ALIEN WEAPONRY - Kai Tangata (Official Video) | Napalm Records

New Album, Te Rā, out March 28, 2025! Listen and Order: ALIEN WEAPONRY EU/UK Summer Tour 2024 01.06.24 NL – Eindhoven / Dynamo 02.06.24 NL – Leiden / Nobel 04.06.24 DE – Cologne / Club Volta 05.06.24 DE – Hanover / Musikzentrum 06.06.24 DE – Frankfurt / Das Bett 08.06.24 DE – Munich / Backstage Halle 09.06.24 IT – Santeria Toscana 31 13.06.24 AT – Nickelsdorf / Nova Rock 15.06.24 UK – Donnington / Download Festival 16.06.24 UK – London / O2 Academy Islington 20.06.24 BE – Dessel / Graspop 21.-23.06.24 DE – Ferropolis / Full Force Festival 23.06.24 DE – Hamburg / Bahnhof Pauli 26.06.24 NO – Oslo / Tons of Rock 29.06.24 FR – Clisson / Hellfest Video Production - Kwasnik Pictures & AW Noise ltd Director - Alex Hargreaves Cinematographer & Editor - Piotr Kwasnik Camera Assist - Julia Wang Actors and Warriors - Brent Hay, Moko Smith, Whatanui Flavell, Koro Tini, Whanarua Edmonds, Tatiana Lewis-Wano, Tairoa Morrison, Sonia Lewis and our awesome Ngati Pikiao/Te Arawa whanau in Te Matarae i Orehu and Te Whare Kotua Hare and his kapa haka crew from Te Kaokaoroa o Pātetere school in Putāruru. Music Production - Simon Gooding & Hammerhead at Roundhead Studios New Zealand Mastered by Samuel K Sproull in Melbourne, Australia “In 1820, the great Northern War Chief Hongi Hika departed New Zealand for England. On his return, he brought with him the word of God and hundreds of muskets. Things would never be the same again …” … so begins the video for Alien Weaponry’s new single, ‘Kai Tangata’. The title literally translates to ‘Eat People’; and refers to the ancient Māori tradition of eating the flesh of their enemies after battle in order to insult them. It is also an ancient term for a war party. In their epic 7-minute song, the thrash metal trio recreates the memory of the early 19th Century musket wars, where Ngapuhi (Northern) tribes, newly armed with muskets, attacked and decimated the de Jong brothers’ Te Arawa (Central North Island) ancestors, who at that time were still using traditional weaponry. The driving riff that c