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De Profundis, Cnoc An Tursa, and Owlcrusher Kick Off Hordes X 2026 Lineup Hordes X fest has just announced the first batch of bands appearing at its sixteenth edition!!! Taking place across the stages of Hidden and Music Hall Dundee, the oldest metal fest is Scotland, Hordes X, is back…
Hordes X 2026 The Beast in the East, Scotland’s oldest metal fest, Hordes X, is back for its SIXTEENTH edition!!! Featuring two days of stacked extreme metal and old school bands (plus some curveballs), the influential live platform returns to the twin venues of Hidden and Music Hall Dundee,…
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…
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: 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…
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,…
