UPDATED: Hordes X 2023 It’s here! The full list of bands for the 2023 edition of Hordes X is live! And what an insane billing it is! The top billing goes, yet again, to an extreme metal act, and once more, it’s a home grown talent! Please welcome Alba’s ultimate…

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…

Full Hordes X lineup announced!!! From all directions they march! The Hordes are gathering, and we finally have the full bill for you! With the big names already out there, our aim – as it has ever been – is to bring together underground gems, to tantalise & torment your…

Monarch – Future Shock (album) Release date: 16th April 2021||Genre: Thrash/metal||Label: Self released The first notes into Monarch’s upcoming album, Future Shock, really smack a sort of Bill & Ted soundtrack feel into your face. That’s not a dis. Both those OSTs have received many spins over the years. However,…

When you’re far removed from everything, away on the outer rim, things can get lonely. It’s not for everyone. Sometimes, though, that distance and separation can lead to the creation of beautiful works of art. Towards the furthest flung end of Scotland, in the archipelago of Orkney, Electric Mother have…

Sarin – You Can’t Go Back Release date: 05th February 2021||Genre: Post-metal||Label: Prosthetic Records Canada does seem to churn out a good amount of quality metal, though not all of it is fully recognised. Three albums in, and Toronto’s Sarin are still pushing. With You Can’t Go Back they have…

Dragon Fire: Moonspell, Niklas Sundin, Cult Of Luna and  more – 18||12||20  In the run-up to their 30th anniversary, Moonspell are in the depths of a new album. To celebrate, they recently released a video for Common Prayers. Their previous video, The Greater Good, was deemed a little too much…

Dragon Fire: Heilung, Skálmöld, and more – 20||09||20 With their second live album emerging over the horizon, Icelandic legends, Skálmöld, have released the third video for its promotion. Árás is one of the first tracks the band ever wrote. It harks right back to their debut record. The full album,…

Victorius – Rise From The Flames (album) Release date: 16th October 2020||Genre: NWOBHM/Thrash||Label: Self released Welcome to the second of this week’s “old but new” reviews at Slow Dragon Music. The band for today, Dundee’s Victorius, have been treading into SDM territories for some time, now. Therefore, there were no…

Dragon Fire: Necrophobic, Mörk Gryning, Six Feet Under, plus more At the end of August, Necrophobic released an official video for the rather captivating track, The Infernal Depths Of Eternity. It follows the equally emotive Mirror Black as the second proper glimpse of their new album, Dawn Of The Damned,…