The Smashing Skull Sessions

Host and Reviewer: Pat O' chats with bands, musicians, labels and everyone involved in the Rock and Metal community, covering all genres and topics. Don't forget to check Out The New Album and Single Review Sections

About the show

The Smashing Skull Sessions is a worldwide podcast and music review website set up in alliance with the Metal Cell Podcast, to give international bands, musicians, promoters, labels and fans another voice. It’s all about showcasing the vast array of metal music that’s out there and highlighting the many genres of heavy music that define us all within this close-knit community. This is a global venture, and I hope to reach out and bring you music, insight and discussions from everyone involved in the metal scene, and everything in between.

The show is hosted by me, Pat O Regan, and I hope to offer my guests a different style of interview which is uniquely Irish and should be both entertaining and revealing. I also hope to review and discuss up and coming releases, and maybe even revisit albums that may have gone under the radar. The Smashing Skull Sessions doesn’t work without you, the listeners and the readers, so a huge thank you for stopping by and supporting us. And of course, feel free to share and spread the word. Enjoy,

Pat O’ Regan

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Episodes and Blog Entries

  • Ciemra - The Tread Of Darkness

    Article  |  March 16th, 2023
    By Tim Pijnenburg
    #blackgaze, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-black, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock #prog rock

  • Empires Of Light – Aberrations

    Article  |  March 13th, 2023
    By Pat O'
    #blackgaze, #gothic, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-black, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock #prog rock

  • Episode 37: Carved Into The Sun - Eric Reifinger

    Episode  |  March 11th, 2023  |  58 mins 13 secs
    #album, #app, #apple, #applemusic, #blackmetal, #check, #doom, #doomgaze, #headbang, #heavymetalmusic, #heavymetalpodcsts, #instudio, #irishmetal, #irishmetalgigs, #irishmetalinterviews, #itunes, #listening, #live, #liveradio, #lthemetalcellpodcast, #metalinterviews, #metalmusic, #metalpodcast, #metalreviews, #metalshow, #music, #musicpress, #newmusic, #nowplaying, #pistblack, #playlist, #playlists, #posthardcore, #postmetal, #postrock, #premium, #radio, #shoegaze, #sludge, #song, #songs, #soundcloud, #spotify, #spotifyplaylist, #subscribers, #supportirishmetal, #supportyourlocalmetalscene, #twitter, #youtube

  • Fargo – Geli

    Article  |  March 8th, 2023
    By Pat O'
    #blackgaze, #gothic, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-black, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock #prog rock

  • WuW - L'Orchaostre

    Article  |  March 6th, 2023
    By Tim Pijnenburg
    #blackgaze, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-black, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock #prog rock

  • Les Dunes - Mellow Skies (Single)

    Article  |  March 2nd, 2023
    By Pat O'
    #blackgaze, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-black, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock #prog rock

  • DDENT – Ex Auditu

    Article  |  February 27th, 2023
    By Pat O'
    #blackgaze, #gothic, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-black, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock #prog rock

  • Episode 36: Raum Kingdom

    Episode  |  February 24th, 2023  |  1 hr 1 min
    #album, #app, #apple, #applemusic, #check, #headbang, #heavymetalmusic, #heavymetalpodcsts, #instudio, #irishmetal, #irishmetalgigs, #irishmetalinterviews, #itunes, #listening, #live, #liveradio, #lthemetalcellpodcast, #metalinterviews, #metalmusic, #metalpodcast, #metalreviews, #metalshow, #music, #musicpress, #newmusic, #nowplaying, #playlist, #playlists, #premium, #radio, #song, #songs, #soundcloud, #spotify, #spotifyplaylist, #subscribers, #supportirishmetal, #supportyourlocalmetalscene, #twitter, #youtube

    Raum Kingdom's Dave, Andrew, Mark and Niall join us for a really cool chat, where we discuss both the Irish and International metal scenes as well as getting an insight into the writing and recording process for the mighty Monarch. And of course there's plenty of laughs along the way!

  • A Reason To Travel - Concrete Sunrise

    Article  |  February 21st, 2023
    By Pat O'
    #alternativemetal, #blackgaze, #blackmetal, #experimental, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock, #shoegaze

  • After-Math - Of Our Dire Existence ( Single)

    Article  |  February 19th, 2023
    By Pat O'
    #blackgaze, #gothic, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-black, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock #prog rock

  • Episode 35: Pray for Sound - Joe Aylward & Bruce Malley

    Episode  |  February 18th, 2023  |  52 mins 16 secs
    #album, #app, #apple, #applemusic, #boston, #check, #headbang, #heavymetalmusic, #heavymetalpodcsts, #instudio, #irishmetal, #irishmetalgigs, #irishmetalinterviews, #itunes, #listening, #live, #liveradio, #lthemetalcellpodcast, #metalinterviews, #metalmusic, #metalpodcast, #metalreviews, #metalshow, #music, #musicpress, #newmusic, #nowplaying, #playlist, #playlists, #post rock, #postrock, #premium, #radio, #song, #songs, #soundcloud, #spotify, #spotifyplaylist, #subscribers, #supportirishmetal, #supportyourlocalmetalscene, #twitter, #youtube

    This week I'm delighted to welcome Joe and Bruce from Pray For Sound to the podcast. I have to say, this was a really cool and fun chat, with the guys giving me a great insight into the band.

  • Six Days Of Calm – Uncertainty (Single)

    Article  |  February 13th, 2023
    By Pat O'
    #alternativemetal, #blackgaze, #blackmetal, #experimental, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock, #shoegaze

  • Riverside – ID. Entity

    Article  |  February 9th, 2023
    By Tim Pijnenburg
    #alternativemetal, #blackgaze, #blackmetal, #experimental, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock, #shoegaze

  • Silent Whale Becomes A Dream – North EP

    Article  |  February 6th, 2023
    By Pat O'
    #blackgaze, #gothic, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-black, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock #prog rock

  • Episode 34: PSYCHONAUT - Guitarist/Vocalist - Stefan De Graef

    Episode  |  February 4th, 2023  |  58 mins 50 secs
    #album, #app, #apple, #applemusic, #belgium, #check, #headbang, #heavymetalmusic, #heavymetalpodcsts, #instudio, #irishmetal, #irishmetalgigs, #irishmetalinterviews, #itunes, #listening, #live, #liveradio, #lthemetalcellpodcast, #metalinterviews, #metalmusic, #metalpodcast, #metalreviews, #metalshow, #music, #musicpress, #newmusic, #nowplaying, #playlist, #playlists, #post metal, #post rock, #premium, #psychonaut, #radio, #song, #songs, #soundcloud, #spotify, #spotifyplaylist, #subscribers, #supportirishmetal, #supportyourlocalmetalscene, #twitter, #youtube

  • Death Pill - Расцарапаю Ебало (single)

    Article  |  January 30th, 2023
    By Pat O'
    #alternativemetal, #blackgaze, #blackmetal, #experimental, #hardcore, #metalcore, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #punk, #review, #rock, #shoegaze