Unite Against Society are going to release their fourth album in DIY style on digital platforms but also on LP.

On Demons Run Amok will be out EP from Dutch band Bent out of Shape.

After three years is out brand new album from LBTS called The Pagan Pantheon. There is change in drummer – in line up is now Frank, who is helping Wouter with Heathen Peace but you may know him from metal bands like God Detroned and The Monolith Deathcult. Album is out as CD (8 panel digipack) and LP (250 black and 250 frost packed in trifold sleeve). Together there are nine songs and you may know Warriors of our Time from 2023 demo EP and Invocation of Tyr + Wild Hunt are bot instrumental ones. There are also guests who are helping to vocalist Erick - Karl Willetts (Bolt Thrower, Memoriam) who add his voice into The Annihilators and Paul Jones (Enchantment, Crypt Feeder) who has spoken word in Dark Horizonts Set Ablaze, The Pagan Pantheon and in last one Ghost of War (where also Wouter sings). Compared to previous albums there are more acoustic stuff (beginning of intro Invocation of Tyr or Ghost of War which both went into classic sound and rhythm). Guitar solos are more into black (part of Dark Horizont set Ablaze, end of Bending Time Curves, with some strange effect or the title one The Pagan Pantheon). Most of all I like The Annihilators which is about riders of Apocalpyse and destroyers of the worlds and this motive put band on brand new t-shirt and in the middle of trifold cover. You can imagine the lyrics – old, really old times and ancient gods, courage and myths and legends, explosion/implosion of whole universe and worlds (Bending Time Curves) or the sensless, tragic and horrific wars where young people die and their souls are walking around like restless ghosts of war. There is also more personal or actual lyrics like Gaia which is about the wrath of Mother Earth. Song is slower and it is not so hard as the others. It has also perfect refrain and guitar solo. Cover is also absolutely perfect with all lyrics, band photos, tattoos from fans and band members, picture of wild hunt and apocalypse plus a few words (maybe thankslist, I don´t know because on promo version it is very small). This is absolute bomb which take the best from many genres and which make perfect high-voltage cocktail of madness which doesn´t have to taste to everyone but for me it is absolute delicacy.

Split EP of two Swedish bands will officially out at the end of March 2025 and it will be the first review of some stuff from this year. Lavett (Carriage for Gun) has already released two EP´s on Common People Records, they play in four and they sing inSwedish. Their songs are Kamplust (Fighting Spirit) a Stolt which is nothing more than cover from Böse Onkelz in Swedish. Their song Kamplus is perfect and I still think that the mother tongue fits more to bands. Song is straight forward and at the end is nice solo. To the cover from BO I can say that it is good :). Close Air Support has released mode EP´s (4 I think) which were released by them or by PST Records. They are playing also in four and I think that they share same drummer with Lavett. They have there two songs in English - In this Country and This Is Oi!. In this Country is nice patriotic and melodic piece with swinging guitar rhythm and solo at the end. This is Oi! Is message for everyone who makes from Oi! poppy shit for everyone which is not offensive. All songs were recorded in 2023. Vinyl is on 10 inch format, limited to 300 copies, cover is quite simple – Swedish flag on the front side and band photo on the back side (but photo in front of bunker :)). Inside is paper with lyrics and short thankslist from each band. Fine surprise from the bands which I know just by name.