Episodes

This week on Toilet Radio: Joe bought a huge stack of guitar magazines from the 90s and now we’re gonna make it YOUR problem. This time we’re examining the Guitar World Survival Guide, a feature in which dozens of famous and famous-ish guitarists offer their five tips to survive the once-thriving cutthroat music industry. You’ll hear pearls from Zakk Wylde, Yngwie, Wayne Static, Ted Nugent, Dimebag Darrell, Tom Morello, Dave Mustaine, and much, much more. It’s a fascinating snapshot of artists o...

This week on Toilet Radio: Kiss did not break up. They were lying about that. Again. Iron Maiden are getting inducted into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame, will not be attending. Suffocation responds to their former drummer that accused them of being a bunch of druggies AND they brought receipts! LiveNation is finally getting slammed with an antitrust conviction, unfortunately, nothing good will happen from it. Jelly Roll has dropped off of Kid Rock’s terrible right wing music festival and been re...

This week on Toilet Radio: 
A very confused cryptocurrency-themed metal band emailed us for coverage. Here it is, enjoy! We delve into the latest on Brady Ebert’s ongoing vehicular homicide-related legal troubles. Suffocation’s drummer quit the band and implied that his bandmates are all on drugs. Good luck in Sanguisugabogg! We check in with Maynard James Keenan as he comes to the same conclusion about human “modern communication” that Simon & Garfunkel did in 1964. Finally, an ER story about a...

THIS WEEK ON TOILET RADIO: We talk about a fledgling TovH Guy really going above and beyond by attempting to murder the elderly father of his former Turnstile vocalist. See you in 15-20, Brady! We compare and contrast the journey of Brady Ebert with rapper Pooh Sheisty who also went above and beyond this week by attempting to kidnap Gucci Mane in front of a cop and a million cameras. In other news: Kiko Loureiro, former Megadeth guitarist, threatened to sue Arch Enemy over stealing a guitar riff...

THIS WEEK ON TOILET RADIO: We received a listener email, as we are wont to do, with an intriguing request. Kevin is making a trek out to the Netherlands to attend the 2026 Roadburn Festival. He asked us to take a look at the lineup and give a preview of everything coming to the stage this year due to an accurate perception that we’re not super familiar with the artists performing. You got it. We take a look at all of the bands, collaborations, free jazz ensembles, and DJs performing and gave the...

THIS WEEK ON TOILET RADIO: Vinnie Vincent will sell you his new album for the paltry sum of *Dr Evil voice* TWO MILLION DOLLARS. Michale Graves has completed he scoundrel’s journey and signed to a Christian music label. He is excited to share his testimony with you lol.
Dogma is back aaaaand they’re forced to cancel their US tour due to visa issues. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving business model. Finally, CY Fest is CANCELLED for pretty good reasons. Let’s go through the lineup of hardcore a...

This week on Toilet Radio: We’re unlocking a very good, previously Patreon EXCLUSIVE episode. BY POPULAR DEMAND: We watched “Addicted to Porn: Chasing the Cardboard Butterfly”, a 2017 anti-porn documentary narrated by Metallica’s James Hetfield. This documentary is available in multiple rips for free on YouTube or you could pay four dollars to rent it. Don’t do that. Regardless of your stance RE: pornography, what you get here is a pretty sad attempt by evangelicals pretending they’re not evange...

Collaborations: sometimes they’re good! Who doesn’t get excited when two groups at the heights of their creative powers join together to make some new sounds? But for every Bring the Noise, you’ve got a dozen All in the Families. On this episode we examine several unrealized collaborations and ask, “Would this possibly, in a million years, have been good”? We’re talking about Ozzy X Van Halen, James Hetfield X Jerry Cantrell, Danzig X Jerry Cantrell, Nothingface X Mudvayne, Slayer X Suicidal Ten...

Do you feel the power thrumming, my fellow woodland sprites? The time has come to address the secret elephant in the room: Nekrogoblikon has a new release on the horizon, and we’ve recruited guest contributor Flying Warg (Katarzyna) to investigate. Flip the page on this tome of tumultuous tomfoolery if you dare, and also, have you heard of the mind goblin? The Boiling Sea releases April 17 through Bandcamp.

This week on Toilet Radio: Joe and Jordan talk about the Kafka-esque nightmare of modern life. Also, Michale Graves, not content with getting his shows cancelled in DFW strip malls, is now having his shows cancelled in the UK. William Shatner, at 94 years old, is threatening to release a metal album. Dire stuff. But fortunately, Gen X Correspondent Ian talks with Testament’s Chuck Billy about the band’s upcoming Thrash of the Titans tour, playing with Judas Priest in 1990 when Dave Mustaine trie...

THIS WEEK ON TOILET RADIO: Joe tells more horrifying ER stories. BUT ALSO, Death Ray Vision announced they’re firing a band member for being a part of Patriot Front. The whole story is wild and leads us to ask, “why join a violent right wing hate militia when you could just join ICE?” ALSO, Vicious Rumors have kicked out their drummer of 40 years for posting bad right-wing memes! Drummer responds, “Why can’t we all just get along, preferably at a show at which I am being paid to perform?” ALSO, ...

