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Feeding Frenzy: Marduk, Shining, & more – 11||09||23

Feeding Frenzy: Marduk, Shining, & more - 11||09||23

Feeding Frenzy: Marduk, Shining, & more – 11||09||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***  Antimozdebeast – Land of Nod (album) Antimozdebeast’s “immersive heavy music laced with synths,…

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UPDATED: Hordes X 2023

Full Hordes X 2023 Lineup Announced

UPDATED: Hordes X 2023 It’s here! The full list of bands for the 2023 edition of Hordes X is live! And what an insane billing it is! The top billing goes, yet again, to an extreme metal act, and once more, it’s a home grown talent! Please welcome Alba’s ultimate…

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Dragon Fire: 02||09||23

Dragon Fire: 04||08||24

Dragon Fire 02||09||23 The legendary Dragon Fire scours through the Earth once more, unearthing the latest campfire tales.  Columbarium – Redemption First up today is the track Redemption by Belgians Columbarium. Taken from their upcoming, September 29th, Argonauta Records album, The Morbidious One, this is total doom filth! If this track moved…

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Opensight’s Grindhouse Cine-metal (interview)

Opensight's Grindhouse Cine-metal

Forked Tongues: Opensight’s Grindhouse Cine-metal Many bands claim to be unique. London’s Opensight don’t even need to make such a statement.  Bringing together the sound and visuals of cult classic film and TV, with cultivated prog metal, this band is a one-off operation. Delving into spy stories, horror, hard-boiled cop…

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Opensight To Release Mondo Fiction: The Director’s Cut

Opensight - Mondo Fiction: The Director's Cut

Dragon Fire: Opensight To Release Mondo Fiction: The Director’s Cut London based prog-metallers, Opensight are re-issuing their 2022 full-length, Mondo Fiction, but with added extras. Released last year, the album was heralded as “a masterpiece of creativity” by press, including Powerplay Rock And Metal Magazine to Greek Rebels, Worship Metal to…

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Hordes X 2023

Hordes X 2023

Hordes X 2023 The beast awakens! Preparations for Slow Dragon Music’s metal calendar highlight are in full swing, and it’s gonna be a monster! For those of you new to the Hordes X battle camp, it is a yearly, live showcase of all things heavy! First taking place in 2010,…

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Aeons – Bloodstains video

Aeons - Bloodstains video

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…

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Sólstafir announce European tour

Sólstafir announce European tour

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…

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Slaughterpit returns!

Slaughterpit Returns

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…

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Feeding Frenzy: Dog Tired, Miscreance, & more – 19||05||23

Feeding Frenzy: Dog Tired, Miscreance, & more - 19||05||23

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,…

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