ALIEN WEAPONRY - Rū Ana Te Whenua (Official Music Video)
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- **Click the CC button on the right to turn on English subtitles for the Maori lyrics**
Produced By Tom Larkin
Mixed by Samuel K Sproull at Studios in The city Melbourne.
Recorded at Roundhead Studios New Zealand.
Videography by Greg Page & Simon Raby for Fish&Clips.
Art Direction by Hammerhead.
Today I was inspired by three kids, who sang in a language I do not understand, to translate and research a history I never heard of, because their music is powerful!
@jack skelsky Maoris didn't found the nation, nice try though. Us British built and founded the nation, nice try though.
Maximus the brits could just stay on that shitty island and kept to themselves instead of trying to spread and control populations across the world. Still have their hands in countries like India, Scotland, the pacific islands and of course Ireland!
@@-MJ_ Oh really? Look up who founded and built Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch in fact every city in New Zealand. It was us British who did that.
We came over here because we are a natural explorer and fighting race, that's why we conquered you because we were better at fighting than you.
The same argument could be used against Maori, why didn't you stay on this shitty little island instead of sailing off and conquering the Moriori? Because that's what people do, they conquer other people whenever they can, don't be mad just because we were better at conquering and fighting than the maori were.
Maximus hey jit bag...read a book. Polynesians settled there in 1200's followed by Dutch in 1600's. British didn't come in until later. And if you're so good at fighting, than how did a bunch of American colonist rebels kick your asses back across the ocean in 1776?
@@-MJ_ America was Europeans fighting Europeans, it's fair game.
Just because maori settled in NZ doesn't mean they built anything, you built grass huts and Pa's and fought with each other and enslaved each other all the time.
No need to be so mad just because Europeans are better fighters than Maori. Our homeland was literally on the other side of the world and we still managed to kick your guys ass and conquer your land which we then built a country on.
Three small town kids from rural NZ rocking it.
Bands singing in their native tongues is the purest form of metal
They are from Colorado
@@CreepinCreeper01 no they are from New Zealand
@@CreepinCreeper01 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Weaponry
Girl, you gotta do your research. They're from my country, speaking my language.
@@samos343guiltyspark Where did she even get that from 😂😂
@@TheBorathon Native American, Maori, must all be the same thing haha.
Bro, I have no idea. Must be wishful thinking XD
Whether it’s American, New Zealandian, Mongolian, British, Indian, German or Scandinavian... metal, metal never changes.
New Zealandian? Really?
New Zealandian 😊🙈 Sounds cool! But I prefer Tangata Whenua
This is the power of the internet. Until I read this comment, I never imagined Ron Perlman narrating a history of South Pacific Metal.
Got on the Mongolian train a couple months ago. Just arrived at the new Zealand station about a week ago and I have to agree... Metal is metal and it's good my friends
Just goes to show that metal is universal! Mongols are definitely fucking metal! Maori? Metal! Vikings? Damn fucking metal! The Roman Empire? Ex Deo told us it's metal! Hell, I'm waiting for someone to make Zulu metal at some point.
My dad is over 80 years old, but when he was a younger man, he lived in New Zealand in the mid 1950's and late 1960's teaching high school. He learned some Te Reo Maori, and later on, as a math teacher in the US, he would start out each school year with a ground-shaking haka for his students.
One of the first things I did when I heard this song was show it to him and my mom. It brought tears to his eyes! He loved that it sounded to him like a traditional Maori haka. Well done @Alien Weaponry!
Metal is raw emotion an I'm not surprised it resonated with your dad. There are so many ways to express one's culture and Metal does it like no other genre. Glad it gave so much joy to him.
Thx for sharing your Dad's experiences here in NZ amongst Māori. I'll bet he got the attention of all his students when he did the haka! Did he by any chance teach at CCNZ?
Thanks
Great story
Im samoan/cookisland and love these guys.
Islands we love you! Stay strong
Moved to the other side of the planet, to a small town in rural America and one of the cops knew where I was from because he's an Alien Weaprony fan. Tu meke!!
