Toxic Holocaust

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Toxic Holocaust are a punk-inflected thrash metal band from Portland, Oregon, signed to Relapse Records. Influenced by hardcore punk and thrash metal bands of the 1980s such as Discharge, Hellhammer, Venom, Possessed and Motorhead, Joel Grind founded Toxic Holocaust in 1999. He originally wrote and recorded all of the band's music himself, and after a couple demo releases (Radiation Sickness, 1999; Critical Mass, 2002), he made his official full-length album debut as Toxic Holocaust with Evil Never Dies (2003). Two years later, after some touring with a hired backing band, Grind released the second Toxic Holocaust album, Hell on Earth (2005), which once again he wrote and recorded by himself. The album notably features cover art by Ed Repka, known for having created iconic covers for classic metal albums by Megadeth, Death, and others. Extensive touring followed, along with a recording contract with Relapse Records. In addition to releasing the third Toxic Holocaust album, An Overdose of Death... (2008), Relapse reissued Evil Never Dies and Hell on Earth.

Members

• Joel Grind - Vocals/Guitar (Live)
• Phil Zeller - Bass (Live)
• Al Chambers - Drums (Live)

Discography

Demos

• Radiation sickness (1999, Demo)
• Critical Mass (2002, Demo)
• Promo 2004 (2004, Demo)

Live albums

• Live � Only Deaf is Real (2007)

Compilation

• Toxic Thrash Metal (2004, CD)
• Thrashing Like a Maniac (2007, CD)
• Levil Uniform Magazine Compilation #1 (2008, CD)

Splits

• Toxic Holocaust/Oprichniki (2001, Split CD)
• Implements of Mass Destruction / Nuclear Apocalypse:666 (2002, Split CD)
• Outbreak of Evil (2004, Split CD)
• Thrashbeast From Hell (2004, Split CD)
• Blasphemy, Mayhem, War (2005, Split CD)
• Don't Burn the Witch... (2006, Split CD)
• HRPS Vol.1 (2008, Split CD)
• Speed n' Spikes Volume 1 (2008, Split CD)

EPs

• Death Master (2003, EP)
• Reaper's Grave (2006, EP)

Studio albums

• Evil Never Dies (2003)
• Hell on Earth (2005)
• An Overdose of Death... (2008)

References

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=3578

External links

• Toxic Holocaust's official website^{[dead link]}
• Toxic Holocaust at MySpace