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…

Hordes X Outreach 2022 Since rebranding from Hordes Of Belial, Hordes X has been used as the centre point of a few extra Scottish dates for some of the bands appearing. We call these the “Outreach shows”. The concept is that, when a band comes from other regions to play…

Flotsam & Jetsam – Blood In The Water (album) Release date: 04th June 2021||Genre: Thrash metal||Label: AFM Ok, hands up. I am a massive Flotsam & Jetsam fan, so there was almost no chance I wasn’t going to love this. They are one of my all time top bands. I…

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,…

Terrorential – Visions (album) Release date: 15th March 2021||Genre: Thrash/death||Label: Self released Immediately, and undeniably, Iron Maiden worship is hot on display from the very start of this album. Twiddling and galloping its way through the first track, it is entirely impossible to ignore. It never truly leaves, either, but,…

Ten years is most definitely considered a long time between an artist’s first two full-length releases. You would have to wonder if a band still existed if they had no new output in that time. Yet, here we are with Threshold Sicks, a couple of line-up changes and a decade…

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…

Albums Of The Months 2020 If you’re familiar with the old Slow Dragon Music site, you’ll know what the deal is with Albums Of The Months 2020. For those who don’t, the basic premise is that, instead of a straight up pick of all releases throughout the entire year, we…