M2TM Scotland 2026   HELLO 2026!!! Metal 2 The Masses Scotland is cocked, locked, and ready to rock!!!!! 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 is staggering, as it always is….

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…

M2TM Scotland Applications Open for 2026 Bloodstock Open Air’s unsigned metal initiative, Metal 2 The Masses, is rolling out again!!! Bloodstock, the UK’s biggest independent metal festival, reaches out into the underground every year, seeking out the best heavy music talent. Operating throughout the UK, as well as regions such…

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…

Feeding Frenzy: Balkan Metal Meet Sofia 2024 festival wrap In Summer, Slow Dragon Music revisited the Balkan Metal Meet festival series, this time in Sofia, Bulgaria. As a city, there were some similarities to Tirana. The post fascist/post communist history is still palpable, as well as the influence of various religions,…

Hordes X 2024 Final Lineup The full and final lineup for 2024’s Hordes X festival has been announced with the addition of eight more bands!!! Scotland’s oldest metal fest is right around the corner, and the full lineup has just gone live! Taking place September 26th – 29th, 2024, at…

Hordes X Day Tickets Are Live Friday and Saturday day tickets for this year’s Hordes X festival have just been released!!! The 14th edition of Hordes X – Scotland’s longest running heavy music event – takes place September 26th – 29th, 2024, at Beat Generator Live and Roots Music Venue. The…

Thulcandra join Hordes X 2024 with others Hordes X has just announced it’s next batch of 2024 bands, including Saturday headliners, Thulcandra.  The German, blackened, melodic death metal band features ex-members of Nailed To Obscurity and Secrets of the Moon, and is fronted by Steffen Kummerer, known for his work…

Inferno 2024 Festival and Conference Wrap Pt.1 Yet again, it is time for what has become somewhat of an annual pilgrimage for Slow Dragon Music; Norway’s Inferno Metal Festival and Conference. The Oslo based event has grabbed it’s place on our calendar every single year since the global pandemic, and…