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…

M2TM: Scotland 2023 Grand Final It’s just one week until the Scottish Metal 2 The Masses 2023 Grand Final – and it looks set to be a monster! The initiative has, once again, delivered a blistering array of heavy bands from around Scotland. We are all fired up for our…

Progression update – M2TM: Scotland 2023 ***With half of 2023’s Scottish Semi-finals now concluded, we’re updating this article to bring you a recap on the state of play.*** Here we have the breakdown of which bands have progressed to which Semi-finals, and what happens next. We’ll be updating this article…

M2TM: SCOTLAND Heats – full information! Scotland is finally entering its first week of Bloodstock Festival’s METAL 2 THE MASSES for 2023! All information for the first round of Heats is now live. So if you’re looking for venues, door times, lineups, ticket links and more, it’s all here! Usually…

M2TM: SCOTLAND 2023 BEGINS! Bloodstock Festival’s live initiative, Metal 2 The Masses is returning North of the wall for 2023! Again, Slow Dragon Music is at the helm of event series in Scotland, with plans in motion to take it around multiple towns and cities once more. It’s early days,…

Forked Tongues: Volcano X – Hordes X 2022 interviews Our final Hordes X 2022 interview goes out to another local legend, Volcano X! We’ve chosen to do something a little different for this one, though. Instead of our regular line of questioning, we’ve asked them for a creative breakdown of…

Forked Tongues: Shadow’s Far – Hordes X 2022 interviews Shadow’s Far are not only our furthest out booking for Hordes X this year – they’re our furthest ever! There’s not many Hordes X or even Slow Dragon Music followers who will know much about the Swiss scene. So, where exactly…

Forked Tongues: Nocturne Wulf & Extort – Hordes X 2022 interviews For this round of Hordes X 2022 interviews, we’re going East vs West, with two of the bands making their first appearance with us representing their neck of the woods. Extort go to bat on behalf of Edinburgh, while…

Forked Tongues: H8teball – Hordes X 2022 interviews At Hordes X, we keep saying “we don’t mess about when it comes to our opening bands”. Last year, H8teball were our introduction to the event, and we couldn’t have been happier! This is a band who bring a full-on, debauched show…

Forked Tongues: Catalysis – Hordes X 2022 interviews The Hordes X interviews continue, and stay towards the top of the bill. We’re now going for it with our main supports on our main stage, Dundee’s Catalysis. 2022 has been a year of accomplishments for them. They claimed the Scottish Metal…