DESCRIPTION ALIEN WEAPONRY's 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.
Many of their songs are in New Zealand’s native language, Te Reo M?ori. In fact, guitarist/lead singer Lewis de Jong (15) and his brother, drummer Henry (17), are of Ngati Piki?o and Ngati Raukawa descent – they call themselves ‘Stealth M?ori.’ They attended a full immersion kura kaupapa M?ori (M?ori language school) until they were seven years old, where singing waiata and performing haka were a daily routine. Also ingrained in their early learning were stories of New Zealand history from a M?ori perspective. In September 2017, they won the prestigious „APRA Maioha award" for their song ‘Raupatu’ – a thrash metal commentary on the 1863 act of parliament that allowed the colonial government to confiscate vast areas of land from the indigenous M?ori people. On 16 November, they took their places among NZ’s musical elite as nominees at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards.

The combination of thrash metal with M?ori history and language has proved popular. Their latest music video for R? Ana Te Whenua has more than a million Youtube and Facebook views, spent 2 weeks at no. 1 on Spotify’s NZ Viral chart, and hit no. 2 on the iTunes global metal chart (just behind Iron Maiden’s ‘Run to the Hills’). The band’s music has been playlisted on stations in New Zealand and around the world – from Scotland to Brazil, as well as the USA, Australia and Germany. CD
Whaikorero
R Ana Te Whenua
Holding My Breath
Raupatu
Kai Tangata
Rage - It Takes Over Again
The Things That You Know (Bonus Track)
Whispers
PC Bro
Urutaa
Nobody Here
Te Ara
Hypocrite (Bonus Track)

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