That's cool AF 😊😊
Maori heavy metal is the best combination I've ever heard in my life
This hit me harder than that truck that tried to kill me!!
@@roadhouserich Lol!!
Fuck heavy metal it is more like death metal !
@@murlhazen5155 it is death metal,
Kua tae mai te mate (translation) death has arrived.
Dont attack whem im sleapin
I fucking adore how theyre keeping their language and culture alive with a genre that was also thought to be dying...THAT is metal as fuck and I support it hard
I had a teacher once tell me, "Metal always seems to be dying, and then it comes back." I think we're on another wave of Metal: It's more diverse than ever, it's more globally connected, and it's fucking exciting for metal fans to see so much creativity happening.
Metal has never been bigger than now. Hellfest is booked in 3 hours after tickets go to sales...
Metal will never die. Make the world metal again.
Metal never dies.
Also here from The Hu?
3 kids makin all that noise ? yup, the future of metal is gonna be just fine !
You can't stop the metal.
@@RobJFalcon the metal surrounds us and penetrates us , it binds the galaxy together. may the metal be with you always.
u dont know anything of metal
@@eternalwoods6423 you don't know who knows of metal and who does not.
this is crap dude...
This song is about the Maori defeating the British at the Battle of Gate Pa in 1864 but How? The Maori learnt early on that guns were effective so bought them from traders, they used double barrelled shot guns at close range from trenches when the British stormed their Pa (fortress) the Maori traditional weapons were also lethal at this range as muskets took too long to reload. The British and Maori had a mutual respect for each other after that battle.
❤Aue
Defeat the man we will...
Plus, I recently learned how they were actually great at siege warfare. Setting up trenches, and bunkers that could withstand a British bombardment for hours.
@@musicaldooder20 Sometimes even days!
Damn
40 year old metal head grandma here and I couldn’t agree more with all the comments that I can now be at peace that metal is and and will not die. Now it’s my job to teach and educate my granddaughter what real music sounds like. The talent and passion. 🤘🏼
Music these days have no talent where a guy could literally say 6 words fast and become a star where a guy took 6 years to become extremely talented and is not recognized
Badass G-ma 😍🤘🏽💪🏽
Metalhead grandma..... awesome!🤘
Samoan Dude...I try to be. Thanks 😊
Axel Milan Thanks!
As a metalhead and anthropologist, I can't love this song enough.
Hey there are others like me XD
hi from a fellow Anthropologist and metalhead haha doing my thesis on metal in México, some bands like this too :)
I just came across PUNJABI HEAVY METAL - I'm Christian Sikh and a Metal Head - this was funny - and they were excellent. ua-cam.com/video/2Gfr-nVKnhs/v-deo.html
good your looking at the maori language as well as the passion they have for metal
sure you are
gene simmons: rock music is dead, the internet killed it. there are no new bands people will remember in 20 years, and my back hurts.
Alien Weaponry: hey old man, hold our diet cokes.
Comment of the year!!!!!
Dude! Brilliant comment lolz. I no longer give 2 shits about KISS after reading Gene's dumbass words you put up and I cringed way too hard when I saw a vid of Paul Stanley spewing libtard bullshit and this is so sad coz I listened to them, Sabbath n Zep back in the mid 70s.
Ozzy has a new album out. And, to be perfectly honest, I would not be surprised in the least if Ozzy releases new albums from beyond grave after he leaves this realm
Did you mean: 'Okay Boomer'
You mean the reality TV star? :D
ahahahah made my day
how are people disliking this? Saw this guys when they played in Ontario. unreal!! comeback to Canada!!
Holy shit, the young people are not completely lost.
Agree i have hope!
These guys are very young, around 15 I believe. Very impressive.
Right! I thought the same damn thing when I first heard them! I was beaming thinking FUCK YES we have hope! Not only do they rock! They kick ass and are keeping up with heritage! I cant stop listening to them!
