Wratheon – Black Thrash Mass (EP) Release date: 26th March 2021||Genre: Black/thrash metal||Label: Self released An amalgam of black metal and thrash, Black Thrash Mass does exactly what it sounds like it should. Shooting straight down the middle, between the two genres, it temporarily stumbles into melo-death territory every now…

Monarch – Future Shock (album) Release date: 16th April 2021||Genre: Thrash/metal||Label: Self released The first notes into Monarch’s upcoming album, Future Shock, really smack a sort of Bill & Ted soundtrack feel into your face. That’s not a dis. Both those OSTs have received many spins over the years. However,…

All Consumed New Album Approaching (interview) Preston based mob, All Consumed, have always delivered that straight-up, UK death metal sound you are familiar with. No bells and ribbons. Not a crossover in sight. They know how to work it, and they work it well. In the past seven years, the…

Terrorential – Visions (album) Release date: 15th March 2021||Genre: Thrash/death||Label: Self released Immediately, and undeniably, Iron Maiden worship is hot on display from the very start of this album. Twiddling and galloping its way through the first track, it is entirely impossible to ignore. It never truly leaves, either, but,…

Feed Them Death – Negative (album) Release date: 07th May 2021||Genre: Avant garde extreme metal||Label: Brucia Records Aside from its incredibly strange jazz moments, much of Negative is a full assault of fairly dyed-in-the-wool, tremolo death metal. This is an odd combination, but they are described as “avant garde”, so…

Roots Of Our Youth – Martin Robbie (interview) One of the very few positives of lockdown is that a lot of us have had some spare time on our hands. Some have used it to relax. Others have learned new skills. For a trio of old friends, however – Martin…

1782 – From The Graveyard (album) Release date: 26th March 2021||Genre: Occult doom||Label: Heavy Psych Sounds The cover art of 1782‘s second album kinda gives the game away. From the first track proper – The Chosen One – a wall of darkly psychedelic fuzz hits the listener, dropping them feet…

Dragon Fire:   Solitary, Heilung, and  more – 05||03||21    The third video from Solitary‘s album The Truth Behind The Lies It’s not just great thrash for this third visual treat. The new track has something quite poignant to say about how we treat our less fortunate. Vocalist, Rich Sherrington says…

Feeding Frenzy 02||03||21 Welcome to Slow Dragon Music‘s review Feeding Frenzy, where we scoop up all the runaways who thought they’d made it under our watchful eye. ***we like to arrange our meals in alphabetical order***  Escarion – Pillars Of The Faith (album)   Pillars Of The Faith is a…

24/7 Diva Heaven – Stress (album) Release date: 19th March 2021||Genre: Grunge/Riot grrrl||Label: Noisolution Proper 90s alternative kids, prepare yourselves for massive waves of nostalgia! Stress is a filthy flashback which doesn’t just tap into the sound of peripheral grunge, it is that sound; 24/7 Diva Heaven are the band…