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It used to be that there was heavy metal and there was hardcore punk and nary shall the twain meet. That is, until thrash metal started making waves and punk bands decided… hey, wouldn’t it be tight to use some of these sounds? Enter: Crossover thrash, the cross-cultural event of punk and metal joining up to create the foundation of modern metal. How did we get here? What became of thi...

THIS WEEK ON TOILET RADIO: We’re talking about the life, legacy, and final performance of John “Ozzy” Osbourne. Phil Fasciana nearly died in France – Perhaps revenge for the homeless crackhead he claimed to murder years ago ? Alex Terrible got the piss beaten out of him at a bare knuckle boxing event, prompting us to ask, “where the hell is your manager?” Bobby Liebling, th...

Jordan gave me a simple prompt: “How about a show about heavy metal?” and now it has turned into three episodes covering early 80s US heavy metal , late 80s heavy metal , and now, heavy metal across the world through the 1980s. This week we’re talking about the Canadian, German, Swedish, Danish, and English heavy metal bands that defined the 80s and cemented a then-nascent sound...

On a recent episode we talked about the primitive, early days of American heavy metal. This time we’re talking about the juiced-up, oil-drenched, muscle-bound glory days of American heavy metal. The United States grabbed the mantle of heavy metal from Europe and made it louder than ever. Trash and hair metal made waves across the globe, and heavy metal was good as hell. We’re talking a...

This week on Toilet Radio we’re talking with Jonas Renkse of sad boi legends Katatonia! We were just talking about these guys ! Jordan and Jonas talk about only wanting to listen to sad music, concerns for visa troubles when attempting to tour the United States, making the transition from death metal vocals to actual singing, taking on newer, younger band members, and warming up with Ratt an...

On this week’s show we’re turning our attention to the United States in the early 80s. Europe was the dominant force in heavy metal but massive changes were coming just down the line. We’re talking about the bands that were moving and shaking the US from 1980 to 1984. We’re talking about the sonic shifts that would set up glam and thrash to take the world by storm just mome...

This week on Toilet Radio: We’re grippin’ and sippin’ at tear-stained chalices in our finest corsets as we discuss GOTHIC METAL. What in the world is gothic metal? What makes it different from goth rock and just how many sub-sub genres of it are there? We talk about some stand-out gothic metal acts like Type O Negative, Paradise Lost, Katatonia, and Moonspell while discussing some less...

This week on Toilet Radio: We’re taking our sweet ass time to discuss one of the slower elements in the heavy metal periodic table. This week is all about DOOM METAL. What is Doom? When did it differentiate itself from the first wave of heavy metal? What makes it a distinct entity from the many subgenres that emerged concurrently? Who are the power players throughout the decades? We’re...

This week on Toilet Radio: We’re continuing our Genre series in which we spend an hour discussing one subgenre that makes up the kaleidoscope we know as heavy metal. This week it’s all about HARDCORE. What is hardcore? How did this genre full of suburban knuckleheads bloom from the comparatively cosmopolitan world of 70s punk rock? How in the world did this small teenage scene go from...

This week on Toilet Radio: We’re launching a new series in which we discuss one subgenre in heavy metal at a time. This series is about taking a single genre and discussing all the things we like about it. It’s a wildly different approach for us. We’re talking about the history and highlights of DEATH METAL in this very first edition. Where did it come from? Where did it go? Wher...

This week on Toilet Radio: 
Worlds be colliding. Ronnie Radke and Marilyn Manson have joined forced for a groundbreaking collaboration, “God is a Weapon”. We are listening to the new song in full… in 7-second chunks so we don’t violate Spotify’s strict copyright protections. But that’s not all. We’re also talking about how Sumerian Records have launched a...

THIS WEEK ON TOILET RADIO: Kings of Thrash, Dave Ellefson’s new band, just now released a terrible song about the COVID pandemic. It is currently 2025 if you were confused. Creed is getting mixed up with Indy car racing for reasons we straight up cannot ascertain. Ash Avildsen of Sumerian Records spent his mother’s day weekend having a full-force meltdown online because his right wing friends don’...

This week on Toilet Radio: We’re at the Pizza Hut. We’re at the Taco Bell. We’re at the combination Pizza Hut/Taco Bell. Join us as we get way deep into the weeds of Taco Bell’s “Feed the Beat” marketing campaign. For years now, the ubiquitous fast food taco chain has been giving little bands a pile of $5 gift cards in exchange for their cultural cache. Is it cy...

