Forked Tongues: Riket 2026 We all love a bit of proper Swedish death metal, and Riket are delivering the latest blast. The long-grinding four-piece just disinterred their first full sonic slab. 2026, this month. Coming through Black Lion Records, it is a beast, we can tell you! (In fact, we…

Inferno Music Conference 2026 Pt.1 To kick off the 20th anniversary of Inferno Music Festival and Conference, things start in style with the exclusive Delegate Mingle at SALT Art & Music. We grab a quick glimpse (and pint) in the new metal bar, Hellion, on Storgata, beforehand (with Mr Metal…

Forked Tongues: Inferno Pre-flight Chat The bags are over-packed, the security is queued, and somewhere between the obligatory airport pint and last-minute boarding panic, the pilgrimage has finally slapped us awake. With the Scottish semi-finals of Metal 2 The Masses fading into last night’s rear-view and the Grand Final looming…

Dog Tired and Ten Ton Slug – Japanese Tour Scottish riffmasters, Dog Tired, are headed to Japan, with Ireland’s Ten Ton Slug! Long time SDM partners in noise, Dog Tired, are teaming up with leading Irish purveyors of riff-filled sludge, Ten Ton Slug, for five dates in Japan this November!…

Feeding Frenzy: Riket – 2026   Riket – 2026 Release date: 10th April, 2026||Genre: Death metal||Label: Black Lion Records Long awaited, the debut full-length from Riket is finally here Proper. Swedish. Death metal. All sung in Swedish. A solid album’s worth of material from Riket may seem well overdue, but,…

Feeding Frenzy: Winterfylleth – The Unyielding Season   Winterfylleth – The Unyielding Season Release Date: 27th March, 2026||Genre: Black Metal|| Label: Napalm Records Like a bitter wind sweeping across frostbitten moors, Winterfylleth rises from the shadows, unflinching and unrelenting. Marking their first release with Napalm Records, UK black metal torchbearers,…

Eihwar – Hugrheim (album stream) Eihwar’s new album, Hugrheim (Season of Mist), is advance streaming in full!!! Sometimes, our metal souls need a little soothing, with a bit of folk music. Naturally, we still tend to keep it to the darker side. Bands such as Wardruna, Heilung, and Nytt Land…

Feeding Frenzy: Nervosa – Slave Machine Nervosa – Slave Machine Release Date: 3rd April, 2026||Genre: Thrash metal|| Label: Napalm Records Your attention is futile – Slave Machine will grab you by the throat and hurls you headfirst into a blizzard of riffs. Brazilian modern thrash metal powerhouse Nervosa return with…

Riket – 1948: Att döda ett barn Swedish death metal unit, Riket, unleash their new, darkly historic music video. SDM first came across Riket, somewhat unexpectedly, at a Balkan Metal Meet event, in Tirana, Albania, a couple of years ago. They impressed us there, so it’s great to so them…

M2TM Scotland 2026 Semi-finals All of the Metal 2 The Masses Scotland Semi-finals for 2026 are now live!!!!! Across Alba, grassroots heavy music artists have been gathered, once again, in the hunt for your freshest representative at Bloodstock Open Air. The talent on offer has been staggering, as it always…