New Zealand Teenage thrash metal band Alien Weaponry shock and surprise audiences on a number of levels. Their songwriting is complex, developed and highly political. Their live performance energy is startling, with just two fifteen-year olds commanding the front of stage as effectively as four and five-piece bands three times their age. But perhaps most surprising of all, given their blonde flailing locks and Viking appearance, many of their songs are in New Zealand’s native language, Te Reo Māori.

In fact, guitarist/lead singer Lewis de Jong (15) and his brother, drummer Henry (17), are of Ngati Pikiāo and Ngati Raukawa descent – they call themselves ‘Stealth Māori.’

Their latest single, Rū Ana te Whenua (The Trembling Earth), released 30 June 2017, refers to the mighty battle at Pukehinahina/Gate Pa in 1864 where their ancestor, Te Ahoaho, lost his life.

 

The band’s English material is equally controversial, with songs like Hypocrite, Rage, PC Bro and The Cult of Sanitised Warfare calling out everyone from teachers and friends at school to the media for variously glorifying and destroying the lives of television and sports stars.

Now this highly talented young band are hitting Australian Shores.

Alien Weaponry Australian Dates

FRI 15 DEC – SYDNEY – BALD FACED STAG – 18+
SAT 16 DEC – SYDNEY – OXFORD ART FACTORY – ALL AGES!!!
SUN 17 DEC – MELBOURNE – NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB – 18+

 Tickets are on sale NOW via: http://www.hardlinemedia.net/