Toxic Holocaust
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| Toxic Holocaust | |
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| Origin | Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Genres | Thrash metal,[1] speed metal,[2] black metal[3] crossover thrash |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Relapse |
| Associated acts | Zeke, Rammer, Barbatos |
| Website | www.toxicthrashmetal.com |
| Members | |
| Joel Grind Phil Zeller Nick Bellmore |
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Toxic Holocaust are a thrash metal band from Portland, Oregon, signed to Relapse Records. Influenced by punk rock and heavy metal bands of the 1980s such as Bathory, Slayer, Exodus, Black Flag, Discharge, Motörhead, Kreator, Celtic Frost, Venom, Possessed, Rigor Mortis and Death. 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 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.
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[edit] Members
- Joel Grind - Vocals, guitar, studio bass
- Phil Zeller - Bass
- Nick Bellmore - Drums
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
- Evil Never Dies (2003)
- Hell on Earth (2005)
- An Overdose of Death... (2008)
- Conjure and Command (2011)
[edit] EPs
- Death Master (2003, EP Gloom Records)
- Power From Hell (2004, EP)
- Reaper's Grave (2006, EP Gloom Records)
- Gravelord (2009, EP)
[edit] Demos
- Radiation Sickness (1999, Demo)
- Critical Mass (2002, Demo)
- Promo 2004 (2004, Demo)
[edit] Live albums
- Live - Only Deaf is Real (2007)
[edit] Compilations
- Toxic Thrash Metal (2004, CD)
- Thrashing Like a Maniac (2007, CD)
- Levil Uniform Magazine Compilation #1 (2008, CD)
[edit] 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 Tape)
- Blasphemy, Mayhem, War (2005, Split CD)
- Don't Burn the Witch... (2006, Split 10")
- HRPS Vol.1 (2008, Split 7")
- Speed n' Spikes Volume 1 (2008, Split 7")
- Toxic Holocaust / Inepsy (2010, Split 12")
- Toxic Holocaust / Midnight (2011 Split 7" to benefit the Japanese Tsunami victims)