This week on Toilet Radio: Summer Slaughter sold by Ash Avildsen, Jamey Jasta proud new owner of a lemon. Related: We look at Ash’s new women’s wrestling movie and are awed by new heights in nepotism. An original Possessed guitarist (not the guy you know) got shot by the cops in a lawn care dispute. We get more depressing information on Ozzy’s upcoming final performance. Propagandhi an...

This week on Toilet Radio, Joe and Jordo watch the first part of Sam Dunn’s impressive 2011 documentary series Metal Evolution . We begin with “Pre-Metal” and talk about the primordial ooze from which blast beats and tremolo picking emerged. We’re reviewing medieval chord progressions, Black Sabbath ripping off classical composers, jazz, Howlin’ Wolf, the big money hu...

This week Jordo sits down with an old friend. We’re joined by Breno to talk about You Will Never Know Me , his new album as Black Band Shirt. The two talk about taking time off from work to deal with mental health stuff, Silent Hill 2, trying to promote music in a crumbling online ecosystem, songwriting, recording, playing live, and trying to determine whether you’re making music for y...

This week on Toilet Radio: We finally got un update from a former As I Lay Dying band member about what exactly caused every non-Tim Lambesis member to leave the band all of a sudden. Turns out it’s because Tim is a piece of shit. Dragged Into Sunlight dropped Meth from their upcoming US tour because they are artists with principles. Or really, really strange people. One of the two. Creed are gear...

This week on Toilet Radio: Financial instruments? Fuck that! We’re talking about musical instruments! And how they will soon become very, very unaffordable thanks to the current cratering of the United States economy due to the single dumbest self-inflicted wound since the satanic invention of capitalism. Brian from Shadows Fall describes how he’s already seeing costs go up and describ...

This week on Toilet Radio: Perry Farrell is BACK! In plastic form! Yngwie Malmsteen is ready to sell you a bunch of gummy multivitamins to help you shred real good and fast. Meanwhile, Matt Heafy is ready to sell you a bag of cough drops to help you do some yells. Some small town Australian mayor took a photo with Ronnie Radke and now it’s THE WHOLE WORLD vs Ronnie Radke yet again. In hardco...

This week on Toilet Radio: Matt Pinfield is out of a coma and it sounds like he might fully recover after a very serious stroke? Vinnie Paul’s posthumous cook book is coming out soon and you better believe we preordered the deluxe edition. Disturbed did some damage to the legacy of Chicago sports while fucking around with fire. Robb Flynn is selling booze in a shotgun-shaped container, related, Ro...

This week on Toilet Radio: Brent is leaving Mastodon and we got more questions than answers about where the band goes from here. Where is Phil Towle when we need him? We read a lengthy interview with John Dolmayan of System of a Down and decide that he is, actually, The Perfect Conservative. Jeffrey Nothing of Mushroomhead has been diagnosed with cancer and is now pursuing alternative medicine for...

Talk about a band you don’t want to meet in a dark alley… This is quite belated post for an interview I did last year with local chaotic-blackened-poweremoviolencecore band Low Before the Breeze . For dumb personal reasons you don’t care about, I didn’t have a chance to edit this interview until recently, and when I did I realized the mic shut off about halfway through. I t...

This week on Toilet Radio: Jordan sits down with Chelsea Murphy of atmospheric black metal act Dawn of Ouroboros. Join as the two talk about David Lynch, recording music for Doom, musicianship, and the band’s excellent new release, Bioluminescence . But before all that, we’re talking about more ER horror stories, Tool deserving their horrible fans, and a washed-up 80s hair metal guy lo...

THIS WEEK ON TOILET RADIO: Iron Savior is boycotting the Untied States, first by cancelling a scheduled appearance at Prog Power USA. We talk about the BEEF between the UK Church and Plague of Angels. THEOLOGY! Belushi Speed Ball, known for dumb publicity stunts, has another dumb publicity stunt. Bobby Liebling and Pentagram had a moment of vitality this week, hope they savor it when they go right...

This week on Toilet Radio: Machine Gun Kelly made guitar cool again. Apparently Fieldy hasn’t been in KoRn for 6 years and we Ask Questions about the evangelical hold on all of these guys. Oceano is mercifully breaking up and to commemorate the event they’re stealing art from artists and acting stupid about it. SOD is getting back together for a reunion show, minus the fat nazi that originally fro...