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…

Hordes X Lineup 2026 Complete The full list of bands appearing at this year’s Hordes X festival has just gone live – and it’s a grizzly grassroots monster! Sadly, through unavoidable circumstances, Northern Ireland’s Owlcrusher will no longer be joining us for the 16th Hordes. We are however, bringing 7…

Hordes X 2026 Tees With less than FOUR WEEKS to go until Hordes X 2026, we are very proud to present this year’s t-shirt design*, provided by our crazy talented partners, Ezekiel Design Co. These commemorative shirts will be available by PRE-ORDER ONLY!!! This is largely for environmental reasons, preventing…

Opensight, Crusaders, Medusa Touch, King Nobody, and Skaith head to Hordes X 2026 Even more outstanding heavy acts step up to the Hordes X plate, including popular returns, first-timers, and a live debut! This update puts us over the halfway mark in revealing this year’s full lineup, and what an…

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…

Feeding Frenzy: Fuath, Winter Eternal, and Oakenthrone – Glasgow, July 2026 Saor’s Andy Marshall brings out his lesser known project, Fuath, for a special Sunday in Glasgow. It’s rather naughty to be out until all hours on the first school night of the week, but it seems worth it on…

Hirax, Warlord, and More – A Season in The Abyss   In May/June 2026, Slow Dragon Music returned to Gothenburg – But this run involved a lot more live music. Even during the more rural section of the trip, up in Trollhättan, and the surrounding area, we still managed to…

Ramage Inc., Saħħar, At Their Mercy, Chekhov’s Gun, and Bruxa Join Hordes X 2026 The next round of acts have been announced for Hordes X 2026, with five new bands added to the bill. As September rushes ever closer, the lineup for Scotland’s longest running metal fest is getting mighty…

Hordes X 2026 Sponsors and Partners   Scotland’s oldest metal fest. Hordes X. It couldn’t happen without a lot of help. Hordes X is a huge task, all in the name of raising the flag for grassroots heavy music. It needs great bands. It needs great venues. And, obviously, it…