There are plenty of young ones who make great music. I’d argue even more so than previous generations. Just gotta know where to look. The rest of the dirt is just shoveled in your face like the rest of us.
hakuna matata
This is the kind of music we need in this era... There is still a future
And they are the heroes that will save it
how about ningen isu?
Arandu Arakuaa is an amazonian native band that sing in indigenous languages like tupy-guarany and axê xerente
They're a bit more tropical, but still hella amazing
Came across these by accident. At 57yrs young i thought metal had about gone. These lads are proof its still going strong. 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
I’m 46 & agree 100% !!
I can go to my grave in a few decades knowing metal is not only going to survive, but thrive. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🥰
Trivium is still going hard too
@@jessetanner8774 Wage War is bonafide as well
Metal is going STRONG is many countries; India, Japan, Mongolia, New Zealands.
56 I am with you.
1:04 I was not expecting that breakdown. But here I am, playing it on repeat until my neighbors are tired of hearing this gem
✊🥁✊
Brutal metal....these guys are the next big band ...keep true to your roots and culture...cheers from Australia
Auoi! Malo lava! Oka se magaia! Maharo! Te pai ke! I'm so hooked on you guys! Hellur! I don't care to let go! Alofa atu! Heaps of Love!
These boys brought a tear to this old metalheads eye knowing that heavy music will live on. Well done boys, well done.
That's definitely metal!
- Pickles
Thats Brutal!
-Nathan
Thats is the metals
- Skwisgaar
I'm toki i slips in and out of diabetic coma
-Toki Wartooth
Zac Tapia It tastes like chcken, if chicken was a candy
-Toki
...titty fish
~ Murderface
Le Metal à la sauce Maori !! Incroyable est la saveur de ce mélange insolite ! J'adoooore 💖
Une admiratrice d'Algérie 🤟
Does anyone else get goosebumps when the beatdown hits or is it just me?
Your not alone brother 🤘🤘
Not just you
Its badass for sure
Same here
Same
How badass as a culture do you have to be for someone to say “death is coming” and your response is “Lol your mistake bro”
Keep in mind we are ALL the products of warrior cultures. Not taking anything from the Maori, they were a great warrior culture, hence why they exist. All the non-warrior cultures from across the world never survived first contact with their neighbors, such is life I'm afraid.
@Davis Kingi The Maori of the Cook islands are without martial tradition? This is news to the world I think.
With an English ear, the opening sounds like, "fuck around and find out."
@@briangenack9675 To my Afrikaans ear it sounds like "Fokker kom na my nou", roughly "You fucker, come here *now* "
@@briangenack9675prett6 accurate to most Haka messages lol
This wave of native tongue metal reminds me of the hardcore punk scene of the 80's, bands from all over the world together doing the same stuff. That's unity kids, keep rocking xx
What Sepultura is to Brazil, you are to New Zealand. Fantastic!
Cheers from Polish fan!
more like gojira is to france imo...
but then yeah... what sepultura is to brazil gojira is to france... :)
@@nirmalvarma3386 and i can see your underpants.... sorry i had to 🤣
Agree!
OMG is Sepultura from Brazil? I am half Maori and half Portugese
This is Metal at its very fkn best! I just heard this for the 1st time not 10 minutes ago, and Im still trying to comprehend just how BadAss this song, and band are! I couldn't understand a word of it, but the music alone, was so fkn Awesome, I was in tears of respect to these guys, about halfway through it. Im 50, from Texas, and I commend you for making this great fkn song, for all of us to enjoy! HMR!!
I am 59 and this is badass metal, well done guys.
Try the hu band, its also good
Clif, if your on a computer/laptop or phone right under the video click the dots next to the word SAVE and then click open transcript, it will give the English words.
I'm 63, Maori, love hard rock, not really into metal - and looove it! Shared xoxo
im 48 and i just found this band , started with the song Blinded , im really digging it , Im also Tx born and bred
While keeping their ancestral heritage. The Maori heritage and language lives through them and their music.
These guys are only 14-16?! They've only just truly begun. Wanna see these guys at age 25 reckkkkinnnggggg it
@@EakEmk heard it here folks, 3=7!
