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Yahoo
5 days ago
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- Yahoo
Alien Weaponry Unveil Video for 'Taniwha' Featuring Lamb of God's Randy Blythe: Stream
The post Alien Weaponry Unveil Video for 'Taniwha' Featuring Lamb of God's Randy Blythe: Stream appeared first on Consequence. Alien Weaponry have released a music video for their recent single 'Taniwha,' which features guest vocals from Lamb of God's Randy Blythe. The conceptual Francis Baker-directed clip that puts the New Zealand band 'face to face with puppet masters of corporate greed and overconsumption,' and Blythe also makes an appearance, delivering his vicious verse directly to a room full of corporate suits who are tied up and held hostage. The collab hails from Alien Weaponry's new album Te Rā, out now via Napalm Records. Stream the video below. Popular Posts King of the Hill Revival Gets Hulu Release Date, New Opening Sequence Sabrina Carpenter Announces New Single "Manchild" Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence Are Now In-Laws Jonathan Joss, Voice of John Redcorn on King of the Hill, Shot and Killed by Neighbor T-Pain Announces 20th Anniversary US Tour King of the Hill Voice Actor Jonathan Joss Was Victim of Hate Crime, Husband Says Subscribe to Consequence's email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.
Scoop
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scoop
Epic Tales From Aotearoa New Zealand's Bloody Past Explored Through Film
One of the bloodiest and most contested periods in Aotearoa New Zealand history is explored through film in a new exhibition at the Canterbury Museum Pop-Up. He Riri Awatea: Filming the New Zealand Wars stars a fiery blockbuster, a music video from Kiwi thrash metal band Alien Weaponry and battle scenes filmed across nearly a century. The exhibition offers a fresh take on how stories about Ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa (the New Zealand Wars) have been told on film. It includes clips from films, television and music videos telling stories from the war that raged from 1845 to 1872. Scenes from classic Kiwi films like Utu and River Queen play alongside clips from groundbreaking television shows like The Governor and music videos by artists like Ria Hall. Props, costumes and posters from New Zealand film history also star in the exhibition, including a carved pou and period costumes from River Queen and a film camera used by 1920s Kiwi filmmaker Rudall Hayward. The exhibition's title, He Riri Awatea, means a battle in the daylight. This refers to cinema's primary element – light – but also to how the exhibition casts fresh light on the New Zealand Wars. Co-curator Annabel Cooper said the film clips offer an insight into how Kiwis have reckoned with the conflict over generations. 'The films enable you to see shifts in understandings of those wars, and the dramatic changes in how we think about them, that unfolded from the 1920s to now. This history has been put on screen over the course of almost a century, changing ideas about the New Zealand Wars.' Co-curator Ariana Tikao (Kāi Tahu) said Māori were involved as actors, advisors and crew from the 1920s onwards and later directed and produced films. 'For the Maori involved it was quite a serious undertaking, and a lot of the descendants are very proud of that involvement. As more Māori became involved with different aspects of film making the stories became richer and different perspectives were explored.' The earliest film in the exhibition is The Te Kooti Trail from 1927, which was promoted with the strapline: 'Wild history from New Zealand's scarlet past'. Māori rangitira (leader) Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki was played in the film by Ngāi Tūhoe rangatira Te Pairi Tūterangi who knew the real Te Kooti. 'He'd been with him right through the war,' Annabel says. 'He was very emphatic about certain aspects and details of his portrayal in the film. When people saw him in costume they were really shocked at how much he resembled Te Kooti. I believe it was a memorial act ensuring that he was protecting Te Kooti's reputation and making sure it was a faithful portrayal.' As New Zealand culture changed, so did the way the wars were portrayed on screen. The 1983 film Utu is influenced by contemporary Māori activism and the Springbok tour protests of 1981. 'In Utu, there is a reflection on New Zealand's colonial past. The racial politics of the time were in a process of extraordinary change. Most of the people that worked on the film had an activist background,' Annabel said. Ariana has a personal connection to one of the clips from the exhibition. At the 2017 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, she performed a version of thrash metal band Alien Weaponry's song Raupatu using taonga puoro (traditional Māori musical instruments). The music video for the song appears in the exhibition. 'It felt like a crazy task to be trying to do thrash metal with taonga puoro. But we decided to give an emotional response to that song. When we performed it, Alien Weaponry were sitting in the front row and they stood and performed a haka to us and then we were responding to them. It was powerful.' He Riri Awatea: Filming the New Zealand Wars opens on 9 May at the Canterbury Museum Pop-Up, 66 Gloucester Street. Free entry; donations appreciated. Toured by the New Zealand Portrait Gallery.
RNZ News
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- RNZ News
Frank Malley is putting Kaitaia on the Heavy Metal Map
music culture 39 minutes ago Te Reo Maori metal band from Waipu, Alien Weaponry have found fame around the world, but one of the places they started was close to home in Kaitaia at the town's Metalfest. Promoter and heavy metal fan Frank Malley is bringing the festval back for the fourth time to Te Tai Tokerau the Far North for New Zealand Music Month. Metalfest4 is at the Collards Tavern on Friday May 3, and alongside headliners from around the country it features a number of heavy locals. Joining visitors Captured Kings and Grym Rhymney is new teenage talent from Waipu - a band called Fork. Attendees can also look forward to seeing Skumlord from the Bay of Islands .
