It’s an annual tradition. On the eve of the worst most popular metal and hard rock songs of the year, we celebrate by listening to the songs we liked best this year. Jordan didn’t find much in the world of heavy metal that turned his crank so he turned his ears to the sounds orbiting metal. Like every year, I just wanna rock so I found a few rockin…

This week on Toilet Radio: Further updates on Dogma, the worker exploitation factory that also sometimes releases music. We talk about the saga of Vitriol, a tech death band that dumped their singer on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere on the middle of a tour. We had a twinge of sympathy for Kyle, the singer, until he started tweeting a…

This week on Toilet Radio: We talk about year-end dread and discuss our listening habits for the fiscal year 2025. What old shit have we been digging instead of frantically refreshing Bandcamp? / As I Lay Dying got signed to Napalm Records??? It is currently 2025??? / We get really, really into the Welcome to Rockville 2026 lineup for reasons we do…

This week on Toilet Radio: Fred Durst has been BANNED from Estonia due to his bizarre history with the Russian Federation. We talk about washed-up metal guys forming strange alliances with baltic states. ALSO, the new vocalist of Vulvodynia was announced and then IMMEDIATELY had accusations drop. Let’s play bingo with ChatGPT denial statements. Jef…

This week on Toilet Radio: We’re back to your regularly scheduled programming. Join us as we discuss the thrilling BRAND WAR taking place between rival packaged goods positioned at the 18-39 eXtrEmE male demographic. It’s the coffee-but-with-more-caffeine brand, Deathwish Coffee, versus water-in-a-can brand Liquid Death. Let’s venture capital into …

It’s a very special episode this week as we’re joined by Chad Gray of Mudvayne to talk about the band’s reformation, new material, and having the pieces of your life come together. Skip to 37 minutes into this episode to hear Jordan’s excellent interview. To start the show it’s me and Jordan ranking the tiers of nu metal, talking about the forgotte…

This week Jordan is joined by returning champion Liz Layne! You’ll remember Liz from our episode on Trick Or Treat or from her many other cool podcasts and projects. This time we’re talking about The Dungeonmaster (1984), a horror anthology of sorts run by the notorious Charles Band of Puppetmaster, Evil Bong, The Gingerdead Man, etc. etc. infamy. …

The October Spooktacular continues! This week we’re joined by the Toilet’s own Joaquin Stick to watch David Cronenberg’s most divorced movie! We’re watching The Brood (1979), a simple tale of twisted little homunculi burst from the external sac of a hateful women and hellbent on beating people to death with tiny hammers. We’ve got pseudoscientific …

The October Spooktacular continues as we check out BLOODY MUSCLE BODY BUILDER IN HELL (a.k.a. The Japanese Evil Dead). Shot on a camcorder over a period of seven years and finally released about seventeen years after first starting, Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell is a mostly one-man labor of love. This one was written, directed, edited, starrin…

The October Spooktacular continues as we sit down to watch Dark Match (2024), a Shudder original horror film about pro wrestling in late-80’s Canada. This one is directed by Lowell Dean (Wolf Cop), starring Ayisha Issa (Brick Mansions), Steven Ogg (The Walking Dead, Trevor in Grand Theft Auto V), and Chris Jericho (Sturgis Motorcycle Rally). Dark M…

The October Spooktacular is upon us yet again. Each week this October we’ll watch a different horror movie and talk about everything that makes it worthwhile. This week we’re watching Michael Mann’s (yes, that Michael Mann) bizarre second major motion picture. The Keep (1982) is a World War II period piece set against the Carpathian mountains as Na…

Since the very first power chord rang out through the atmosphere, musicians have longed to combine distorted guitars with dumb jokes. This week we’re exploring the music and comedy. We’re going from the origins of court jesters to mid-century novelty hits to four decades of comedy metal. Sometimes it works! Most of the time it does not. Bands featu…

It’s time that we sit down and hash out the most important issue of our time: what exactly *IS* post metal? On this jam-damn-packed continuation of our subgenre miniseries, Jordan and I discuss our lengthy experiences in the post metal scene and try our best to hammer some square pegs into round holes. We’re talking about looooooooooooooong songs w…

