The second album by Wouter's three-piece metal band is released on CD, LP (250 copies on black asphalt) and cassette (50 copies on Zwaertgevegt Records). The album contains a total of eight songs, seven of which are in English and the last Heathen Peace 476 (the end of the Western Roman Empire) is a slower instrumental. Otherwise, the band introduced the album via two singles on the flexi EP, Total Fucking War and Heath Dweller, which are reviewed here. Henke Forss from Dawn helped with vocals on Heath Dweller. You can also hear him on the song Apollyon. Most of the songs are faster-paced (like Apollyon, Rise of Suebian Warlords or Ides of March with devilishly fast drums) but there are also slower, more drawn-out songs (Spells of Ishtar and the last Heathen Peace 476). Lyrically, it's about ancient wars and warriors who destroyed the Roman Empire (Rise of Suebian Warlords), about the war goddess Ishtar and their magic, about the king of the locust army and the destroyer (Apollyon) or perhaps about the Ides of March (The Ides of March), which were the days when Caesar was killed. The cover of the album features the Snartemo sword, which dates back to the 6th century AD and is a symbol of this era when barbarian tribes roamed Europe and when even a long-serving ruler fell. The album will be physically released on May 8, 2026, but according to the labels, both the CD and LP will include a deluxe booklet (8 pages on the CD and a four-panel gatefold cover on the LP). For me, a great thing that breaks down the boundaries of subcultures!

Heath Dweller is another single from Heathen Peace, which will be released on a flexidisk along with another instrumental song. It is also a taster song from the upcoming album. Besides, this is what Christians used to call other people who did not accept their faith in the past. The song features a guest appearance (or rather a great roar) by Henke from the Swedish band Dawn, with whom this collaboration was baked when Cosmic Key Creations released a reissue of their album. While Wouter has more of a deep hoarseness vocal, Henke has more of a yelled/screamed vocal and they complement each other nicely at the end. The song is about three and a half minutes long and it hits you with a great riff from the beginning. The break comes at about 1:41, where there is a solo, but right after it Henke and Wouter came and will knock you out of that break again. Check the song here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp33JCRM81A. If you like harder music with black metal influences and lyrics that relate to the ancient history of Europe, this is exactly for you.

The fourth album of this Brno punk rock band is called Zpověď (Confession), it is again self-published and you will find ten songs on it. Zpověď is probably because singer and guitarist Rorýsek had an accident years ago and took a long time to get back together... you can hear all that right away in the first song. On two songs (Zpověď and Vzpomínej - Remember) Ketty makes a guest appearance as a great complementary female vocalist. Compared to previous albums, I praise the greater use of acoustic guitar and more songs in a slower tempo, for example the almost ballad Vzpomínej, which is about the emptiness after a breakup, or the very first Zpověď, which is truly brilliant thanks to the solo guitar and singalong. The CD contains some great ultra-melodic songs at random, such as the anti-war Prach a Dým (Dust and Smoke) with a great bass solo (which also has a video clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dtDB0BZZZI), Švihák lázeňský (Spa Dandy which tells about Rory's convalescence in baths :)) or Pes (Dog). Other interesting things are Omerta, which is dedicated to American mafiosi, Železnej hotel (Iron Hotel), for friends who are behind the bars (again with a great guitar/bass) or the harder Co se za všim skryvá? (What is hidden behind everything?) with a booming steel-sounding bass. The booklet is nice, with lyrics, thematic photos for them and a photo of the band with greetings on the back. This is simply great, great music and lyrics that are both funny and serious and personal and it is clear that the band has matured like wine/beer/spirits. In addition, there is also a best-off LP that maps the band's work since 2013, which will be reviewed later. You'll definitely be hooked after that.

The VeeBees are an Australian punk rock band that has been playing for about 25 years and has five albums and a whole series of EPs, split EPs and singles. This EP contains two songs, Third in Line for the Throne and Yeah Orright and is limited to 150 copies on silver vinyl. Take Toy Dolls, give them a bit of a rougher sound and more booze and you have roughly the sound of The Vee Bees (which is an Australian beer brand, by the way). Try to check them on YouTube and you will see that they are great bunch of lads who don´t spoil any joke. The first song has a great drive, a super boosted guitar and bass sound and is about how you stand in front of a public toilet and what you don't learn from the walls where great wisdom is written. The second track Yeah Orright is a slower song, both lyrically and musically, in the style of classic rock. Otherwise, the band plays in a standard four-piece line-up. Inside you will find a paper with lyrics, a promo photo of the band, where the singer is sitting on a porcelain throne :) and a beer coaster, a patch and a badge. A great music for letting off steam.

A three-piece band from Holland, where people from LBTS, Razorblade and God Dethroned meet, is preparing a new album at the end of March 2026. This is a taster single, which will be released both digitally (for example on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVYDWeyJEEQ), but will also be released on a limited flexi disc, where there will be one more song besides it, which will not be available on the full album (but we don't know anything about it yet). The song is less than three minutes long and it starts with a really perfect black metal riff that lasts about a minute and a quarter. Then there's a change of rhythm with a perfect guitar solo. This instrumental passage lasts about a minute and then it falls back into that black metal slaughterhouse. Lyrically, the song contains 36 names of Germanic tribes from the dark times of pre-Christian Europe. The first Heathen Peace album was definitely not for everyone, because not everyone likes such hard and heavy stuff. After listening to this single, I can say that the second album will be similar and this taster single will only confirm it. But for me, it's great. I won't rate it yet and I'll wait for the second song, which won't be on the album, and for the whole album.