Catalysis crack open Dundee metal scene It has to start somewhere. The return to live music. For the metal scene in Dundee, that means a self-promoted collection of local acts, taking to the stage at the end of May. Rising name, Catalysis, have gathered the troops to break the gig-fast,…

Against Evil – End Of The Line (album) Release date: 14th May 2021||Genre: Old school/thrash||Label: Doc Gator Records (Europe)/Self released (ROW) Against Evil deliver 100% old school, 80s metal, warts, hair and all. While it’s something we’ve certainly heard before, there’s just a feel to this sound which always grabs…

Dragon Fire:  Singles Special – Flotsam & Jetsam, and more – 15||04||21  There have been so many singles popping up, all over the place, that we’ve decided to dedicated the whole of this Dragon Fire to them. There’s some bigger ones and some smaller ones in here,but they’re all brilliant…

Feeding Frenzy 01||04||21 Welcome to Slow Dragon Music‘s review Feeding Frenzy, where we scoop up all the runaways who thought they’d made it under our watchful eye. ***we like to arrange our meals in alphabetical order***  Depths Of Hatred – Inheritance (album)   Mixing chuggy -core rhythms with creeping melodies,…

Mara – Djävulstoner (album) Release date: 23rd April 2021||Genre: Gothic black metal||Label: Wormholedeath This Mara, from Gothenburg (not to be confused with others of the same name, for example those from Gävleborgs län or Gävle), have conjured up their own strange brew. A sombre heath of blackened, gothic metal provides…

Solar Sons – Chameleon (album) Release date: 16th April 2021||Genre: Prog/Classic metal||Label: Self released When it comes to Scottish metal, there are very few bands who nail genuine prog, and possibly none who do so as fluently as Solar Sons. They are rather prolific as well, with Chameleon being their…

Metal 2 The Masses is back!!! Bloodstock Open Air‘s Metal 2 The Masses initiative is returning to the live scene, now that lockdown restrictions are set to ease in time for the Summer season. The initiative, which unlocks the path to festival performances for unsigned bands, was put on indefinite…

Wratheon – Black Thrash Mass (EP) Release date: 26th March 2021||Genre: Black/thrash metal||Label: Self released An amalgam of black metal and thrash, Black Thrash Mass does exactly what it sounds like it should. Shooting straight down the middle, between the two genres, it temporarily stumbles into melo-death territory every now…

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,…

All Consumed New Album Approaching (interview) Preston based mob, All Consumed, have always delivered that straight-up, UK death metal sound you are familiar with. No bells and ribbons. Not a crossover in sight. They know how to work it, and they work it well. In the past seven years, the…