@@EakEmk 21-23* lmao
17, 18 and 21 now I grew up with Ethan and met the others close to 8 years ago now
I'm going to see them in March, I can barely wait 😊
Woooaaaa!!!You are awesome!!!!😀😀😀Take care!Wish you all the best.Greetings from Poland👊👊👊
These damn guys were opening for Slayer on last Europe's concert they were absolutely incredible
Seeing what these kids can do at their age imagine what they will produce in 3 to 4 years.
This is how Metallica started...
Still here 5 years later boys. ❤
If this is what you guys can do at your age, I can just envision youre going to be absolute powerhouses with more years of songwriting and playing under your belts. Looking forward to seeing what you guys create! Keep it up, awesome stuff!!
Mudvayne Megan Yeah they can be brilliant. But it is not easy make hits.
Nothing is more powerful then falling in love with a band on first listening, its such a special, special feeling, I'm gonna be following these guys for their rest of their careers, and I wish them perpetual growth and success, long live maori metal \,,,/
Nz soul here more please 🤘🖤💚🤘
That breakdown at 1:04 made me breakdown… I don’t know if I’ll ever be the same again.
These kids have so much potential. And their music in their language is absolutely mesmerizing
WOWWWWW GREAT MUSIC ,GREETINGS FROM SITIA CITY,CRETA ISLAND,GREECE
wowww!!
inbelievable !!!! Hail from Morocco🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🤘🤘🤘🤘
Whakarongo mai rā ... Whakarongo mai rā!
Whakarongo mai rā ... Whakarongo mai rā!
Whakarongo mai ki te tangi o nga pū i runga i te taumata a Pukehinahina.
Rū ana te whenua
Katakata te uira
Homai te ahi
Ki te waharoa
Hī!
Katakata te uira
Homai te ahi
Ki te waharoa
O te taniwha
Kua tae mai nga mate (x4)
Kei te hē!
Nga iwi ki raro
I roto nga rua
Kua tae mai nga mate (x4)
Kei te hē!
Aue ... nga roimata ē ...
Aue ... kua mate nga tangata
Aue ... e reringa roimata ē ...
Aue ... e reringa toto ē ...
I runga i te wai ū o Papa-tū-ā-nuku
Rite kohu, ngaro nga iwi
Oi i te mate!
Haumi ē, hui ē, tāiki ē!
Haumi ē, hui ē, tāiki ē! x4
Google translate. Not too sure its correct or is it? Hear that ... Hear that! Hear that ... Hear that! Listen to the sound of the gun on the level of bunkers. The earth quakes humor lightning Given the fire in the street Hi! Give humor flash fire in a street of the monsters have come to die (x4) is wrong! The people down in the pit have come die (x4) is wrong! Oh ... the tears ... Oh ... the dead man would be ... reringa tears ... Oh ... that reringa blood ... On the water landing of Papa-step -a-move like fog, missing the death Oi! Investment, company, Simple as that! Investment, company, Simple as that! x4
tomiller10 translation isn't right. There are subtitles to the song you just need to turn them on
Some Maori words are untranslatable.
Copied this. Kia ora kia koe
tomiller10 google translate sucks with Maori, I had to send them corrections too the most basics of greetings lol.
All cultures need to be preserved
Hey, just wanted to let you guys know...I try to show your videos to everyone I know...you've shown that the Haka is Metal, and it is a fantastic way to pay respect to the Maori culture and show the world. Every time I see somebody react to your songs, I see it energize them...and I see them get every bit as pumped as they would listening to a traditional Haka.
I'm not a New Zealander or remotely Maori, just a metal head from Alaska, but I'm very proud of your music...keep up the great work!!!
Another metal head from Alaska here. Totally agree. These guys are on to something great.
Welcoming young blood to join the metal universe. I'm so glad to see a home grown band coming out at such young age with good sounds and good concept.
A Kiwi Friend of mine, introduced me to these Dudes today (blue tooth speaker) and I loved it! While head bobbing? I envisioned the guitarist playing a Les Paul style Axe, chugging away! Yes Lads!
