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Tuesday May 28 2019
  7:00PM doors -- music at 7:30PM
 
•••  ALL AGES
$15
Alien Weaponry
alienweaponry.com/
 thrash metal
Brocas Helm     ----Botanist off the bill
facebook.com/Brocas-Helm-166922780317
 thrash metal
Archaeologist  
www.facebook.com/Archaeologistmusic/
 alternative metal



Alien Weaponry
Lewis de Jong - Guitar/Vocals,
Ethan Trembath - Bass Guitar,
Henry de Jong - Drums
-from Waipu, New Zealand

-Thrash metal band Alien Weaponry are “one of the most exciting young metal bands in the world right now” according to Revolver Magazine in the USA. And they’re not the only ones who thinks so. Since they released their debut album ‘Tū’ on 1 June 2018, fans, bloggers, the music industry and the media worldwide have raved about Alien Weaponry’s unique blend of thrash metal and their native language, Te Reo Māori.
In the first three weeks after its release, ‘Tū’ had over a million streams on Spotify, and has been listed among the top albums of 2018 by musical institutions including Revolver, Loudwire, Metal Hammer and many others. Three months after the album was released, Napalm Records had to produce more CDs after selling out of the first run.
The single ‘Kai Tangata,’ released in May 2018, has had nearly 1.5 million views on YouTube and spent 3 months from July to September 2018 in the no. 1 slot on the Liquid Metal show’s Devil’s Dozen, broadcast by New York based Sirius FM and syndicated throughout the USA. In June 2018, the video for Kai Tangata was the ‘Most Added Metal Song’ on US Cable Channel Music Choice (delivering to 50 million households).
The band has been touring Australia and Europe since early July 2018, where they have sold out venues and attracted record numbers to stages at Wacken Open Air (Germany), MetalDays (Slovenia), Bloodstock (UK) and other festivals.
In their home country, New Zealand, the three teenagers from the tiny town of Waipu in Northland won the prestigious APRA Maioha award for their song ‘Raupatu’ (a no punches pulled commentary on the 1863 act of parliament that allowed the colonial government to confiscate vast areas of land from the indigenous Māori people); and are finalists in six categories at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards.
The de Jong brothers (lead singer/guitarist Lewis, 16; and drummer Henry, 18) are of Ngati Pikiāo and Ngati Raukawa (Māori tribal) descent; and began their schooling at a kura kaupapa Māori (full immersion Māori language school). While singing waiata and performing haka were a daily routine there, also ingrained in their early learning were stories of New Zealand history told to them by their father – giving rise to songs like ‘Raupatu’, ‘Urutaa’ (about an early Māori-European contact incident which resulted in an outbreak of sickness; and the subsequent revenge – the burning of the ship The Boyd and the massacre of its crew); and ‘Rū Ana te Whenua’ (which tells the story of the mighty battle at Pukehinahina/Gate Pa in 1864 where their ancestor, Te Ahoaho, lost his life).
The band’s English language material is equally hard-hitting, with songs like ‘Rage,’ ‘Holding My Breath,’ ‘Hypocrite,’ and ‘PC Bro’ addressing everything from a schoolyard punch-up to teenage mental health issues, and the hypocrisy of teachers, the media and reality TV shows alike.
“We listened to all sorts of music when we were younger,” says Lewis, “but we were drawn to thrash metal because it’s quite complex music, and it is a great vehicle for expressing real stories and emotions.”
“It also works with Te Reo Māori,” adds Henry. “Both the musical style and the messages have a lot of similarities with haka, which is often brutal, angry and about stories of great courage or loss.”
Early musical influences included Metallica, Anthrax, Rage Against the Machine and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers; with current favourites including Lamb of God, System of a Down, Gojira and Trivium. The brothers wrote their first song together when they were 8 and 10 years old and the band’s name was also decided then – inspired by the movie District 9.
Bass player Ethan Trembath (16) met Lewis while they were honing their unicycling skills at the local circus school in Waipu, where the de Jong brothers moved to in 2012. He scored the job in Alien Weaponry because he could play the ukulele and (at age 10) he was the first one of their friends who could reach the end of the bass guitar. Now, he is the world’s youngest and New Zealand’s only Spector bass endorsed artist.




Brocas Helm   
Bobbie Wright - guitars, vocals
Jim "The Wizard" Schumacher - bass
Jack Hays - drums
-from San Francisco, CA

-Brocas Helm is a heavy metal band from San Francisco founded in 1982. It is named after the medieval Brocas helm displayed in London's Rotunda, Woolwich.



Archaeologist   
-from San Jose, CA
-Founded in 2013 as the solo project of San Jose-based guitarist/vocalist Kyle Schaefer, Archaeologist has now unearthed a full live lineup featuring Sean Johnson (Raiju, Riffshop), Ryan Johnson (Surrounded By Giants, The Even Deep) and George Lallian (Cyborg Octopus).

The band's latest release "Odysseys" marks a departure from previous material, taking a journey into seven tracks of colorful, adventurous, instrumental prog-rock. Some of the many guest appearances include Yvette Young of Covet, Gavin Castleton of the Dear Hunter, and UK-based guitarist Sithu Aye. In their 2017 review of the album, prog music publication It Djents states: "The succinctly powerful word which has kept on creeping into my thoughts as I jammed this album is 'refreshing'. 8.5/10".

With the newly formed lineup and successful release of Odysseys, Archaeologist has now turned its focus to playing as many shows as possible and preparing new material for a 2019 release.