The Smashing Skull Sessions

The Smashing Skull Sessions is a podcast, interview and review website, set up to showcase and support the underground rock and metal scenes. Our goal is to promote artists and bands from right across the globe, giving them another voice and another forum in which to get their music out to a greater audience. We also have a new review series, The Review Room, which is another unique way of getting bands and artists some extra coverage and promotion

About the show

The Smashing Skull Sessions is a podcast, interview and review website, set up to showcase and support the underground rock and metal scenes. Our goal is to promote artists and bands from right across the globe, giving them another voice and another forum in which to get their music out to a greater audience.

The podcast is hosted by me, Letty Sharp, and I hope to offer my guests a different style of interview which is relaxed, unscripted and fun!, The show is entertaining, informative and well worth a listen!

However, none of this is possible without the support of you music lovers. We are eternally grateful to every person who subscribes, shares, likes and listens to the shows and reads the reviews. To the bands, be sure to hit us up and let us help in promoting your art, whether through interview or review. Thanks to you all!

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Episodes and Blog Entries

  • Episode 52: The Color of Cyan - Eduardo Cintron

    Episode  |  October 21st, 2023  |  35 mins 57 secs
    #album, #ambient, #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, #neoclassical, #newmusic, #nowplaying, #pistblack, #playlist, #playlists, #posthardcore, #postmetal, #postrock, #premium, #radio, #shoegaze, #sludge, #song, #songs, #soundcloud, #spotify, #spotifyplaylist, #subscribers, #supportirishmetal, #supportyourlocalmetalscene, #thecolorofcyan, #twitter, #youtube

  • Novere – Nothing Stays Hidden In Daylight

    Article  |  October 17th, 2023
    By Pat O'
    #electronica, #instrumental, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #post rock, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock, #sludge, #tidesfromnebula

  • Autómata – Heart Murmur

    Article  |  October 11th, 2023
    By Pat O'
    #electronica, #instrumental, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock

  • Domhain – Nimue

    Article  |  October 10th, 2023
    By Pat O'
    #blackgaze, #gothic #domhain, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-black, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock #prog rock

  • Episode 51: The Review Room - Pat, Tim & Rich M.

    Episode  |  October 7th, 2023  |  45 mins 49 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

  • Urbain – A Soul Purged

    Article  |  October 5th, 2023
    #alternativemetal, #blackgaze, #blackmetal, #cinematic, #deepelmrecords, #experimental, #film, #lights andmotion, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #musicscore, #podcast, #post rock, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock, #shoegaze

  • La Drache - L'Aurore (Single)

    Article  |  September 27th, 2023
    By Pat O'
    #electronica, #instrumental, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock, #tidesfromnebula

  • Episode 50: Trounce - Jonathan Nido

    Episode  |  September 23rd, 2023  |  31 mins 43 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

    This week on the podcast I chat with Jonathan Nido, and his latest project Trounce. Many of you already know Jona from his band Coilguns and his record label, Hummus Records. Well his latest adventure,Trounce is a hybrid of extremes, blending black, prog and punk influences to create something really special

  • MMTH – Relais (single)

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

  • The Crawling - All Of This For Nothing

    Article  |  September 17th, 2023
    By Pat O'
    #blackgaze, #death metal, #doom metal, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-black, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock #prog rock

    A beautifully bleak and brutal journey through the realms of grief and despair.

  • Uada - Crepuscula Natura

    Article  |  September 14th, 2023
    #alternativemetal, #blackgaze, #blackmetal, #experimental, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock, #shoegaze

  • Episode 49: The Review Room

    Episode  |  September 9th, 2023  |  43 mins 53 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

  • Helve – To Be Forgotten

    Article  |  September 5th, 2023
    By Pat O'
    #electronica, #instrumental, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock, #sludge

  • ARCTANGENT 2023 - Saturday

    Article  |  September 2nd, 2023
    #alternativemetal, #arctangent, #atg, #blackgaze, #blackmetal, #cinematic, #experimental, #festival, #film, #live reviews, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock, #shoegaze

  • ARCTANGENT 2023 - Friday

    Article  |  September 1st, 2023
    #alternativemetal, #arctangent, #atg, #blackgaze, #blackmetal, #cinematic, #experimental, #festival, #film, #live reviews, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock, #shoegaze

  • ARCTANGENT 2023 - Wednesday & Thursday

    Article  |  August 31st, 2023
    #alternativemetal, #arctangent, #atg, #blackgaze, #blackmetal, #cinematic, #experimental, #festival, #film, #live reviews, #music, #musicreview, #musicreviews, #podcast, #post rock, #post-metal, #post-rock, #psychedelic, #review, #rock, #shoegaze