C’mon now! Time to strap in, slap on your war paint, and prepare to get HAKA’D into oblivion.
Because Alien Weaponry aren’t just shredding riffs — they’re reclaiming heritage, making metal bilingual, and kicking the colonisers in the teeth with breakdowns. 🇳🇿🤘🔥
From small-town New Zealand to international festival carnage, these young Māori warriors are dragging thrash into the future with a battle cry of ancestral rage and face-melting grooves.
You’ve never heard anything like it.
And you’ll never forget it.
🪓 WHO ARE ALIEN WEAPONRY?
Genre: Groove Metal / Thrash Metal / Māori Metal (yes, it’s a thing now 🤘)
From: Waipu, Northland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Formed: 2010 (when they were literal children!)
Known For:
- Blending Te Reo Māori (Māori language) with metal
- Writing bangers about colonialism, oppression, and war
- Making international metal heads chant in Māori
- Being young, loud, and terrifyingly talented
They’re like if Sepultura, Lamb of God, and Rage Against The Machine got lost in the Pacific and came back furious.
🌊 THE WARRIOR LINE-UP
- Lewis de Jong – Guitars / Vocals / Founding brother / Fierce frontman with a warrior’s snarl
- Henry de Jong – Drums / Founding brother / Hits harder than a haka stomp
- Ethan Trembath – Bass / Left in 2020, but was core to the rise
- Tūranga Morgan-Edmonds – Current bassist / Keeps the low end thunder rolling
Alien Weaponry are more than just a band — they’re a movement.
Bringing ancient stories to modern ears through massive, punishing riffage.
💿 DISCOGRAPHY – THE WAR CRY COLLECTION
⚔️ Tū (2018)
🎧 Rū Ana Te Whenua, Kai Tangata, Holding My Breath
Vibe: Thrash meets haka. Rage meets ritual.
Their debut LP hit like a cannonball.
Rū Ana Te Whenua tells of the Battle of Pukehinahina, while Kai Tangata means “People Eater” — a furious tribute to pre-colonial justice.
This album doesn’t just slap – it stomps your chest in.
🌋 Tangaroa (2021)
🎧 Tangaroa, Hatupatu, Buried Underground
Vibe: More expansive, more experimental, still heavy AF.
Songs about ocean pollution, mythology, and spiritual legacy.
The title track honours Tangaroa – the Māori god of the sea.
Hatupatu recounts an ancient escape tale.
Heavy? Yes.
Cultural? Deeply.
A second album that proves they’re no gimmick — they’re the future.
🧠 THEMES THAT HIT HARDER THAN A BREAKDOWN
Alien Weaponry aren’t writing about slaying dragons or teen angst.
They’re shouting about:
- 🛡️ Māori history and resistance
- 🌊 Cultural erosion and environmental devastation
- 🪶 Colonial injustice and indigenous pride
- 🔥 Rage passed through generations
Their lyrics educate and eviscerate.
You’re headbanging AND learning.
🎧 THE RIFF REPORT’S ESSENTIAL ALIEN ANTHEMS
🥩 Kai Tangata – Absolute riot. Cannibalistic thrash groove madness.
🌋 Tangaroa – Oceans rise, riffs crash. Majestic and furious.
💀 Rū Ana Te Whenua – The earth shakes… and so will your speakers.
🕳️ Buried Underground – Raw, groovy, menacing.
🪓 Blinded – Modern metalcore with ancestral rage.
🌏 WHY ALIEN WEAPONRY MATTER
Because they:
- Make the ancient feel urgent.
- Give a global voice to indigenous struggle.
- Fuse languages, cultures, and riffs into something never done before.
- Aren’t just “good for their age” – they’re DAMN GOOD.
- Are walking proof that metal can evolve and still punch you in the throat.
Alien Weaponry aren’t following trends — they’re forging a new path with carved bone and distortion.
This is warrior metal for the next generation.
🎤 LIVE SHOWS – HAKA IN THE PIT
A live Alien Weaponry gig feels like:
- ⚔️ A battle chant before war
- 🔥 Wall-to-wall grooves and guttural roars
- 🪶 Sacred storytelling through sonic warfare
- 💪 A proud, powerful celebration of Māori heritage
The band sometimes opens with an actual haka, chests out, fists up, eyes blazing.
The crowd? Ferocious. Hypnotised. Unified.
Metal meets mana. And it’s spine-tingling.
🗣️ FINAL VERDICT FROM THE RIFF REPORT:
Alien Weaponry are more than a band — they’re a cultural awakening in drop C.
They don’t play metal — they wield it.
Every riff is a weapon. Every lyric is a legacy.
Want thrash that teaches you ancient history?
Want metalcore that actually stands for something?
Want to scream in Māori while throwing elbows in a sweaty pit?
Then get your face painted, your fists raised, and your ears ready.
Because Alien Weaponry are rewriting the metal rulebook — one haka at a time.
🪓 The Riff Report lifts its taiaha and roars into the storm:
ALIEN WEAPONRY – MANA METAL FROM THE LAND OF THE LONG WHITE CLOUD.
AND THEY’RE JUST GETTING STARTED. 🌋⚔️🖤
