Victorius – Rise From The Flames (album) Release date: 16th October 2020||Genre: NWOBHM/Thrash||Label: Self released Welcome to the second of this week’s “old but new” reviews at Slow Dragon Music. The band for today, Dundee’s Victorius, have been treading into SDM territories for some time, now. Therefore, there were no…

Under The Oak – Ripped Up By The Roots (album) Release date: 25th September 2020||Genre: Thrash||Label: Wormholedeath This week, we are having somewhat of a focus on “old but new” releases; fresh recorded output which works with classic sounds. The first of these is Ripped Up By The Roots, from…

Venomous Concept – Politics Versus The Erection (album) Release Date: 28th August 2020||Genre: Grindcore||Label: Season Of Mist Politics Versus The Erection is the fourth full-length from ‘grindcore’ amalgamation, Venomous Concept. Still featuring members of both Napalm Death and Brutal Truth (yes, Shane Embury, obviously!), it’s an outfit with some strong…

Scales Of Justice: Guest reviewer – Oliver Originally posted 15th August 2020 After 3 days of great music hosted by the European Metal Festival Alliance, already enjoying sets from Parasite Inc, Evil Invaders and Orange Goblin, I was very much set and ready to go, looking forward to Sunday’s head-line…