Hordes X Festival Lucky Dip Returns Take a dip, grab a raffle ticket, and you could walk away with a signed book, festival tickets or a Hordes X merch haul – all while supporting Angus Voice. The much-loved Lucky Dip is returning to Hordes X Festival, but this year there’s…

Skaith – Wasp Bastards Skaith, the new Scottish heavy riff unit, featuring members of Threshold Sicks and At Their Mercy, pick up the pace for their second single, Wasp Bastards. Faster, thrashier, and a bit less serious, it follow previous track, Bleed For You, both to be found on their…

  Godsticks Scottish Supports Announced A feast of Scottish prog metal joins Wales’ Godsticks on their two date Northern trek Crafted around chugging guitar riffs, intricate solos and driving rhythm section, this unique outfit are coming to Scotland for two shows under the Slow Dragon Music banner. The dates form…

Skaith – Bleed For You   New Scottish heavy collective, Skaith, have just unleashed their slow-chugging debut track, Bleed For You. The bitter grit of the song is backed by sludge stomp and raking post-black metal. This is the first of two digital singles the band plan to releasefrom their…

De Profundis, Cnoc An Tursa, and Owlcrusher Kick Off Hordes X 2026 Lineup Hordes X fest has just announced the first batch of bands appearing at its sixteenth edition!!! Taking place across the stages of Hidden and Music Hall Dundee, the oldest metal fest is Scotland, Hordes X, is back…

Hordes X 2026   The Beast in the East, Scotland’s oldest metal fest, Hordes X, is back for its SIXTEENTH edition!!! Featuring two days of stacked extreme metal and old school bands (plus some curveballs), the influential live platform returns to the twin venues of Hidden and Music Hall Dundee,…

M2TM Scotland 2026 – Grand Final   The guest headliners for this year’s Scottish Metal 2 The Masses Grand Final have been announced, and the date approaches… M2TM is the award winning live initiative from the UK’s biggest independent metal festival, Bloodstock Open Air. A Mecca for the nation’s metalheads,…

Dog Tired and Ten Ton Slug – Japanese Tour Scottish riffmasters, Dog Tired, are headed to Japan, with Ireland’s Ten Ton Slug! Long time SDM partners in noise, Dog Tired, are teaming up with leading Irish purveyors of riff-filled sludge, Ten Ton Slug, for five dates in Japan this November!…

Eihwar – Hugrheim (album stream) Eihwar’s new album, Hugrheim (Season of Mist), is advance streaming in full!!! Sometimes, our metal souls need a little soothing, with a bit of folk music. Naturally, we still tend to keep it to the darker side. Bands such as Wardruna, Heilung, and Nytt Land…

Riket – 1948: Att döda ett barn Swedish death metal unit, Riket, unleash their new, darkly historic music video. SDM first came across Riket, somewhat unexpectedly, at a Balkan Metal Meet event, in Tirana, Albania, a couple of years ago. They impressed us there, so it’s great to so them…