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Northland thrash metal band Alien Weaponry to play with NZSO 14 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read Northland thrash metal band Alien Weaponry will play with the NZ Symphony Orchestra in May. Northern Advocate Northland band Alien Weaponry. Photo / Latitude Creative Classical music and thrash metal will collide when Northlands world-famous Alien Weaponry play with the NZ Symphony Orchestra. The band - from Waipū, but now known around the world for their mix of te reo and metal - have been hai...

ALIEN WEAPONRY Announce Upcoming Performances with New Zealand Symphony Orchestra By Audiences in New Zealand are in for a treat! This May, Alien Weaponry will perform two special shows with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, taking place in Kirikiriroa Hamilton and Ōtautahi Christchurch. This is the first time Alien Weaponry has collaborate with an orchestra and the first time the NZSO has collaborated with a metal band in their 75-year history. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. Le...

The Kiwi metal band is partnering with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for two concerts in May.

Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 4:33 pm Alien Weaponry. Aotearoa’s Alien Weaponry, hailed as one of the most exciting young metal bands in the world, unite with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for two special performances in May. Stronger Together in Kirikiriroa Hamilton and ŌtautahiChristchurch will be a unique music experience for audiences, the NZSO and Alien Weaponry. The concerts are Alien Weaponry’s first with an orchestra and the first collaboration with a metal band in the NZSO’s 7...

Keith Kahn-Harris , February 15th, 2021 09:15 A quarter of a century on from Roots, Keith Kahn-Harris wonders whether Sepultura’s much-vaunted album has actually left much of a legacy A few years ago, the Guardian’s ‘Notes and Queries’ section posed the question, "Who is the least influential band ever?" I remember only one of the suggested answers - Frankie Goes To Hollywood – but the question has resonated with me ever since. It provides a useful reminder that commercial and/or ar...

Primer: Auckland Live Fringe Town 2021 Annabel Kean / Image: KITA / Wednesday 20th January, 2021 2:35PM       For those of you still coming to terms with your impulse lockdown bangs, heres hoping this years Auckland Live Fringe Town can shift your attention to a non-cringe fringe. In conjunction with the 2021 Auckland Fringe Fest, Fringe Town is like the fests cool muso cousin who gave you a USB of pop-punk that one time. For a whole week from February 15th, Fringe Town takes over...

Waitangi Six60 concert promises bright future for te reo Māori music 17 Jan, 2021 04:00 AM 5 minutes to read Six60 frontman Matiu Walters - who hails from Northland - performing at Waitangi on Saturday. Photo / Supplied The future of mainstream te reo music appears bright if Saturday nights Six60 concert in Waitangi is to be believed. About 14,000 music lovers sold out the Waitangi Sports Grounds in picturesque conditions to witness one of the biggest music productions in the world currently, ...

Press Release – Taite Music Prize Dare to take a shot at who the next winner of theTaite Music Prize will be? *Nominations now open* The Taite Music Prize highlights outstanding New Zealand albums released in the past year. The award is open to all genres of music and judged on artistic merit regardless of genre, sales, or record label. IMNZ General Manager, Dylan Pellett says, “It’s an honour to present the Taite Music Prize every year, and this one is no different – excepting the fa...

Northland band Alien Weaponry hailed as future of heavy metal by international magazine 8 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read Northlands Alien Weaponry, from left, Turanga Morgan-Edmonds, Lewis Raharuhi de Jong and Henry Te Reiwhati de Jong, has been hailed as the future of heavy metal. Northern Advocate An international heavy metal magazine has declared that the future of the genre comes from Northland - in the shape of Waipū thrash metal trio Alien Weaponry. Alien Weaponry has been making ...