From The Desk Of Toxic Holocaust: Adam Avilla

With the new Chemistry Of Consciousness (Relapse), frontman Joel Grind expands the Toxic Holocaust sound, explodes it with color and textures that seem more vibrant than the none-more-blackness of 2011’s Conjure And Command. The speed and righteous indignation of artists like Discharge and G.B.H. combine with the massive mixdown and mastering by heavy-music maven and Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou, creating a juggernaut of an album, a record that fires on all cylinders all the time. “Awaken The Serpent,” “Mkultra” and “Out Of The Fire” smack the listener upside the head like the wayward boot of an especially surly crowd surfer. Bassist Phil Zeller will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our recent Toxic Holocaust feature.

Zeller: As animator and director of our newest video for the song “Acid Fuzz,” I have to say that this guy‘s vision is mind-blowing. He took a concept for the video and hit a grand slam out of the park! I was giddy the first time I saw the final edit. Imagine JC on the cross, being burnt to charcoal by a flame-throwing dragon or a pig-headed cop being chopped into lines and snorted! You really just have to see it to believe it. After reading his blog on the making of the video, I was astounded by the amount of work he put into it. Much of the animation was done in the old-school method of stop-motion. Hours and hours and hours were spent on it, and it truly shines through. I was not familiar with his work before, but after checking out his portfolio, I realized how fortunate we were to work with him. His award-winning body of work speaks for itself. Check it out!!

Video after the jump.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYdJZgkJ9SI