Alien Weaponry, the name derived from the film District 9, is a New Zealand thrash-inflected, Māori infused heavy metal band from Waipu, formed in Auckland in 2010. Tū is their debut album from 2018 🤘🇳🇿
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The band incorporates the culture of their Māori heritage, combining English with te reo Māori.
“I feel it is a language where you can do so much more with the words. You can use symbolism, metaphors, much more with Māori, and I think that makes for some very nicely written lyrics. Usually when we write songs in Māori it is very much a collaborative process. Henry is the most fluent in the band. I wouldn’t consider myself fluent. It is definitely much more challenging writing in Māori than in English.” - Lewis de Jong.
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