Francis Malley is hoping the Far North will come out in force to support a heavy metal gig in early May. Hearing heavy metal and Kaitaia mentioned in the same sentence just doesn't quite sound right.

Metal fans nationwide have the chance to witness two of Aotearoa’s finest acts come together for a triumphant night of cultural heavy metal, a fresh sound conveyed through multi-lingual story-telling, ...

Northland brothers Henry and Lewis de Jong (Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Raukawa) were just kids when they formed the metal band Alien Weaponry with their childhood friend Tūranga Edmonds. An intimate new ...

Kerry King just announced a 2025 North American headlining tour with support from Municipal Waste and Alien Weaponry. The 28-day tour will kick off mid-January in San Francisco and wrap up late ...

Slayer played their first show in 5 years at Riot Fest but then had to cancel their scheduled performance at Louder Than Life due to Hurricane Helene, and their next and only appearance is set to take ...

With their forthcoming album Te Rā set to release this Friday, Alien Weaponry saved perhaps their biggest salvo for last, as their final pre-release single “Taniwha” features a guest vocal spot by ...

A couple months after the release of their album Te Rā and the collaborative track “Taniwha” that they put together with Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe, New Zealand’s Alien Weaponry released a music video ...

Most rock documentaries from these shores arrive as career obituaries. Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara – about the young band that has incorporated te reo Māori into the very Pākehā genre of heavy ...