Feeding Frenzy: Odense Metalfest 2025 Wrap Pt.2   Following the first sensory assault of brutality, we are back at Musikhuset Posten, and ‘ready’ for round 2 of Odense Metalfest 2025… Unfortunately, word comes out that Abrupt Demise have had to pull out at short notice due to illness. On the…

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….

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…

Forked Tongues: Lik, Necro, and The Sound of Death Sweden’s flag-bearers of original wave melodic death metal recently dropped their next full-length, and it’s another banger! In the midst of the infamous pandemic, Stockholm locals, Lik, somehow dropped one of the most genuine modern death metal albums of our time,…

Forked Tongues: Catalysis 2025 Interview Dundee’s Catalysis seem to be on somewhat of an upward trajectory, unhindered by hurdles which would quite likely have ended other bands. Imagine losing 60% of your lineup, and charging on, strong as ever, barely losing a beat! New songs. Foreign shows. They ain’t stopping….

M2TM: Scotland Grand Final 2025 Metal 2 The Masses: Scotland is about to reach the ultimate stage for 2025!!! Once more, Slow Dragon Music, in association with Bloodstock Open Air, have journeyed around Scotland for the last two months, for Metal 2 The Masses. The award winning initiative, from the…

Lik – War Praise Stockholm death-metallers, Lik, unleash their latest single, War Praise, laying the ground for new album, Necro. It seems like an age since these Swedish heavies dropped their last album, Misanthropic Breed. (see our review here) In fact, it’s been about five years. And we’ve been spinning…

Dragon Fire: 06||12||24 The legendary Dragon Fire scours through the Earth once more, unearthing the latest campfire tales.  Edge Of Sanity – Jesus Cries (remastered) There’s something magical about the way the first riff kicks off in this song. The rest of the track is full of hooks, right, but…

Dragon Fire: Thulcandra – Night Eternal Live Blackened melodic death metallers, Thulcandra, just unleashed a new live video, with a full album about to drop.  After having them headline the Saturday of Hordes X this year, we know what a force this band are on stage. What then, could be…

Dragon Fire: 13||11||24 The legendary Dragon Fire scours through the Earth once more, unearthing the latest campfire tales.  Burial Path – The Luminary Blackened deathcore. Yup, that’s a thing. And judging by this little number from Burial Path, it’s a bit of a beast. This Texas/Nebraska four piece are pretty…