Following the Tribeca Film Festival debut of their documentary, Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara, New Zealand's global metal frontrunners, ALIEN WEAPONRY are slated to join the legendary Kerry King with his new band (featuring members of Slayer, HELLYEAH, Machine Head, and Death Angel) as well as special guests Municipal Waste on King’s bombastic “North American Headline Tour 2025!” The tour is set to launch in San Francisco on January 15, 2025, and wrap at House of Blues in Las Vegas on February 22. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 4 at 10 AM local time and the complete list of dates can be found below!
ALIEN WEAPONRY won over fans and critics alike with their latest album, 'Tangaroa.' The album coalesces the band’s growing maturation with an undisturbed songwriting process, resulting in their most inspired, honest, and informed material yet. In addition to lyrics written in te reo Māori, many 'Tangaroa' tracks feature traditional instruments, called taonga puoro, providing the tracks their own warrior-like attitude. While ALIEN WEAPONRY sourced inspiration from their culture and environmental surroundings while writing most of 'Tangaroa,' the band also looked inward - drawing vision for other portions of the album from within.
ALIEN WEAPONRY Supporting Kerry King’s “North American Headline Tour 2024”
w/ Special Guest Municipal Waste
01/15/25: San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
01/17/25: Spokane, WA @ Spokane Live Casino
01/18/25: Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
01/29/25: Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
01/20/25: Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
01/22/25: Calgary, AB @ The Palace Theatre
01/23/25: Edmonton, AB @ Midway Music Hall
01/25/25: Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
01/26/25: Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore
01/28/25: Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
01/30/25: Detroit, MI @ The Majestic Theater
01/31/25: Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
02/01/25: Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
02/02/25: Montreal, QC @ L'Olympia
02/04/25: Boston, MA @ Royale
02/05/25: Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of the Living Arts
02/07/25: New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
02/08/25: Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage
02/10/25: Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
02/11/25: St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live
02/13/25: Houston, TX @ House of Blues
02/14/25: Austin, TX @ Emo's
Since releasing their acclaimed debut 'Tū' (2018), ALIEN WEAPONRY's kinetic presence and sound — combining elements of thrash and groove metal with lyrics in the native indigenous language, te reo Māori — has attracted throngs of fans and media supporters across the globe.
In addition to amassing millions of cross-platform streams and YouTube views, the band has seen bounds of success at SiriusXM Liquid Metal, was recently hailed the “future of metal” by Metal Hammer, and was voted by Revolver Magazine fans as “one of the bands most likely to break out in 2021”. The band are two-time winners of the Aotearoa Music Award for "Te Kaipuoro Rakapioi Toa" (Best Rock Artist) and has won or been nominated for many more esteemed New Zealand and international awards.
In the last few years alone, ALIEN WEAPONRY has had the privilege of performing with the likes of Guns N' Roses, Gojira, Slayer, Black Label Society, and now Kerry King!
ALIEN WEAPONRY is:
Henry Te Reiwhati de Jong - Drums, Backing vocals
Lewis Raharuhi de Jong - Guitars, Lead vocals
Tūranga Porowini Morgan-Edmonds - Backing vocals & guitar
Learn more about the film, "Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara" on Facebook HERE
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