New Zealand's biggest metal festival kicks off tonight, bringing together some of the heaviest bands ever to rock Auckland.
Westfest, which runs over two nights at Vector Arena, features big names including 8 Foot Sativa, Eagles of Death Metal, Rob Zombie, Megadeth and Korn.
While it is not officially associated with Australia's Soundwave festival, for most of the bands it will be a warm up for the event's five dates, starting in Brisbane on Saturday.
Tonight's headline act, Rob Zombie recently told Time Out he would pull out a few surprises in his set, as well as old favourites.
"I think the worst moment you can ever have at a concert is when the band comes out and says they're going to play the new album. We don't tend to do that - I don't ever want to do that.
