Hazardous Mutation is the second full-length album from the crossover thrash

Crossover thrash

__FORCETOC__Crossover thrash, often abbreviated to crossover, is a form of thrash metal that contains more hardcore punk elements than standard thrash. The genre lies on a continuum between heavy metal and punk rock...

 band, Municipal Waste

Municipal Waste (band)

Municipal Waste is a thrash metal/crossover thrash band from Richmond, Virginia.They performed at the UK's Download Festival on June 15, 2008, on the tuborg stage....

. It is also the band's debut on Earache Records

Earache Records

Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...

. Its main theme is zombies and other monsters. It was also released as a special edition with a bonus live DVD.

Track listing

1. "Intro/Deathripper" - 2:19
2. "Unleash the Bastards" - 1:57
3. "The Thing" - 1:53
4. "Blood Drive" - 1:13
5. "Accelerated Vision" - 1:26
6. "Guilty of Being Tight" - 1:53
7. "Set to Destruct" - 2:01
8. "Hazardous Mutation" - 1:20
9. "Nailed Casket" - 1:36
10. "Abusement Park" - 1:00
11. "Black Ice" - 0:24
12. "Mind Eraser" - 2:17
13. "Terror Shark" - 1:43
14. "The Thrashin' of the Christ" - 2:30
15. "Bangover" - 2:38

Bonus live DVD

1. "Intro"
2. "Deathripper"
3. "Drunk as Shit"
4. "Mind Eraser"
5. "Unleash the Bastards"
6. "The Thrashin' of the Christ"
7. "Sweet Attack"
8. "Mutants of War"
9. "Blood Drive"
10. "Accelerated Vision"
11. "New Song"
12. "Terror Shark"
13. "Toxic Revolution"
14. "Substitute Creature"
15. "Waste 'Em All"
16. "Bangover"

Cover Art

The cover art was done by Ed Repka

Ed Repka

Edward J. Repka is an American artist best known for creating album covers for heavy metal music bands as well as shirt designs, including those featuring Megadeth's mascot Vic Rattlehead. Repka's portfolio also includes Dark Angel's logo and model designs for the Hellraiser films...

, who has done artwork for other metal bands such as Megadeth

Megadeth

Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California which was formed in 1983 by guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine, bassist Dave Ellefson and guitarist Greg Handevidt, following Mustaine's expulsion from Metallica. The band has since released 13 studio albums, three live albums, two...

, Death, Massacre, Nuclear Assault

Nuclear Assault

Nuclear Assault is an American thrash metal/crossover thrash band formed in 1984.-History:After the release of Anthrax's debut album Fistful of Metal, bass player Danny Lilker, a founding member of the group, was fired by the band...

, Merciless Death

Merciless Death

Merciless Death is an American thrash metal band from Canyon Country, California.-History:Originally founded by Dan Holder and Andy Torres in March 2003, Merciless Death was soon joined by Torres's brother Cesar on drums and Mike Griego on guitars in September 2003...

, etc. The cover is related to the song "Hazardous Mutation", in which people without chemical suits are turned into mutants. The surviving humans are being chased by a mob of mutant

Mutant

In biology and especially genetics, a mutant is an individual, organism, or new genetic character, arising or resulting from an instance of mutation, which is a base-pair sequence change within the DNA of a gene or chromosome of an organism resulting in the creation of a new character or trait not...

s in a red dump-truck.

Personnel

• Tony Foresta-Lead vocals
• Ryan Waste-Guitars,vocals
• Land Phil (Phillip Hall)-Bass Guitars,vocals
• Dave Witte-Drums

Cultural reference

The song "Guilty of Being Tight" opens with a quote from the horror movie Phantasm

Phantasm (film)

Phantasm is a low-budget "cult classic" horror film produced in 1977 and released in 1979. The film was directed, written, photographed, co-produced and edited by Don Coscarelli...

. Its name is a homage to the song "Guilty of Being White" by hardcore

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 band Minor Threat

Minor Threat

Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C. in 1980 and disbanded in 1983. The band was relatively short-lived, but had a strong influence on the hardcore punk music scene, both stylistically and in establishing a "do it yourself" ethic for music distribution and...

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