Stalker: "Satanic Panic"

Wild speed metal flagellations

It is not often - unless you specifically seek it out - that you hear about new bands from New Zealand. And when you do, it is even rarer for that band to be one of those exciting new names that randomly pops up every so often. Bands like Ranger from Finland and Encyrcle from Denmark both fit the bill, and Stalker from Wellington are most definitely one of those new names to look out for!

Dissolution: "Plague of Violence"

Gushing with distorted might

Everyone knows that first impressions are important, in music as in anything else. There's always someone out there with whom you have to compete for attention. And now here is a band that has this down to an exact science, even if New Zealand - their home country - isn't exactly crawling with metal bands.