Check Out This Teenage Thrash Metal Band Produced By Shihad’s Tom Larkin

You’re likely to be hearing a lot from thrash metal outfit Alien Weaponry, with the fast-rising New Zealand outfit recently catching the eye of Shihad drummer Tom Larkin.

The Whangarei-based band – consisting of brothers Lewis (15) and Henry de Jong (17) alongside Ethan Trembath (15) – teamed up with Larkin on their latest single, Rū Ana Te Whenua, which is sung entirely in te reo Maori and has already reached nearly 500,000 plays on Facebook since being released a week ago.

"Thrash metal and te reo Maori are a great combination," Henry de Jong told NZ Herald.

"Both the style of thrash metal and its messages have a lot of similarities with haka, which is often brutal, angry and about stories of great courage or loss."

You can check out the song’s film clip below.