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,…

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: Balkan Metal Meet 2024 Festival Wrap We love a metal road trip at Slow Dragon Music. The first one for 2024 involved heading to Tirana, Albania for the country’s debut Balkan Metal Meeting… It has to be said, this was quite the alien location. Still haunted by the…