The Smashing Skull Sessions

Maziac – Fear & Fortune (Single)

Article  |  July 9th, 2023
By Pat O'
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OV – 22:23:12:22

Article  |  July 5th, 2023
By Pat O'
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Every track is drenched in melody and magic which erupts and spits out these glorious sonic outbursts, like a volcano that has erupted for the first time in aeons. The sheer power on display here, along with all that impelling force behind it, makes for an EP that must heard to be believed!

Soft Kill - Metta World Peace

Article  |  June 29th, 2023
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The Glass Pavilion - Celestograph

Article  |  June 25th, 2023
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Ashley Owens has written a magical piece of music here that will resonate and resound deep within, long after the last note is played. Heavenly, uplifting and tear inducing at times, Celestograph is simply perfect.

Fragile - About Going Home

Article  |  June 21st, 2023
By Pat O'
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Jason Isbell and the 400unit - Weathervanes

Article  |  June 15th, 2023
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There are levels to the game and only the greats perform at their best in all of them. Where the likes of Stephen King and Clive Barker are able to paint a scary realistic horror-scene within a couple of sentences, Isbell needs only a few combinations of words to make you feel you know everything of a person: past, present and future. Perhaps it’s only possible to have a picture painted immediately when somethings are waiting inside of you to resonate? “ I decorate time with words” is how the man describes his way of working.

Mammoth Rider – Spirit Science (Single)

Article  |  June 11th, 2023
By Pat O'
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Still Mountains – Into The Reach (Single)

Article  |  June 8th, 2023
By Pat O'
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Lights & Motion – This Is The Beginning

Article  |  June 5th, 2023
By Pat O'
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Predatory Void - Seven Keys to the Discomfort of Being

Article  |  June 1st, 2023
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