Tankcrimes is pleased to announce a special twentieth anniversary vinyl repress of Evil Never Dies, the debut full-length from TOXIC HOLOCAUST, set for release on December 8th.
TOXIC HOLOCAUSTÂ began kicking out the corrosive jams in basements and bedrooms over twenty years ago, building a punishing legacy of mutant thrash and filthy street punk thatâs outlasted the heydays of the genres that spawned them. Founder Joel Grind, whose dedication to the one-man-band ethos gives the late Quorthon a run for his money, melts down the greatest punk metal crossover riff collection imaginable into nuclear ooze. With each successive release, Grind repurposes the most visceral strengths of speed, thrash, and punk through his own unique vision, making for new metal anthems that consistently reignite a circle-pitting feeding frenzy in the scene.
Initially released in 2003 via Nuclear War Now Prods and Witches Brew Records, Evil Never Dies was Grindâs first official full-length. Wrote All Music of the release, ââ¦Evil Never Dies may have originally been released in 2003, but it rocks and rages like it was plucked directly out of the metal underground circa 1983. The group’s leader — the appropriately named Joel Grind — managed to pack quite a wallop on this recording, which perfectly laid out the group’s subsequent releases. In other words, you know exactly what to expect with each new TOXIC HOLOCAUST release — early Metallica/Slayer-styled thrash. Case in point, such eardrum bashers as âWar Is Hell,â âEnemy Of Jesus,â â666,â and the album closer, âAtomik Destruktor.â For thrash so vintage sounding that it could be passed off as an unreleased album teleported directly from the mid â80s, Evil Never Dies is one potent metallic weapon.â Dead Rhetoric concurred noting, âFun, zesty jams like âDamned To Fire,â âSummon The Beast,â and âWarfareâ arenât hard to get into. Theyâre punchy, instantly memorable cuts that demonstrate Grindâs deft, but simple songwriting skillsâ¦â
Comments Grind on the Tankcrimes reissue, âItâs hard to believe I recorded Evil Never Dies twenty years ago. It simultaneously feels like yesterday and forever ago. At the time, there was minimal info on recording a DIY solo record at home. I just kinda learned as I went through trial and error. After all these years, Iâm still happy with the way it turned out. No computers, no fixingâ¦bumps and bruises and all.
âPeople have been asking for this LP to be available again and I canât think of anyone better to bring it back to life than Scotty Heath from Tankcrimes. Thereâs nothing better than getting to work with your friends.â
Tankcrimes will reissue Evil Never Dies as a one-time, vinyl-only pressing limited to 2000 in the following color variants: Toxic Radiation Splatter (500) and Yellow w/ Black And White Splatter (1500).
Find preorders at the Tankcrimes webshop at THIS LOCATION.
Evil Never Dies Track Listing:
- Evil Never Dies
- War Is Hell
- Enemy Of Jesus
- Damned To Fire
- Exxxecutioner
- 666
- Summon The Beast
- Demise
- Warfare
- Dead To The World
- Fallout
- Atomik Destruktor
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