This week on Toilet Radio: We start the show with a bummer by discussing the Brent Hinds’ unexpected passing but we quickly reverse course by talking about a guy beating off at a KoRn concert. James Hatfield wants to sell you high-end Metallica-branded professional construction equipment. Ronnie “The Rat” Radke lost his lawsuit against Anthony Fant…

This week’s show can be summed up in one simple sentence: Duh nuh nuh nuhnuh duh nuh nuhnuh diggidydiggy nuh nuh nuuuuuh. That’s right, this week is all about GROOVE METAL. We’re taking a chunky riff and making it stank. Join us as we talk about the origins of this now mostly-forgotten phase of metal. We’re talking all things Max Cavalera, the godf…

This week your boys are continuing our safari across the sub-genre plains. We’re exploring the prickliest of all heavy metal sub-genres with BLACK METAL. From the first-wave of punk-influenced jokesters to the second-wave of No Fun Club dorks to the third-wave of genre experimentation and beyond. This is all very serious stuff, so I am told. We’re …

This week on Toilet Radio: Dave Mustaine announced that Megadeth is the latest in a long line of elderly metal bands to lie directly to our faces and say they’re calling it quits. Sure thing, pal! Brett Hinds, formerly of Mastodon, is still watching old Mastodon performances on his phone late at night and commenting regrettable things. Mammoth Grin…

Gather, yon podcast mates, and journey hither toward graven genre battle. This week we’re breaking down power metal: what IS it, exactly? When did it evolve from heavy metal into a separate sound? What are the attributes that distinguish power metal from other subgenres? And, most importantly, why is Joe so hostile to power metal? All of this and m…

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. H…

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 man…

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 …

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 m…

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, younge…

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 th…

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, an…

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…

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…

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 …

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 laun…

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 m…

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 c…

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 upco…

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’ Wol…

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 determ…

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, rea…

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 …

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 WHOL…

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 sellin…

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 c…

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 a…

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, …

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 vitalit…

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 re…

This week on Toilet Radio: Zheani, an Australian musical artist(?) rented a shit-caked bus from the guy from Ill Niño and now she’s alleging fraud! Let’s investigate. Furnace Fest is BACK, this time with the Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza. Zany! We take a look at prices for the upcoming final Ozzy/Black Sabbath performance and compare it to rece…

This week on Toilet Radio: Matt Pinfield suffered a huge stroke, let’s talk about stroke prevention and care. Ozzy is gearing up for one last ride with Black Sabbath, let’s talk about the end of several eras. You all took our advice and absolutely flooded Nevermore* with audition tapes, thanks guys. Destruction is going all in on AI with the backin…

This week on Toilet Radio: Munky from KoRn has his own AI-generated fragrance thanks to something called Reference Times. Good lord. Jered Threatin is BACK and he may or may not be dying. Let’s take a look at the latest stunt from Threatin on his path to superstardom. Ol’ Nergie is back with “THE SHIT OV GOD”, Behemoth’s latest attempt to shock som…

This week on Toilet Radio: We sat down to watch a little-known 2004 documentary on Christian heavy metal, Why Should The Devil Have All The Good Music. We went in blind and we were pleasantly surprised by the scope of voices, hard-hitting questions, and nuanced responses offered in this documentary. In addition to Zao, Demon Hunter, and other well …

This week on Toilet Radio: We’re going through the most excellent lineup of this year’s Hell’s Heroes, a celebration of old school heavy metal going down in Houston this spring. We’re also getting into the audacious response Steffen Kummerer of Obscura had for former members accusing him of stealing riffs without credit. New vid dropped of Tim Lamb…

This week on Toilet Radio: Insect Warfare is BACK (in the worst way possible). Ronnie Radke and Alex Terrible are using the abject misery of the LA fires as inspiration for the worst song you’ve ever heard. Obscura ripped off a former member by using his music on their new album without credit, receipts included. Whoops! Also on this show: Jordan i…

This week on Toilet Radio: This week: Chris Kael of Five Finger Death Punch tries his hand at standup / Karl Sanders had his faith in humanity restored by pickle ball / Patrick Mameli of Pestilence has been quietly simmering with rage about light pushback he received for using AI album art and now he’s gonna make it your problem / Nevermore* is com…