Maloio is Portuguese band with Miguel from Mata Ratos on vocals. On LP release on Combate Brutal (100 with silver cover and 100 with white one) are 13 songs together. In last review I spoke about Lazy Class and the fact that they sing in three languages and I don´t know about Maloio at that time. They have songs in French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, English and Japaneese. Cool! Five songs (Alateia - Package, Tous les Morts – All the Dead, Guadalupe, Horizonte Alobadado and Der Tod Klopft an die Tür – Death is Knocking on the Door) were released two years agon on the tape called Animae vivae et frigidae corde, Anima mortua et calidum cor (Living Soul with Cold Heart, Dead Soul with Hot Heart). The band plays in five with girl on bass and they are using syths also (just check O Sangue na tua Saliva – Blood in your Saliva, Where Have all the Dead Boys Gone or Time is Nobody´s Side). Musically it is different from song to song for example Der Tod Klopft an die Tür is fast German Oi! Or shouted song Tous Les Morts really sounds like French bands from 80´s. Sound is dark, gloomy and raw but there is time for solos ((Os perdedores ganham sempre – Loosers Always Win or Overodse de Paraíso (Paradise Overdose). I really like somgs in their native language like Alateia or slower Horizonte Alobadado (Inclined Horizont) or O Sangue na tua Saliva. Graphis is into horror topics and lyrics with thankslist are in coffin-shaped booklet. It took some time for me to get into them but finally I like them!

Third album of this Warsaw based Polish band is out on CD (packed as digipack) throught their label TNT Tunes and vinyl will come out through Bad Look Records. Together you may check 11 songs in English, Polish but also two in Spanish (including cover Botas Y Tirantes from Decibelios). The band plays in three and drummer is Spanish (which explains the covers)). Even they are playing just in three pieces the guitar is luxurious – just check the beginning of the titlesong The Down to Come, Built at Last, To miasto (for me their best song in Polish) or any other song from the album. Musically it is classic streetpunk, street rnr like stuff from Templars (Okret – The Ship) or things where you may hear HC (Keep the Faith or Otchłań – Abbys with significant bass and perfect guiatr). Inside is paper with lyrics and many photos (promos and gigs). Lyrics are quite interesting – about the city that rose from ashes again (City that Once Died again with perfect guitar), about danger from Russia (Ruski mir) but also personal things (Chłopaki Nie Płaczą – Boys Don´t Cry which is about the fact how bas is to hide your emotions). It all sounds very well and thumb up for the guitar and second thumb up for three used languages!

Split album of our Operace Artaban and Hombres de Barrio from Columbia was released in 2023 on CD and last year also on LP (125 black and 125 clear) through Polish label Olifant Records. Difference between these two version is that on LP each band has its own side but on CD the bands are switching after each song. Each band has there six songs in their native language except The Real Oi!. Operačka has there two covers - Zbrojovka Oléééé! (music from Romantikus Eröszaks with keyboards and according to the football topic it sounds similar to Vanilla Muffins) and Orlík (from Orlík:) which is put into light two tone version). To these covers are added their own songs like Už máme všechno (We Have Everything), Tvrdá hlava (Stubborn), half acoustic with personal lyrics Podruhé to zkusím (I´ll give a Second Try) and Blaničntí rytíři (Knights from Blaník). I really like Už máme všechno and Tvrdá hlava which has nice lyrics about the age which we are living nowadays. Udy is really working on his vocals and also his guitar is getting better and better. Hombres de Barrio are playing in five and it is really hard and heavy…just check first two songs Legion (Tributo a la Blanka) or Podre (Power) with perfect solo guitar. Their other songs are Dignos Y Arrogantes (Worthy and Arrogant), Realidades (Reality) which is really dark and gloomy piece (especially at the beginning) and it contains really fast parst with perfect bass, Sin Temor (Without Fear), with perfect start where guitar and bass players show their skills and the last one The Real Oi! The band now continues under the name Desterrados (which is the name of their first EP and it means something like Exiled). Booklet is really masterpiece because it is in the dimensions of LP cover and it contains many band photos, posters and English version of all lyrics. I am satisfied with both bands but I have to say that two guitars are always better.

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.