Ghoul, Necrot, And Dead Heat To Support Municipal Waste On Brainsqueeze Tour 2024
This winter metalheads are in for a truly headbanging experience when trash band Municipal Waste, Tankcrimes, and Nuclear Blast join forces to present the Brainsqueeze Tour. Supporting Municipal Waste on the North American tour will be their labelmates Ghoul, Necrot, and Dead Heat.
The roots of this tour began in Oakland, CA where the Tankcrimes label is located. The label put on the annual Brainsqueeze festivals “celebrating friendship and noise.” Always headlined by Municipal Waste and supported by a rotating list of extreme bands such as Final Conflict, Fucked Up, Toxic Holocaust, etc. Now ten years after the original festival, Tankcrimes will take Brainsqueeze on the road across twenty-four North American cities.
“I’m absolutely thrilled to take this show on the road featuring four of the best bands in metal punk today and a nice mix. Extra special thanks goes to Tony Foresta and Nick Storch for putting this together plus the ‘Waste guys for hosting our wild Tankcrimes family lineup as we smash the states together. Be sure to get plenty of rest and save up tons of cash – you’re going to need it for the Brainsqueeze!”
This year’s Brainsqueeze marks a special anniversary for Municipal Waste.
“We don’t do headlining runs in the states as often as we should. So, this time, in order to celebrate the twenty-first anniversary of our first album, Waste ‘Em All, we wanted to do it with bands and people that we consider our family and friends. Back in the day, we had a tradition that our sixth band member, Scotty, created in Oakland called ‘Brainsqueeze.’ It was a very fun but short-lived tradition that brought together people from all over the world in the small scene we built. Those events were very dear to us, and we felt it needed to come back in one way or another.”
The excitement of this year’s Brainsqueeze was shared by the mask-wearing psychos in Ghoul. From the band’s headquarters in Creepsylvania, Ghoul vocalist/guitarist Digestor released the following statement:
“Ghoul is proud to join the incomparable Municipal Waste, Necrot, and Dead Heat as we lay waste to your pathetic, ignorant country*. Get your affairs in order, America**!
*and also, parts of Canada, which are quite nice
**and Canada”
Necrot will use the opportunity afforded to them to not only play fan favorites on this tour but to introduce to audiences some new cuts from their upcoming album.
“Municipal Waste’s fans are never scared to get in the pit and fuck shit up and we can’t wait to give ’em some death metal to warm up to. It’s going to be a sick party every night and we get to bring the evil riffs. It doesn’t get much better than that. Also, we’ll get to premiere a song out of our new album and play it live every night before the album will be released. That’s definitely something our true fans don’t want to miss! This tour is coming to knock at your door, and you don’t want to be caught sleeping. See you all there!”
The line-up to the Brainsqueeze tour is loaded with some of the most powerful and hard-hitting bands in the metal scene. Rounding out this already impressive list are crossover band Dead Heat who promise to rise to the challenge to match their tourmates in aggression.
“Hey what’s up ya worms. Dead Heat here to tell ya how bricked up we are to be hitting the road in 2024 and coming to a city near you. We’ll be bringing you an endless tour-ment of some of the most beast bands around! So come to a show and slam your little hearts out. See you in the pit!”
If this tour wasn’t heavy enough, there are hints that even more bands will be joining Municipal Waste on stage.
“Twenty-one is a big birthday for all of us, so in order to celebrate Waste ‘Em All’s big one, we thought it would be best to bring the Brainsqueeze to you. We couldn’t be more excited to have Ghoul, Necrot, and Dead Heat back on the road with us as well as a few regional surprises along the way. This is going to be a good one. See you soon!”
