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Hordes X Lineup 2026 Complete The full list of bands appearing at this year’s Hordes X festival has just gone live – and it’s a grizzly grassroots monster! Sadly, through unavoidable circumstances, Northern Ireland’s Owlcrusher will no longer be joining us for the 16th Hordes. We are however, bringing 7…
Opensight, Crusaders, Medusa Touch, King Nobody, and Skaith head to Hordes X 2026 Even more outstanding heavy acts step up to the Hordes X plate, including popular returns, first-timers, and a live debut! This update puts us over the halfway mark in revealing this year’s full lineup, and what an…
Ramage Inc., Saħħar, At Their Mercy, Chekhov’s Gun, and Bruxa Join Hordes X 2026 The next round of acts have been announced for Hordes X 2026, with five new bands added to the bill. As September rushes ever closer, the lineup for Scotland’s longest running metal fest is getting mighty…
Feeding Frenzy: 2023 Scottish Winter Special Welcome to Slow Dragon Music‘s review Feeding Frenzy, where we go snapping and snarling through notable recent and upcoming releases. ***we like to arrange our meals in alphabetical order*** Catalysis – Betrayer (album) Dundee metallers Catalysis come out swinging on their new full-length. In…
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…
Final Hordes X 2021 lineup Time waits for no fest! Yes, we always call Hordes X a “showcase”, but that was catchy, right? There is a story behind it, too. Normally, we’d be well on our way by this stage. It’s been a difficult year, though. We felt we had…
M2TM Scotland Goes Digital In somewhat of a heartbreaking decision, it has been realised that we can no longer proceed with Metal 2 The Masses Scotland 2021 as a live event. We were somewhat prepared for this eventuality, as discussed in our most recent M2TM update: “In line with the most…
M2TM Scottish Final 2021 With updates to restrictions, and Scotland’s first metal gig since lockdown having taken place, it’s time for a hefty Metal 2 The Masses refresher! As we mentioned previously, we have kept all of the participating bands from the 2020 M2TM in the running. As the pandemic…
SDM:TV is Live! As has been commented on many, many occasions, these are strange times. Locked up in our respective abodes, and with no live music on the immediate horizon, a lot of us have been taking our creativity to the digital stage. Here at Slow Dragon Music, we are…
Underground In Prydain: Underground In Prydain Archives Victory! We’ve managed to dredge the vaults and find pretty much all of the old Underground In Prydain articles! For those of you who don’t know, UIP originally started as simple blog. It covered some of the ‘hot topics’ in the music industry,…
