Skaith – Wasp Bastards Skaith, the new Scottish heavy riff unit, featuring members of Threshold Sicks and At Their Mercy, pick up the pace for their second single, Wasp Bastards. Faster, thrashier, and a bit less serious, it follow previous track, Bleed For You, both to be found on their…

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…

Skaith – Bleed For You   New Scottish heavy collective, Skaith, have just unleashed their slow-chugging debut track, Bleed For You. The bitter grit of the song is backed by sludge stomp and raking post-black metal. This is the first of two digital singles the band plan to releasefrom their…

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…

Feeding Frenzy: Mezzrow, Rituals, and More   Mezzrow – Embrace The Awakening Release date: 14th November 2025||Genre: Thrash metal||Label: ROAR It’s time to wake up to the latest offering from Swedish thrashers, Mezzrow. With their new full-length, Embrace The Awakening, Mezzrow deliver snarling, raw thrash metal. And the emphasis is…

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….

Forked Tongues: Killscythe – Hordes X 2025 With only a few weeks to go before the fifteenth Hordes X, we took time out to talk to Perth’s latest metal upstarts, Killscythe! Stepping out of the now cold ashes of popular former local acts, this thrash powerhouse will be making their…

Dragon Fire: New Haunted Album Inbound An absolute classic act of later thrash, The Haunted are about to drop their new album, Songs Of Last Resort. At Slow Dragon Music, we were gripped from day one by this At The Gates ‘spin-off.’  The first two albums still get a lot…

Forked Tongues: Catalysis 2025 Interview Dundee’s Catalysis seem to be on somewhat of an upward trajectory, unhindered by hurdles which would quite likely have ended other bands. Imagine losing 60% of your lineup, and charging on, strong as ever, barely losing a beat! New songs. Foreign shows. They ain’t stopping….

Feeding Frenzy: Flotsam and Jetsam – I Am The Weapon Flotsam and Jetsam – I Am The Weapon Release Date: 13th September 2024||Genre: Thrash metal||Label: AFM Records Phoenix’s thrashing finest drop the bomb with their 15th album, I Am The Weapon Let’s not mess about. You’re very likely to get…