U.S. Black / Thrash Metal band Toxic Holocaust have released a brief update on their Facebook profile last week, indicating that the band, or rather Joel Grind, the band's only core member, is completing the writing process for the next full length album:

Currently working hard writing the new Toxic record. I hope to get into the studio soon to record it. It's shaping up to be a fucking rager. What I've written so far has a pretty strong punk vibe going on. Continuing with the tradition of making every record different... but always sounding like Toxic Holocaust. More updates soon.

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The influence that the German Thrash Metal pioneers Destruction have had on the evolution of Black Metal since the very early days, as well as extreme metal as a whole, is beyond doubt, so the least we could do is give them an occasional mention in the news section.

Destruction have today released their 13th full length album, titled "Spiritual Genocide", through their label Nuclear Blast, coinciding with the band's 30th anniversary. Leading up to the album's release, the band made a music video for the song "Carnivore" which was made available on the official Metal Hammer YouTube ...

Destruction are scheduled to be releasing what will be their 13th full length album, titled "Spiritual Genocide", on the 23rd of November through their label Nuclear Blast, and leading up to the album's release the band has made a music video for the song "Carnivore" which is available on the official YouTube channel of Metal Hammer:



The new album will mark the band's 30th anniversary, and the tracklist is as follows:


Exordium
Cyanide
Spiritual Genocide
Renegades
City of Doom
Legacy of the Past
To Dust You Will Decay
Carnivore
No Signs of Repentance
Riot Squad
Unde ...