Joel Grind founded Toxic Holocaust in 1999. He originally wrote and recorded all of the band's music himself, and after a couple of demo releases (
Radiation Sickness, 1999;
Critical Mass, 2002), he made his official 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. Toxic Holocaust also recorded and released a number of other recordings:
Gravelord (2009, EP),
Conjure and Command (2011), and
Chemistry of Consciousness (2013). In 2019 Joel Grind signed to Entertainment One, and released
Primal Future: 2019 later that year. Tours were planned but halted due to the spread of
COVID-19. The band is scheduled to perform at the
Hell's Heroes music festival in
Houston in March 2026. == Musical style and influences ==