Toby Cook
Latest articles by Toby Cook

Max Cavalera: 10 Albums That Changed My Life
By Toby Cook last updated
Soulfly frontman Max Cavalera picks the top 10 records that have influenced him, from Slayer to… INXS?!

The 10 essential stoner metal albums
By Toby Cook last updated
Spark up and chill out, this is the very best the stoner world has to offer…

The Body – I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer album review
By Toby Cook published
Portland’s despondent duo The Body find a new mode of misery to share

King Dude/The Ruins Of Beverast/ (Dolch) at The Dome, London - live review
By Toby Cook published
Not yet ratedCult folk and black metal artists form a grave alliance

Somnuri - Somnuri album review
By Toby Cook published
Pulverising riff-worship from the meaner streets of NYC

Boson - Domain Of Ember album review
By Toby Cook published
American atmospheric headbangers plot a familiar course

Belphegor/Destroyer 666/Enthroned at The Dome, London - live review
By Toby Cook published
Not yet ratedOrgiastic Austrians prove in need of some pep pills

The Body & Full Of Hell - Ascending A Mountain Of Heavy Light album review
By Toby Cook published
Nihilistic noisemakers step it up for their second dance

Zaius - Of Adoration album review
By Toby Cook published
Chicago post-rockers set sail after the wind’s died down

Electric Wizard - Wizard Bloody Wizard album review
By Toby Cook published
Dorset doomlords set out on the road to reinvention

Monolord - Rust album review
By Toby Cook published
Accessible doom/fuzz with a slight whiff of teen spirit

Full Of Hell/Unyielding Love/ Grief Tourist/Weeping at Kamio - live review
By Toby Cook published
Not yet ratedUS grind agitators fight the horrors of hipsterville

Jabba - Vice album review
By Toby Cook published
Efficient racket-making from the Arctic Circle

Burn - Do Or Die album review
By Toby Cook published
Resurrected NYHC crew refuse to rely on the template

Nifelheim/Craven Idol/Funeral Throne at The Underworld, London - live review
By Toby Cook published
Not yet ratedSweden’s black/thrash maniacs rally the troops

Circle - Terminal album review
By Toby Cook published
Finnish space metal collective flood the senses

Cult Of Luna - Years In A Day: Live In Paris DVD review
By Toby Cook published
Sweden’s post-metal maestros take the visual high road

Wormrot at the Underworld, London - live review
By Toby Cook published
Not yet ratedSingapore grind crew start a panic at the disco

Dead - We Won't Let You Sleep album review
By Toby Cook published
Antipodean noise-rock that’s determined to start a buzz

Martyrdöd - List album review
By Toby Cook published
Scandic crust warriors clamber to the summit

Neurosis live review – London, Koko
By Toby Cook published
Not yet ratedElemental icons Neurosis span 30 years of deliverance, live in London. Support from Earth, Discharge and Subhumans

Terminal Cheesecake – Dandelion Sauce Of The Ancients album review
By Toby Cook published
Surreal racket-makers Terminal Cheesecake add gloom to their loom

11 Paranoias album review – Reliquary For A Dreamed Of World
By Toby Cook published
Psychedelic voyagers 11 Paranoias turn up the warped factor with new album
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