The New Zealand trio have gone global thanks to their forthright Māori-language songs, which confront colonial history and ongoing inequality New Zealand was a war zone in the mid-1800s. On one side ...

New Zealand power trio Alien Weaponry channel their Māori roots in a blaze of thrash and groove metal, allowing their ancestors to live on through heavy metal. Alien Weaponry are, for now, a ...

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As they make their way backstage, Alien Weaponry are sweaty, tired, a little under the weather…and happy. The three New Zealander teens of the Māori thrash-metal act have just finished their ...

Thousands of metal fans have performed the haka alongside a New Zealand band in a powerful performance. The 6,000-strong crowd at Danish music festival Copenhell were taught the iconic Maori ritual.

(Editor’s note: Looking back on 2025, there were so many good albums released that we decided to reach out to some of today’s artists and get them to weigh in on their favorites. What follows is the ...

Alien Weaponry takes on a heavy, dark episode in its homeland's history with "Ahi Ka," its contribution to new Adult Swim compilation Metal Swim 2 that's exclusively premiering today on… By Gary Graff ...

One of the aspects of metal music that is not often remarked upon is its universality. While most other genres of music still tend to be heavily tied to the one country, state or even county in which ...

Video: Thousands of fans perform Haka for Kiwi thrash metal band New Zealand thrash metal band Alien Weaponry band greeted their audience with a traditional HAKA dance before the concert began.