Odense Metalfest 2025 Wrap Pt.1 Slow Dragon Music returned to Denmark’s Odense Metalfest for another fix of Scandinavian metal and hardcore. In 2023, we made our first foray to Odense Metalfest, at Musikhuset Posten (read our wrap article here). Suitably impressed by the community, venue, and excellent lineup, we had…

Feeding Frenzy: OvO – Gemma   OvO – Gemma Release Date: 03rd October 2025||Genre: Electronic / Industiral|| Label: Artoffact Records   An ethnomusicological lesson in just getting it right. Italian iconoclasts OvO have just dropped their eleventh studio album, Gemma, via Artoffact Records, marking an unforgettable twenty-five years in action….

Feeding Frenzy: Volcano X – One Last Ride Volcano X – One Last Ride Release date: 31st October 2025||Genre: Heavy metal|| Label: Self-released Volcano X have returned for One Last Ride — a final entry that embodies the fire, spirit, and legacy that drove their time. Despite members now walking…

Killscythe, Visha, and The Goatboy Hit Perth The Fair City’s latest thrash upstarts play their first ever hometown show this Halloween weekend! Slow Dragon Music is back in Perth, for our first show in a few years. And it’s a doozy! At our previous haunt of The Twa Tams –…

Slow Dragon Music Patches Slow Dragon Music is proud to present our first ever merch item!!! For the very first time, SDM has started our inaugural run of merch; Slow Dragon Music patches. Printed by local business, Angus Print Services Ltd (who also provide our Hordes X t-shirts), these 100mm,…

M2TM Scotland Applications Open for 2026 Bloodstock Open Air’s unsigned metal initiative, Metal 2 The Masses, is rolling out again!!! Bloodstock, the UK’s biggest independent metal festival, reaches out into the underground every year, seeking out the best heavy music talent. Operating throughout the UK, as well as regions such…

Hordes X 2025 Shirts Hordes X 2025 t-shirts are now available!!! Our commemorative Hordes X 2025 shirts, created by Ezekiel Design Co, can now be ordered via email to slowdragonmusic@gmail.com. These merch items can only be purchased as a pre-order, to be collected from the merch stand at the event….

Forked Tongues: Killscythe – Hordes X 2025 With only a few weeks to go before the fifteenth Hordes X, we took time out to talk to Perth’s latest metal upstarts, Killscythe! Stepping out of the now cold ashes of popular former local acts, this thrash powerhouse will be making their…

Dragon Fire: Cold Slither – Self-titled debut album out now Ever wondered what a metal G.I. Joe album would sound like? Well, wonder no more! Cold Slither – originally a made up band in the awesome cartoon series – is now made flesh! As if the nostalgia form action-tastic toys…

Hordes X 2025 Full Lineup Announcement Scotland’s oldest metal fest, Hordes X, just dropped its full 2025 lineup, including Trivax, As The World Dies, Hand Of Kalliach, Hammer, Certain Death, and Thrashist Regime. Get tickets here: https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/64e4bd9fe21f656bd75a0c93/e/686a4e82d3a0c333243e002d The 15th annual edition of the heavy music showcase has landed, with a…