{"id":500477,"date":"2026-06-19T07:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/500477\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T07:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:27:18","slug":"mini-reviews-around-the-bowl-6-18-26-the-toilet-ov-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/500477\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Reviews Around The Bowl (6\/18\/26) \u2013 The Toilet Ov Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Trip Villain \u2013 Dose<\/a>
Seeing Red Records | May 8, 2026<\/p>\n

My girlfriend recently got into The Browning, so anything billed as a mix of metal and techno is bound to bring my heckles up. However, upon pressing play, my first thought was \u201coh, this is just Strapping Young Lad\u201d \u2013 not a wholly fair assessment, but at least I gave it a fair shake after that. SYL is not on the official list of role models, and it really only comes through in the bookends of the record, but the band does list Static-X as inspiration, which is felt particularly in \u201cLowbender\u201d and \u201cVixen Maw,\u201d with the latter highlighting the band\u2019s wider nu metal influences. The rest of the album often dabbles in more experimental realms, placing it in proximity of last year\u2019s Meatwound<\/a>\u00a0or the Deafbrick<\/a> project, putting an emphasis on dark synths and pounding industrial rhythms \u2013 never more so than in the fully electronic title track and its spiritual successor \u201cAngelsmoke.\u201d If an intelligent evolution of the industrial branches of nu metal sounds like your thing and you can excuse the occasional lack of cohesion, get a dose of Trip Villain right now. \u2013Hans<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Toilet Rats \u2013 Black Cats<\/a>
Steadfast Records | June 26, 2026<\/p>\n

Toilet Rats is back to prove they\u2019ve mastered every prefix you could put in front of the word \u201cpunk.\u201d Their trademark lo-fi synth skeleton effortlessly slips into the skin suits of bratty melodic hardcore (\u201cMilitary Dad,\u201d \u201cNuclear Reactor Meltdown\u201d), pop- (\u201cUtopia\u201d), post- (\u201cDarkness,\u201d \u201cShimmy,\u201d \u201cAsteroid,\u201d all of which seem to take cues from The Cure), and of course horror (\u201cBloodsuckers,\u201d \u201cVampirella,\u201d although the latter is more Ramones than Misfits). Still, while often domineered by one particular genre tag, most songs are also somehow all of them, and some escape the punk confines entirely, such as when \u201cI Was a Teenage Exorcist\u201d transplants the 80s Satanic Panic into the 60s. This kind of gleeful abandon results in an album that strikes a balance between surprising variation and sincerity on one side and comforting simplicity and silliness on the other. \u2013Hans<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Drown in Malice \u2013 Amnesie & Hysterie<\/a>
Independent | May 8th, 2026<\/p>\n

My first thought after reading the Bandcamp page for Amnesie & Hysterie was \u201cOh Jesus, it\u2019s more German metalcore.\u201d At best, I was hoping that it was another Heaven Shall Burn\u00a0or\u00a0Caliban clone instead of something worse<\/a>. And Gott sei Dank! I was happy to be wrong. Amnesie & Hysterie covers an enormous amount of sonic territory. It\u2019s true that catchy metalcore riffs are the glue that holds together most songs on the EP, but the songs feel more like compositions than your typical verse-chorus-breakdown metalcore structure. They adeptly morph between chantable hardcore refrains. extended post-metal reprieves, and lilting piano interludes, all with a keen ear for balancing melody against the harsher and dissonant sections. This EP is a rarity: impassioned, intense, reflective, and catchy all brought together in a thoughtful, measured way. The EP may feel a bit uneven at times, but Drown in Malice are definitely on to something here, breathing some new life into\u00a0 a genre that\u2019s been tread and re-tread a million times over.\u00a0Despite the musical exploration on\u00a0 Amnesie & Hysterie, they feel like a hardcore band at heart, just exploring their horizons. Despite straying from the traditional hardcore path, some parts still shine through . The refrain on \u201cEin Museum aus Stahl\u201d begs you to grab the mic and sing along, regardless of whether or not you know the German gibberish they\u2019re singing. Germany\u2019s had a strong hardcore scene for a long time; I hope more bands like Drown in Malice start coming out of the woodwork.\u00a0\u2013 Eenzy<\/p>\n

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The Smashing Pumpkins \u2013 Zodeon at Crystal Hall<\/a>
Martha\u2019s Music | May 15th, 2026<\/p>\n

Every time a band like The Smashing Pumpkins, and\/or their contemporaries drop a new album I get a weird feeling, mainly because I still have to process that 90s bands are for all intents and purposes, classic rock, now. This new album by Sir Lord Maestro William Patrick Corgan and his still very talented ensemble is a very perplexing album, for one it\u2019s not really new, Corgan originally released most of the material here on the insultingly expensive boxset of his overwrought 2023 triple album rock opera Atum, which was written and recorded between 2020 and 2022, and was then widely released first on vinyl last September and on CD and streaming in mid May 2026.<\/p>\n

One good thing I can say about Corgan and his band is how they\u2019ve never made the same album twice, even at their lower points, none of their records really sound like the ones before or after, and what we have here with Zodeon at Crystal Hall is basically the Pumpkins\u2019 take on psychedelia, not an alt rock take on psychedelia, just Billy Corgan with a guitar, bass, and vintage keyboards like Hammond organs and mellotrons, alongside Jimmy Chamberlain on drums and presumably James Iha on guitar, and the end result is a very relaxed and colorful record that\u2019s by far one of the band\u2019s most cohesive and straightforward in years, alongside 2024\u2019s Aghori Mhori Mei.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a shame Billy Corgan pops off in the news for saying stupid shit or featuring Zionists in his vanity podcast, because when he sits down with his band to make music and isn\u2019t making a fuzz about it\u2019s grand concepts and stories, or feeling aggrieved by third parties, he can still make decent tunes, this record isn\u2019t on the level of Mellon Collie or Siamese Dream, but it doesn\u2019t need to, it\u2019s a neat, enjoyable and lovingly made album that\u2019s also weird in a good way. \u2013 Falxifer<\/p>\n

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HEALTH\u00a0\u2013 Addendum<\/a>
Loma Vista Recordings | April 30th, 2026<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always loved bands that can carefully balance making intense music with heavy topics while still having a sense of humor, and HEALTH does it better than anyone else right now. The California trio has really made a name for themselves, both as a killer live act and professional shit-posters on their socials, -courtesy of bassist and producer Johnny Health, aka John Famiglietti- and have also been very prolific as of late, since there\u2019s been a new HEALTH release on a yearly basis since 2019 and counting, with the latest being the band\u2019s newest EP simply titled Addendum and following a string of remixes.<\/p>\n

At this point HEALTH are fully locked in with their own brand of industrial, which combines metal guitars and bass with EBM beats, aggressive percussion, a smattering of electronics and effects, and capped with Jake Duzsik\u2019s melancholic vocals, and this EP is certainly more of that, the title is a pretty obvious giveaway, these are tracks that didn\u2019t make the cut in the band\u2019s most recent 2 albums, Rat Wars (2023) and Conflict DLC (2025), plus additional odds and ends, and considering those albums were originally conceived as a double album, it makes sense that they had a wealth of material to work with. That\u2019s the one issue I do have, you like CUM METAL? -as the band frequently markets their music- Here\u2019s more of it, though I do appreciate the self-awareness with the EPs title. Regardless, HEALTH continues their streak of music that\u2019s perfect for dancing, moshing, crying in your room and for gooning, with infectious gusto. What\u2019s not to love? \u2013\u00a0Falxifer<\/p>\n

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