The Smashing Skull Sessions

Inspired by the final words of Antarctic explorer, Captain Lawrence Oates and his selfless act of sacrifice, I May Be Some Time is the captivating new album from London based instrumental post-rock trio Million Moons. A breathtaking, immersive experience, I May Be Some Time is a tribute to people like him, who hear the call of adventure and risk it all to carve a path into the unknown. Its seven t...

When it was time for Four Year Strong to prep what would become their sixth album, analysis paralysis, they were truly, finally, stumped. Vocalist/guitarists Dan O’Connor and Alan Day showed up to producer Will Putney’s studio on day one of recording without a single finished song, in stark contrast to the 40-some ideas they brought to the table for 2020’s Brain Pain. The two spent those early day...

It's been five long years since "party doom" riff merchants GURT released their last crushing opus "Bongs of Praise", now on June 7th 2024 they are set to return with their latest, crushing-ist opus yet, "Satan Etc". A lot has happened in the band members lives since 2019, some suffered tragic losses, some welcomed new life into the world, some grew awesome skullets. Not to mention that global eve...

The Gloom In The Corner is an Australian metalcore & cinema core taking listners on a journey with their music, following a storyline in their albums and creating their own universe featuring character Sherlock Bones whose story is full of twist and turns. I got to sit down with members Mikey (vocals) and Jesse (guitarist) before they hit the stage of Whelans Main Room in Dublin where we talke...

Profiler is a Nu-Metal reawakening from the mind of vocalist and guitarist Mike Evans. This band is inspired by those who have incited change in genres, arts, and theories. It's a weight of legacy that Profiler is comfortable shouldering, backed by SharpTone Records, its home since 2020. After starting as a solo project in Bristol, UK, Mike stepped out from the studio and onto the stage, enlisting...

A tight powerhouse of a band; urgent, questioning, loud and fierce. Together they play heavy and direct modern rock ’n’ roll: massive riffs and powerful, melodic choruses, fuzzy guitar, pummelling drums and bass, pin-balling between heavy alternative rock, grunge and punk. They also have a lyricist who can’t help but use his band as a platform to air anxieties and raise questions about the world w...

From Austin, Texas, Emily Wolfe is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. She's on a mission to breathe new life into rock n roll with her powerful vocals and shredding guitar style. Teaching herself guitar from the age of 5, her 3rd album, 'The Blowback', delves into topics such as womens rights, injustices and addiction. I got to sit down with Emily before she took the stage in the 3Olympi...

The debut EP The Great Becoming Of Captain Fuzz is a prologue recounting the meeting of the crew, all motivated to build a spaceship to escape the ecological and social problems of a planet in decline. The band tells us about their debut: "As a series of humano-droids equipped with a fragment of consciousness is being marketed, the beginning of a new civilizational era emerges, plunging humanity i...

Since 2018, Oldham brothers Jacob and Joe Parkinson have been launching a full-scale assault on the UK thrash scene. As founders of UK Thrashcore hopefuls Tortured Demon, they’ve independently released two albums, and worked with various members to bring their trademark live show to eyes and ears nationwide. Before turning 18, they’d already toured with UK thrash royalty Evile and Xentrix, and lai...

Speaking on the album release, WRISTMEETRAZOR's Justin Fornof (vocals) comments: “This is an incredibly important record for us, Degeneration combines everything we have built with our first two LPs into the strongest iteration of our band. This is us at our most misanthropically realized. The heaviest - both lyrically and musically - and most dynamic presentation of who we are and what we’ve done...

Straight out of the Crescent City, BRAT are set to release their forthcoming debut album, Social Grace, via Prosthetic Records on March 15. Since their 2021 inception, the New Orleans. Between an intense live schedule over the last three years, which saw BRAT share the stage with the likes of Eyehategod, Cro-Mags and contemporaries in grind such as ACxDC and No/Mas, the band recorded Social Grace...

Formed in 1990 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Morta Skuld are an American death metal band. ‘Creation Undone’ is the latest work of inspired extremity from frontman and mastermind Dave Gregor and co. In a time when the band’s iconic and celebrated debut ‘Dying Remains’ reaches its thirty year milestone, and with recent live activity on both sides of the Atlantic seeing the quartet performing to a raveno...

Mastiff have announced their forthcoming album, Deprecipice, will be released on 22nd March via MNRK Heavy. The new release features an onslaught of special guests including Ethan Lee McCarthy from Primitive Man, Harry Nott from Burner, Dan James from XIII and Rob Scott from Yersin. Everything Mastiff do is in the name of intensity. Since forming amid the misery of Kingston-upon-Hull in 2013, the...

On this weeks episode of The Smashing Skull Sessions I get to talk to KM North, the vocalist and multi-instrumentalist for Coffin Womb. Coffin Womb is a hardcore project from K.M North. With a focus on making the most unnerving, challenging, heavy music possible. I got to sit down with KM North where we talked about the puppybowl, the projects new album, 'Godless', and so much more!] With great st...

On this weeks episode of The Smashing Skull Sessions, I get to sit down and talk to Chase Wilson, the guitarist and backing vocalist. Ov Sulfur is a blackened deathcore band from Las Vegas, Nevada. In a thrilling display of blackened deathcore prowess, OV SULFUR is proud to announce the release of their latest single 'Hivemind', featuring Lukas Nikolai of MENTAL CRUELTY. The single showcases OV SU...

This week for The Smashing Skull Sessions I am joined by meth. vocalist Seb Alvarez. Meth. is an experimental noise metal band formed in Chicago, Illinois. The band have just released their sophomore album, 'SHAME', and myself and Seb talk about the writing process, how the band started and the backstory of their unique band name. There are some great stories and loads of banter between myself and...

This week, Tim Yusupov of OLHAVA joins me on The Smashing Skull Sessions for a chat, ahead of the release of their highly anticipated album, Sacrifice on 26th January. Every Olhava release brings with it a blizzard of glorious, atmospheric post-black fury that's married perfectly with lush, ambient soundscapes, and let me tell you, Sacrifice doesn't disappoint!! With so much to discuss, Tim gives...

This week on The Smashing Skull Sessions podcast, as I chat with Tiff Scrivener of Celestial Diadem Promotions & PR . Tiff has been working tirelessly within the underground post metal scene, setting up some amazing gigs up and down the UK, with some of the most exciting and important bands on the scene today. With a stacked 2 day post-metal event hitting London at the end of the month, it was...

12 Essential Albums Of 2023 The Review Room is delighted to share with you all, its 12 Essential albums of 2023 . No sequence, no order, just 12 stunning releases that deserve to be part of any music collection!! Myself ,Tim Pijnenburg, Rich Buley, & Rich Murphy, each brought 3 of our favourite releases of the year to the table, and as you will see, we have assembled quite a unique and eclecti...

This week on The Smashing Skull Sessions podcast, I'm chatting with Sarp Keski of Bipolar Architecture !! With their new album Metaphysicize soon to be unleashed through the mighty Pelagic Records , Sarp gives me an insight into the creation of this behemoth of a release! We also discuss, the bands inception, their influences and so much more besides. This Saturday!!! Tune in on YouTube for the vi...

The Review Room For the weekend why not check out another fun packed episode of The Review Room ! Tim & Rich B join me this month as we play, discuss and review six more really diverse and interesting releases from: Bipolar Architecture Three Eyes Of The Void Bite The Boxer Humulus Wolvennest The Black Garden Circus Thanks for stopping by 🙏🖤 "Always Supporting The Scene" Tracks reviewed and...

The Smashing Skull Sessions is delighted to announce our third collaboration with Richie of The Metal Cell podcast . We interviewed Andy Ennis (Vocals/Bass) & Anaïs Chareyre-Méjan (Drums/Vocals/Cello) of the incrediblly atmospheric, post black metal band Domhain. Since the Northern Ireland based band released 'Nimue' in October, they followed it up with a jaw-dropping performance to a full mai...

This week on The Smashing Skull Sessions podcast I'm delighted to welcome Serge Olar of Swiss instrumental & post-rock legends LEECH to the show. Drummer, and one of the founding members of the band, Serge chats with me about the history of the band, the writing process behind their very impressive back catalogue, and we even get an insight into what the future holds for Leech in 2024! All of...

For the weekend why not check out another fun packed episode of The Review Room ! Tim & Rich B join me this month as we play, discuss and review six more really diverse and interesting releases from : Winter Dust, Modern Technology, Briqueville, Rorcal, Heretoir, & Myrkur. Thanks for stopping by 🙏🖤"Always Supporting The Scene" Tracks reviewed and played were: Winter Dust - Castelli di Sa...

The Smashing Skull Sessions Podcast This week I'm delighted to welcome guitarist & producer Eduardo Cintron of the neo-classically inspired, post-rock driven collective, The Color Of Cyan to the podcast. Eduardo's latest album Egress is a thing of utter beauty, and the man himself was an absolute gent to chat with. We discuss the creation of the album, musical influences, the US music scene, a...