I don't understand one word but i fucking love it!!!
VOICEOFCRUBE1969 Your thumbnail is almost as sick as this track!
In the description it says you can turn on subtitles
Haaha what a champion
They are just like Rammstein.
Maiori Lang
They seem to honor the Maori people, and to an extent their history... much respect to their craft and what it expresses. I am a new listener, and at 40+yrs old i must say, I was hooked on AW from the 1st song "Kai Tangata". That song must have been on repeat all the way home yesterday. This is such a refreshing but primal raw sound. I have been burnt out on the classics here in the states. Keep up the great work
I might be over thinking your comment, but they are actually in the 3% of people who can speak the language of the Maori people.
@@nilsingvar7319 not only by blood, but its their way of life.
@@ireckless__2391 true
Nils Ingvar both blondes they are brothers
They ARE maori, skin color does not dictate culture. Lets get real.
I crank this intro to wake my kids up for school!
Totally buying your album when it drops. Te Reo and metal is a combination to be reckoned with!
Agree these guys are onto something very unique that will appeal to a very big range of people!! Well done guys I love it!!
Greg Comfort
...and im 60 next year i asked them if they want a kuia lol...jokes though lol
no you not - sure You are a force to be reckoned with there sis!!
+betty tamihana lol this comment made my day 😂😂😂
53..live in the states..have been following these guys for about 7 months..cannot wait for their album to drop!
My friend played this too me and the other big song !! Iam a guitar player and this band is the best!! I cannot stop listinning to them. Very awesome!
Kudos to the sound guys for how they mic’d these drums. The old “punch in the face” vibe… beautiful.
This is awesome! It reminds me of sepultura.. very different too.. definitely has its own unique style for sure..these guys r gonna blow up man.. killer stuff..
REMINDS ME A LITTLE OF ARTAS AS WELL...CHECK THEM OUT IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY
WOW I felt the earth shake under me.
Grab a big pot and put in:
1 Sepaltura
1 Silver Chair
1 Patea Maori Club
Bring to the BOIL!
Cool then serve - DAMN that's GOOD!
Fuck yeah! I got Silverchair vibes as well.
Man you right, I do feel Silverchair. Maybe it’s the vocals or something.
Yes Sep n Silverchair are definitely there
throw in a sprinkling of Blindspott as well - some of the vocal delivery is quite similar on the chorus sections of AW's songs.
@@sourayanbiswas4591 .. Then I'd say they have been Exposed to Silver Chair as kids- really wouldn't surprise me none at all -
This is a stroke of genius. Taking the roots of death/trash metal and mixing it with a culture of warriors and fighters. This should be a thing : blending slayer riffs with maori, arch enemy riffs with maori, dream theater with maori... This is a potential well of great music ! Definitely will want to hear more.
i might try making samoan metal
Other bands do this, but not for Maori. Sabaton, for example hits a lot of warrior cultures but particularly the 20th century warriors. Amon Amarth does this for vikings.
Dude - Slayer played the night before Alien Weaponry in Manchester, TN. They had AW playing the next day @ 1pm. But these KIDDOS FUCKING SLAYED IT!!! I must say waking up @ 11am and walking across the Corn Field with my 9yr old Daughter and her Father in tow - we missed the Drummer begining w/ The HAKA, AND 45mins was suck a tease. They didn't have the OG Bassist either, but the
"Fill in" was awesome ( p.s.no disrespect fill in dude). I've been watching these guys hoan their craft for a couple of years -
ALIEN WEAPONRY
F___KING KILLED IT!!!!
WOOT WOOT
@@saorsablack9895 fuckin right! I was there dude. Glad i got up early, no thanks to the 8am soundcheck lol
My new favorite band! Baltimore, MD USA loves this!!
Alien Weaponry ROCKS !!!!!! I missed them when they were recently in New York and am still kicking myself. These young men are extremely talented and bring a high level of sophistication and intelligence to their music.
God, the metal genre has anything and everything. It's kind of amazing
Have a good show tonight. I can't wait.