This week on Toilet Radio: 
Kid Rock had a big week. Rock the Country, his patriots-only festival for flyover states, was forced to cancel some dates at the last minute. But thankfully he got to headline TPUSA’s absurd “alternative super bowl halftime show” which, I’m told, went swimmingly. Brady Ebert got kicked out of his new band after trying to start beef with Turnstile. Lamb of God decided that now, of all times, is the time to get rid of the papyrus logo. Behemoth and Slaughter to Prevail ...

This week on Toilet Radio: Teenage Joe gets to fulfill a dream. We talk with New Bedford, MA melodic hardcore legends A Wilhelm Scream. Guitarist/vocalist Trevor Reilly and Ben Murray join for an hour-long interview about all things punk and metal. We talk about the dearly departed Trevor Strnad and his connection that took Ben from Light This City to A Wilhelm Scream twenty years later. The duo discusses some of their favorite guitar bands like Dinosaur Jr and In Flames and the pain that is hav...

This week on Toilet Radio: We got BEEF. A former member of Turnstile is BEEFING with the band over recent anti-ICE statements. Members of Reflections have so much BEEF with the vocalist over his pro-ICE views that they quit the whole damn band. The former vocalist of HeavyHeavyLowLow has BEEF with the guitarist over selling dusty old t-shirts! One of these things is not like the other! Also, Sharon is threatening the return of Ozzfest and we speculate what it would look like and how a Sharon vs ...

This week on Toilet Radio: We’re talkin’ ’bout Dave Mustaine’s last ride with Megadeth and his cover of Metallica’s Ride the Lightning that sounds just about exactly how you would expect it to sound. Age comes for us all. ALSO: Bandcamp is banning* AI-generated music from the platform. We talk about what that means and what it looks like in practice, with a bonus of a few whiners complaining about it. Finally, Dogma is back. Already. And they’ve unfortunately announced a US tour that is, frankly...

This week on Toilet Radio: we’re talking about ROCK THE COUNTRY, a festival for the oft-forgotten middle-American bourgeoises. Kid Rock is coming to YOUR backwater village and YES, this IS a THREAT. He’ll be bringing along Aaron Lewis, Nelly, and a whole lotta guys that get in trouble for wearing blackface for Halloween. Speaking of the Staind guy, he’ll be performing solo shows at a BBQ joint in a speed trap near you. If that’s not enough right-wing racial grievance-based music for you, we’re a...

This week on Toilet Radio: we’re talking about DIPSHITS and MORONS like Phil Labonte. But I swear to god we don’t spend too much time on it. Things are bad enough as is, we don’t gotta focus on ‘em. We ALSO talk about Vinnie Vincent making a big bet on himself by selling CDs with a single song for $300. God, I would love to have his confidence. In OLD GUY HARDCORE news: NJ Bloodline is BEEFING with Joe Hardcore over making boots of their old shirts. Why? That’s what hardcore is all about! Geezer...

Meet the intense, young band bringing UK82 back to ATL26. Back in December I caught up with local (mostly) teenaged crusters Corporatocracy after a show with Atlanta extreme metal heavyweights Shepherds ov the Veil, Fleshgrid, and Dungeon Filth. By far the youngest band on the bill, after the show the other bands swarmed around them with praise for their stage presence and the energy they brought to the show. From my perch in the crowd, I’d have to agree. You don’t see many bands in Atlanta spo...

This week on Toilet Radio: Clown from Slipknot started a Minecraft server and he’s more excited about it than anything he’s ever done in his life. Also, perhaps unsurprisingly, he’s really, really into A.I. We got an insane press release from ALCATRAZZ that airs out decades of petty annoyances, beefs, and drama at former band members. God bless the poor PR guy that had to actually type this manifesto. Tim Lambesis is getting aired out by his ex-wife and ex-band members because he’s a huge piece ...

We exhausted our resources to cobble together all the of the things that happened in heavy metal in 2025 that are worth knowing about. Fact-checked, peer-reviewed, and painstakingly sourced, we cover every major story from the year in review. What bands called it quits? What band (singular) started? What albums dropped? Why did everyone die? If you missed every other episode this year, get caught up on this last episode of 2025. Music featured on this episode: Agenbite Misery– Bellwether and S...

Merry holiday everyone. This week me and Jordan give a lil update on everyone’s favorite guy who got left on the side of the highway by his former bandmates, Kyle from Vitriol. Also, we’re opening some super siqqq gifts. Nikita from Svnseeker and Dylan from Diary of Doom sent us super sweet packages. We also got each other giant boxes of absolute nonsense. If you’re driving across the godless plains or stuck at your terrible job for the holidays (like me!), I hope you’ll join us for a mostly who...

We continue our annual tradition of crunching the numbers and determining the most popular “hard rock” and “heavy metal” singles of the year. It is dire, as is tradition. This year is even worse than expected. While you argue about which Bandcamp band with 200 purchases is most overrated, we’re tapping right into the mainstream to understand what tasteless drek the masses are actually consuming. The biggest bands continue to lean in to a faux-R&B style that is, frankly, just terrible. Over the n...

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’ tunes for you to get hyped to. If you like anything here, I highly recommend that you check out these bands and buy their albums, go see their shows...

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 about his alter ego. Cradle of Filth, a licensed limited partnership, is being sued by former members for a ton of valid reasons including Dani Filth s...