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Alien Weaponry have announced a new album titled “Te Rā.” The effort will be released on March 28 and it can be pre-ordered HERE.

“Te Rā” Track Listing:

01. “Crown”
02. “Mau Moko”
03. “1000 Friends”
04. “Hanging By A Thread”
05. “Tama-nui-te-ra”
06. “Myself To Blame”
07. “Taniwha” (feat. Randy Blythe of Lamb Of God)
08. “Blackened Sky”
09. “Te Riri o Tawhirimatea”
10. “Ponaturi”
11. “Te Kore”

Frontman Lewis Raharuhi de Jong commented:

“We really stepped it up this time, as we understood that this album had to go further. We went through a lot of songs and scrapped entire sections of songs. We kept working them and working them until we got them right. Then, with the way we were pushing ourselves musically, I knew it was important to challenge myself lyrically as well. This time I delved into difficult emotional places and mental states. There’s a lot of existential dread running through the album, and I tried to find the right words to describe the indescribable.”

A video for the effort’s first single, “Mau Moko,” can be found below. Bassist Turanga Porowini Morgan-Edmonds added the following about that:

“Maori have a rich history of marking traditions that were nearly lost during colonization. These traditions are currently in the process of a much needed cultural revival, and I was inspired by that. I wanted the lyrics to remind people that moko is, and always will be, a part of who we are. With the song’s video, we wanted to show the darker side of the history of moko and how the head trade played a part in the near extinction of the tradition. We fought through it and continue to fight for its revival still today!”