Hordes X 2023 The beast awakens! Preparations for Slow Dragon Music’s metal calendar highlight are in full swing, and it’s gonna be a monster! For those of you new to the Hordes X battle camp, it is a yearly, live showcase of all things heavy! First taking place in 2010,…

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…

Forked Tongues: Shadow’s Far – Hordes X 2022 interviews Shadow’s Far are not only our furthest out booking for Hordes X this year – they’re our furthest ever! There’s not many Hordes X or even Slow Dragon Music followers who will know much about the Swiss scene. So, where exactly…

Forked Tongues: Nocturne Wulf & Extort – Hordes X 2022 interviews For this round of Hordes X 2022 interviews, we’re going East vs West, with two of the bands making their first appearance with us representing their neck of the woods. Extort go to bat on behalf of Edinburgh, while…

Forked Tongues: H8teball – Hordes X 2022 interviews At Hordes X, we keep saying “we don’t mess about when it comes to our opening bands”. Last year, H8teball were our introduction to the event, and we couldn’t have been happier! This is a band who bring a full-on, debauched show…

Forked Tongues: Catalysis – Hordes X 2022 interviews The Hordes X interviews continue, and stay towards the top of the bill. We’re now going for it with our main supports on our main stage, Dundee’s Catalysis. 2022 has been a year of accomplishments for them. They claimed the Scottish Metal…

Forked Tongues: Drekavac – Hordes X 2022 interviews We’re keeping it going with the Hordes X interviews, and this time we’re going right up to the top of our geographical pool of artists, to talk with Drekavac. The higher latitudes of Scotland have spawned some brutal extreme metal over the…

Forked Tongues: Aeons – Hordes X 2022 interviews Metal spawns in the strangest of places. At Slow Dragon Music we love to interact with artists from such places; Scotland based – global mindset. This year, Hordes sees it’s debut of Aeons, from The Isle Of Man. This progressive metal band…

Forked Tongues: Bloodthread – Hordes X 2022 interviews Often times, bands don’t just play Hordes X. They become family. And just like family, it doesn’t matter how much time passes between get-togethers, they’re still part of your world. This much can certainly be said for Tony Mitchell and his tech-death outfit…

Forked Tongues: Karybdis – Hordes X 2022 interviews The Hordes X 2022 interviews continue, and we’re sticking at the top this round, with our Stage 2 headliners, Karybdis. Hailing from London, they self-describe as melodic death metal, but don’t let that lead you to think of softer sounds. This is…