The rōnin roamed the countryside, free from commitment, devoid of favour or privilege, a wanderer without a home. He served no master and feared nothing on earth, his heart as free as a bird and his mind as clear as the morning breeze.

After four months on wanderings the ronin returns. This time around there are two new contributors to the series (which goes all dutch for this edition): Ayahuasca and SummA provide relentlessly hard hitters with a strong hardcore and a dry-as-a-martini flavour respectively. Repeat offenders Sacerdos Vigilia and The Relic follow suit, with the first pushing his distortion obsession to the limit, and the latter surprising us with a retro-flavoured track with gimmicky lyrics – in Dutch of course. Hardcore – really awesome!