MUNICIPAL WASTE Is 'Honored' To Have NUCLEAR ASSAULT Frontman Appearing On Album

Metal Mark of SkullsNBones.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Tony Foresta of the Richmond, Virginia crossover act MUNICIPAL WASTE. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

SkullsNBones.com: With every new album, most bands will say that it's their best record or the "heaviest" record yet, but with "The Fatal Feast", I truly believe it's the best record from MUNICIPAL WASTE. Without sounding too cliche, what are your thoughts on that opinion?

Tony: Yeah, I think it's definitely one of the better albums we've written as a band. I hate being the guy to say, "Oh, it's the heaviest record ever," or "This album will melt your face off," but I really feel that way about this record. I feel it's really strong from start to finish and it's good because we worked our asses off writing it. (laughs) It's always great when you're completely happy with the finished result. I think it's awesome.

SkullsNBones.com: Speaking of the word awesome, you guys had the legendary John Connelly from NUCLEAR ASSAULT do guest vocals on the title track. How was that experience for you guys, because I know you are huge fans of the band?

Tony: That was just awesome, man! He is such a cool, nice guy, too. All of us in the band, like you said, are huge NUCLEAR ASSAULT fans. I mean that's one of the reasons I wanted to be in band ya know, because of their music. For us to have John on the record is just such a huge honor. I was so nervous when I called him and asked him! It was funny because we've played shows with NUCLEAR ASSAULT before and he knows our material, but I was still nervous as hell. (laughs) But yeah, it's definitely an honor to have him on the record and it'll be one of my favorite tracks we've ever written just because John is on there.

SkullsNBones.com: A lot of bands don't feel that videos are important anymore and then there are bands like you guys and BEHEMOTH who continually put out impressive and entertaining videos. Why do you feel videos are still important?

Tony: Videos are fun, man! We love them! You're right, though, the BEHEMOTH videos are fucking insane. I like that shit a lot. Personally, I think videos are just as important as the album cover ya know. It's another way for your band to express yourself and I truly think people still enjoy seeing a good video nowadays. I've always been a huge advocate for making videos with this band. Right after we finish recording an album, I'm ready to shoot a new video. It's a really big deal to me.

Read the entire interview from SkullsNBones.com.

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