclearblast.com/blogs/news/municipal-waste-spews-molten-thrash-with-new-single-high-speed-steel-31291 |website=Nuclear Blast |access-date=26 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723033201/https://www.nuclearblast.com/blogs/news/municipal-waste-spews-molten-thrash-with-new-single-high-speed-steel-31291 |archive-date=23 July 2024 |date=18 May 2022 |url-status=live}}
| single3 = Electrified Brain
| single3date = June 2, 2022{{cite web |title=MUNICIPAL WASTE - Reveal New Single "Electrified Brain"! |url=https://www.nuclearblast.com/blogs/news/municipal-waste-reveal-new-single-electrified-brain-31348 |website=Nuclear Blast |access-date=26 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528234831/https://www.nuclearblast.com/blogs/news/municipal-waste-reveal-new-single-electrified-brain-31348 |archive-date=28 May 2024 |date=2 June 2022 |url-status=live}}
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Blabbermouth.net
| rev1Score = 8.5/10{{cite web |last1=Lawson |first1=Dom |title=Reviews - MUNICIPAL WASTE Electrified Brain |url=https://blabbermouth.net/reviews/electrified-brain |website=Blabbermouth.net |access-date=26 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629185101/https://blabbermouth.net/reviews/electrified-brain |archive-date=29 June 2022 |url-status=live}}
| rev2 = Kerrang!
| rev2Score = 4/5{{cite web |last1=Law |first1=Sam |title=Album review: Municipal Waste – Electrified Brain |url=https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-municipal-waste-electrified-brain |website=Kerrang! |publisher=Wasted Talent Ltd |access-date=26 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628093035/https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-municipal-waste-electrified-brain |archive-date=28 June 2022 |date=28 June 2022 |url-status=live}}
| rev3 = Metal Hammer
| rev3Score = 5/7{{cite web |last1=Halupczok |first1=Marc |title=Kritik zu Municipal Waste ELECTRIFIED BRAIN |url=https://www.metal-hammer.de/reviews/municipal-waste-electrified-brain/ |website=Metal Hammer |publisher=Axel Springer SE |access-date=26 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820003053/https://www.metal-hammer.de/reviews/municipal-waste-electrified-brain/ |archive-date=20 August 2022 |language=German |date=1 July 2022 |url-status=live}}
| rev4 = Metal Injection
| rev4Score = 7.5/10{{cite web |last1=Bowar |first1=Chad |title=Album Review: MUNICIPAL WASTE Electrified Brain |url=https://metalinjection.net/reviews/album-review-municipal-waste-electrified-brain |website=Metal Injection |publisher=The Orchard |access-date=26 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627152717/https://metalinjection.net/reviews/album-review-municipal-waste-electrified-brain |archive-date=27 June 2022 |date=27 June 2022 |url-status=live}}
}}
Electrified Brain is the seventh studio album by American crossover thrash band Municipal Waste, released on July 1, 2022.
Critical reception
Metal Injection said: "There aren’t any huge surprises, but tempo shifts and a few twists and turns make this album anything but predictable." Kerrang! wrote: "Those looking for any kind of genre-reinventing revelation – or, indeed, even the slightest subtlety – need not apply. But for those of us after a band who still kill the old way, Municipal Waste remain the ultimate soundtrack for smashing cans and banging heads." New Noise Magazine gave a positive review and called "Blood Vessel/Boat Jail" the best song on the album.{{cite web |last1=Romanski |first1=Ray |title=Album Review: Municipal Waste, “Electrified Brain” |url=https://newnoisemagazine.com/album-review-municipal-waste-electrified-brain/ |website=New Noise Magazine |access-date=26 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125231959/https://newnoisemagazine.com/album-review-municipal-waste-electrified-brain/ |archive-date=25 November 2023 |date=30 June 2022 |url-status=live}} Blabbermouth.net said: "[...] "Electrified Brain" is a brilliant blend of the expected and the ever-so-slightly unexpected."
Track listing
{{Track listing
|title1 = Electrified Brain
|length1 = 2:45
|title2 = Demoralizer
|length2 = 2:54
|title3 = Last Crawl
|length3 = 2:28
|title4 = Grave Dive
|length4 = 2:31
|title5 = The Bite
|length5 = 1:37
|title6 = High Speed Steel
|length6 = 2:31
|title7 = Thermonuclear Protection
|length7 = 3:02
|title8 = Blood Vessel/Boat Jail
|length8 = 1:55
|title9 = Crank the Heat
|length9 = 2:42
|title10 = Restless and Wicked
|length10 = 2:24
|title11 = Ten Cent Beer Night
|length11 = 2:15
|title12 = Barreled Rage
|length12 = 2:22
|title13 = Putting on Errors
|length13 = 1:30
|title14 = Paranormal Janitor
|length14 = 2:55
}}
Personnel
Municipal Waste
- Tony Foresta – lead vocals
- Nick Poulos – lead guitar
- Ryan Waste – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Phil Hall – bass, backing vocals
- Dave Witte – drums
Guest vocalists
- Blaine Cook (on "The Bite")
- Barney Greenway (on "Putting on Errors")
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.municipalwaste.net/electrified-brain}}
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