Northern Advocate
  • Northern Advocate home
  • Latest news
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Sport
  • Property
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
  • Sport
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings

Locations

  • Far North
  • Kaitaia
  • Kaikohe
  • Bay of Islands
  • Whangārei
  • Kaipara
  • Mangawhai
  • Dargaville

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • Kaitaia
  • Whangārei
  • Dargaville

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Northern Advocate

Northland thrash metal band Alien Weaponry up for Silver Scroll songwriting gong

Mike Dinsdale
By Mike Dinsdale
Editor. Northland Age·Northern Advocate·
12 Jul, 2019 12:00 AM2 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Waipū thrash metal band Alien Weaponry, who received a haka from 6000 fans at a festival in Copenhagen last month, are one of 20 finalists in the APRA Silver Scroll Award for the song Ahi Kā.

Waipū thrash metal band Alien Weaponry, who received a haka from 6000 fans at a festival in Copenhagen last month, are one of 20 finalists in the APRA Silver Scroll Award for the song Ahi Kā.

Teenage Northland thrash metal band Alien Weaponry has seen their stellar year improve even further with their song Ahi Kā one of 20 finalists in the APRA Silver Scroll Award.

Twenty songs from more than 200 entries have been chosen and will now be under further scrutiny from APRA's 10,000 members, who will vote to reduce these down to the top five finalists and, ultimately, the winner of the prestigious songwriting award.

Alien Weaponry's song Ahi Kā, written by the band members from Waipū - Lewis de Jong, Henry de Jong, and Ethan Trembath - is in the mix along with Look Up, written by Marika Hodgson and Northlander Troy Kingi, that was performed by Sorrento.

It's been a great year for Alien Weaponry, who have been playing at some of Europe's biggest metal festivals.

Last month more than 6000 heavy metal fans performed a spine-tingling haka as Alien Weaponry took to the stage at the Copenhell festival in Copenhagen.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Alien Weaponry are well-known for their fusion of te reo Māori with thrash metal. The band - brothers Henry, 18, and Lewis de Jong, 16, and friend Ethan Trembath, 16, - won the Auckland Live Best Independent Debut album award at last March's prestigious Taite Music Prize awards for debut album Tu.

They became the first New Zealand band to play the world's biggest metal music festival, Wacken Open Air in Germany, which draws about 80,000 metal fans. They also supported industrial legends Ministry on a 22-date North American tour.

The trio have been on a roll since winning Smokefree Rockquest and Smokefree Pacifica Beats in 2016, and last year also won the Tui for Best Rock Artist, along with other awards.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

The APRA Silver Scroll awards ceremony will take place at Spark Arena on Wednesday, October 2.

The other awards presented on the night are:
● APRA Maioha Award, celebrating exceptional waiata featuring te reo
● SOUNZ Contemporary Award, celebrating excellence in contemporary composition
● APRA Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award
● APRA Best Original Music in a Series Award
As a part of the celebrations APRA will also be inducting a songwriter/s into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.

Discover more

Entertainment

Kiwi metallers enter album charts at No. 1

13 Jun 12:00 AM

Alien Weaponry score US tour support slot

21 Oct 10:00 PM
Entertainment

Waipū teen metal band Alien Weaponry too young to play

30 Oct 11:00 PM

Northland artists win at music awards

16 Nov 05:00 PM
Save

    Share this article

Latest from Northern Advocate

Northern Advocate

Court backs sacking of Northland doctor who sent 'flirty texts' to junior

06 Jul 09:13 PM
Northern Advocate

Far North Mayor calls on New Zealanders to vote for Māori wards in October

06 Jul 08:12 PM
Northern Advocate

‘Flying’ through the air: Grandfather's call for safer crossings after crash

06 Jul 05:00 PM

From early mornings to easy living

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Northern Advocate

Court backs sacking of Northland doctor who sent 'flirty texts' to junior

Court backs sacking of Northland doctor who sent 'flirty texts' to junior

06 Jul 09:13 PM

The sexual harassment investigation led to the doctor taking 10 months' stress leave.

Far North Mayor calls on New Zealanders to vote for Māori wards in October

Far North Mayor calls on New Zealanders to vote for Māori wards in October

06 Jul 08:12 PM
‘Flying’ through the air: Grandfather's call for safer crossings after crash

‘Flying’ through the air: Grandfather's call for safer crossings after crash

06 Jul 05:00 PM
'Serious-to-critical': Crash shuts SH1 in Northland, delays expected

'Serious-to-critical': Crash shuts SH1 in Northland, delays expected

06 Jul 08:48 AM
Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • The Northern Advocate e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Northern Advocate
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • The Northern Advocate
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP