Dragon Fire: Aeons – Bloodstains video Isle Of Man’s premier progressive metal band, Aeons, have just dropped a new video for fan favourite, Bloodstains. Members of the Slow Dragon Music hardcore will recall we hosted this magnificent bunch of chaps at Hordes X in 2022. We were totally blown away…

Dragon Fire: Sólstafir announce European tour with Amorphis It’s been a few years since their last album, Endless Twilight of Codependent Love, but Iceland’s premier folk metallers, Sólstafir are taking it out on the road this Autumn. Taking in 17 dates with Amorphis, the tour kicks off in Köln. It…

Dragon Fire: Slaughterpit returns Before the chaos of covid, Slow Dragon Music had started on a new events series: Slaughterpit. Now, in 2023, we’re bringing slaughter back! After a bit of experimenting, the concept was focused on extended live bills of the heaviest bands we could smash together. Not quite…

Feeding Frenzy: Dog Tired, Miscreance, & more – 19||05||23 Welcome to Slow Dragon Music‘s review Feeding Frenzy, where we go snapping and snarling through notable recent and upcoming releases. ***we like to arrange our meals in alphabetical order***  Arrealhue – Post Lux Tenebras (album) Chilean atmospheric black folk metallers, Arrealhue,…

M2TM: Scotland 2023 Grand Final It’s just one week until the Scottish Metal 2 The Masses 2023 Grand Final – and it looks set to be a monster! The initiative has, once again, delivered a blistering array of heavy bands from around Scotland. We are all fired up for our…

Inferno Music Conference 2023 At the start of April, Slow Dragon Music flew out to Norway once more, for the Inferno Metal Festival and Music Conference. On our second run, this is fast becoming one of the highlights of our year. The festival itself plays host to a superb array…

Out Today: Haint – Screaming At The Storm Today, Belfast’s Haint release new single, Screaming At The Storm, with their debut EP, Terminally Evolved, on the horizon. Only the fourth track of bitter yet beautiful metal from the trio, they have called it “a diatribe of determination and resolve in…

Progression update – M2TM: Scotland 2023 ***With half of 2023’s Scottish Semi-finals now concluded, we’re updating this article to bring you a recap on the state of play.*** Here we have the breakdown of which bands have progressed to which Semi-finals, and what happens next. We’ll be updating this article…

Gojira, Alien Weaponry, Employed To Serve – Glasgow 2023 Feeding Frenzy live review by AVZD Wokings Employed to Serve played to an already packed Academy. Post-pandemic, and for a show rescheduled due to the C-word, it’s been fantastic to see support bands having the crowds to play to. In this…

Masonic Abyss – The Devil’s Hands This week saw the release of new single, The Devil’s Hands, from one man, Dundee industrial project, Masonic Abyss. Mastermind, Serotonin says he is “hyped to announce that the new track will be available across all streaming platforms“. The lyrics and song were written,…