On CD/EP is out new stuff from Finnish band Laki & Järjestys which is called Ei Katumusta (which can be translated like No Regrets). Other songs are Lyökää, Pieskää, Iskekää (something like Attack, Hit, Strike), Räjähdysten Aikaan (During the Explosions) and Pohjois-Helsinki which is north part of the Helsinki city. This song can be checked on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxjeIRTM2dk and it is about historical airport which was destroyed by high-rise apartments. Title song can be also checked here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMeNAPDG7fI. The band plays in four and if you check the song titles you will realize that they are singing in their native language. Musically it is in middle rhythm and guitar plays some solos and I really like singing in their mother tongue. If you check the second song you will realize that the rest of the band helps the singer and at the end of the song is nice singalong. Third piece Räjähdysten Aikaan sounds really perfect mainly due to the singing into the guitar solo. Most of all I like the last song which is full of nostalgia and singer and guitarist are really playful in this song. CD is out as thre panel digipack limited to 500 copies. Cool.

Resolver is brand new band from Australia with members from Razorcut (guitarist Bel is singing), The Opposition, Marching Orders or The Clinch. The band plays in three pieces and on this debut EP you may check six songs called Better Than What?, Beast, Make it on Your Own, Mind Control, Negligence and To Grow is a Privilage. Musically it is similar to above mentioned bands, guitar plays solos between the strophes (like in Negligience or Beast). I really like Bel´s vocal (just check the last song To Grow is a Privilege) and also singing with Brendan is perfect (like refrain in Make it on Your Own). Cool songs are Mind Control, Beast or Negligience. Whole album can be checked on https://resolverband.bandcamp.com/album/better-than-what. Who likes above mentioned bands will put Resolver imidiatelly into the playlist.

Second repress of the first full album from Battle Ruins is out on Rebellion Records. Original version is from 2014 and first repress from 2016, both released on Rock´n´Roll Disgrace. Numbers are same as on EP repress – 450 clear with splatters and 300 black. ON LP are seven songs (4 on A side and 3 on B side) and they are called Regain And Conquer, Slaughtering The Wolves Like Sheep, Streets Run Red, Hate Wheel, The Coming Of The Beast, Immortal Assault and Black Eyes Of Revenge. From the titles (and from the intro with burning fire) are clear again that this will be about fights, battles, fortresses, swords, axes, etc… This is the first piece I ever heard from Battle Ruins in the past and I have to say that this really made my day. Especially the A side which is perfect. Most of all I like Hate Wheel which is about Hannibal´s victory in Battle of Cannae and the first piece Regain and Conquer. In the last song Black Eyes of Revenge you will hear also acoustic guitar. Cover is done again as gatefold with lyrics, photo from battlefield of Cannae and band photo. Perfect again!

Re-edition of this Boston based band EP which is out on Rebellion as LP and it contains all four original songs (Blood Eagle, Traitors Stomped Out, Warpaths Ahead and Heart of Fire and Stone) plus two bonus tracks Cut Bloodline and Cold Iron Death from cassetes and demos. LP is limited to 300 black copies and 450 clear with splatters. Original version is from 2010 (Rock´n´Roll Disgrace), repress is from 2017 on same labal and it really cost much now. Cover is done as a gatefold with lyrics and band photos. Now to the music. I think it is not necessary to introduce Battle Ruins. For me it is phenomenon. Lyrics about wars, battles and fights from Roman Empite to nowadays (this EP is mainly about Viking times), Brandan´s perfect vocal (who is not afraid to use high tune levels like in Traitors Stomped Out or Heart of Fire and Stone), NWOBHM influences on guitar and totally non-cliché attitude towars the music. Brendan has experiences with many projects from HC, punk through hevy and black metal. If you compare these EP with later songs of the band you will realize that this EP has the fastest thythm. All songs can be checked on youtube, so try them if you don´t know them. Perfect!

Ultra Sect is band hailing from San Francisco, which plays in four, but with two guitars. This is compilation released on Rebellion Records and band label Turn Up The Oi! (which is also song on the LP). On side A are songs from War of the Roses (2018) EP and on B side from Final Conquest (2019). If you did not know this fact you never recognise any sound differences between the sides. Two guitars can be heard in the songs straight from the beginning – just check solos in Built at Last or Class Hate. Guitar is perfect also at the end of Turn Up the Oi! I really like song Stolen Lands which is the hardest from the LP for me and I can say that whole B side is little bit harder compared to A side. Lyrics are about historical topics (Violent Acquisition, Power through Victory and Stolen Lands), about hard life and strikes (Built to Last), classic topics about “way of life” (Turn Up the Oi! and Modern Nights). LP is limited to 150 black copies and 350 gold ones. Graphicaly it is perfect, with lyrics and photos inside. I will leave it without rating because it is “just” compulation of two EP´s.