This is insanely good. Wow!
Im literally, half the globe away ( U.K.) and l can still feel the power of this band and there skull smashing, real hard bastard warrior culture 😛😛😛😛
This plus pre workouts and a CrossFit gym, hello New Years 2021
I gotta say, the Maori language totally suits this style of metal..brutal is what comes to mind🤘🤘cheers from Oz
This is my wake up alarm. These guys are great!
METAL comes from within.
It's quite wonderful how, despite all the blooodshed, NZ has come to embrace Maori culture in a very healthy way.
Wish more nations would come to those terms.
These kids are phenomenal!!!! I am 57 years young and still rock'n. I love metal!!! These guys are GREAT!!!!!
I'm right behind you. I agree.
woah! you guys are seriously epic! awesome track guys!
Awesome music! And the fact that the first few words that are sung/spoken a capella, sounds like "Are you fucking with me?!" in my dialect (Scanian Swedish) just makes it that more awesome! =)
fokker du med mæra
"WHAKARONGO MAI RĀ!" means listen here! In other words, pay attention and don't mistake my intentions.
@@arohaigatia5588
Cool!👍
I’m 50 and you boys have bought back memories of growing up in West Auckland , when we were banging to maiden!!
Well done ! NZ culture with some good instrument work ... F yeah Kia KAHA !
Well this blasting from my car speakers is unreal
Modern Music: the metal is dead
Metal: old my beer...
You can't kill the metal. The metal will live on
As Jack Black's "The Metal" song for told
The metal will strike you down with a vicious blow!
Killer track ! Crushing drums, razor sharp guitars, deep bass, superb vocals! Mixed together, it delivers so much power. Respect!
Greetings from South America
Absolutely magnificent
I just discovered these talented group wow they are so young amazing! I 49 years old and love metal .. Norway metal is da bomb !plesse tour in n Canada Vancouver🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘thank for working so hard it’s paying here .. love f Vancouver bc 🇨🇦🤣❤️❤️❤️❤️
Good lord (which ever you pray to) Please keep making music.
Its so good.. im literaly cryin..
There is so much talent in this band, can't wait to see them live again!
Much aroha brothers kia kaha
Just want to mention something. There is no gimmick here. Just three men in t-shirts and shorts, guitars and speakers, screaming their soul out. This is pure rock.
Metal not Rock
saw them live earlier this year, i will remeber that concert till the day i die. plus the pit was insane!
Whakarongo mai rā ... Whakarongo mai rā! hark that sound yonder at top pukaina ina mountain
3:02 the bassists vocals gives me chills
Holy SHIT, the folk metal enthusiast in me just spasmed. I LOVE this. Spreading this around the Seattle/Tacoma area, you guys are amazing.
Now I want to learn your language and visit your country. Awesome. As if I didn't have enough on my plate...
Come visit..some visitors sense a spiritual connection once they arrive ..
Praise you for using this magnificent language and your nation history in your lyrics. Excelent music! From across the world (portugal), greetings.
this is what the All Blacks should be playing before every game....
please no, they're already pretty much invincible :'D greetings from South Africa.
Aye Marika!
I thought they listened to mostly hip hop
You need to fuck off nazi skinhead tired of you racist fucks
Micquan Dawson dude... google it... its an actual rugby team you idiot... you are the racist that jumps straight to notion of calling someone racist when you dont even know the facts
Great way to learn te reo!
I did not even know I needed to hear this but I am so glad I did, this stomped on my heart so hard. Guys this is awesome keep it up!!!!!
As a New Zealander and long time metal head this song gives me goosebumps!!!
my beautiful Island warrior MTL. dudez
Respect from Russia, guys!!!
😊🎉😅❤
De la folie ce groupe !! depuis le début je vous suis changez rien ! Metal for ever
saw them live yesterday in Oslo , im still headbanging , perfect show respect from Greece
Uhhh, this is the coolest thing I have stumbled across in a while. I have now listened to it 4 times in a row
Proud to be a kiwi and proud to share your band name !! Fly high boys !!