Sacred Reich reissues classic albums Now more than ever, it seems, the world need Sacred Reich. Their outspoken position on the riots at Capitol Hill have put them at odds with some (former) fans who, we have to guess, just didn’t get the lyrics. Even in the very beginning “Death…

Colossus – Degenesis (album) Release date: 05th February 2021||Genre: Extreme death metal||Label: Comatose Music Setting out to deliver an apocalyptic onslaught of technical death metal, Colossus have certainly hit their mark with Degenisis. Most of the tracks are so mind-grindingly relentless as to be almost unlistenable to mortal ears. It…

Sumeru – Blood Ordinance (EP) Release date: 21st January 2021||Genre: Sludge metal||Label: Brilliant Emperor As far as I can tell, Australia is slaying it in the heavy music stakes right now. It’s not just in one genre, either. Thrash, death, doom. You name it! This week, Sumeru climb to the…

Sarin – You Can’t Go Back Release date: 05th February 2021||Genre: Post-metal||Label: Prosthetic Records Canada does seem to churn out a good amount of quality metal, though not all of it is fully recognised. Three albums in, and Toronto’s Sarin are still pushing. With You Can’t Go Back they have…

Volcano X & Masonic Abyss (interview) Dundee has had its ups and downs in the heavy music scene over the years. At one point, it was a veritable hotbed of new talent for the genre, and, more recently, was proclaimed the UK’s most metal city on Spotify. Of course, we…

Harlott – Detritus Of The Final Age (album) Release date: 13th November 2020||Genre: Thrash metal||Label: Metal Blade Existing fans will already be aware Harlott are simply fantastic! There you go! Review done! As you may know, however, I am a gobshite, who could talk nonsense about heavy music for days,…

Lik – Misanthropic Breed (album) Release date: 25th September 2020||Genre: Death metal||Label: Metal Blade Records It seems like a crows age since the last album from Stockholm death metallers, Lik. However, they had an EP out only last year, an album the year before that, and even a split in…

Victorius – Rise From The Flames (album) Release date: 16th October 2020||Genre: NWOBHM/Thrash||Label: Self released Welcome to the second of this week’s “old but new” reviews at Slow Dragon Music. The band for today, Dundee’s Victorius, have been treading into SDM territories for some time, now. Therefore, there were no…

Under The Oak – Ripped Up By The Roots (album) Release date: 25th September 2020||Genre: Thrash||Label: Wormholedeath This week, we are having somewhat of a focus on “old but new” releases; fresh recorded output which works with classic sounds. The first of these is Ripped Up By The Roots, from…