[DID NOT ATTEND: November 28, 2025] Avatar / Alien Weaponry / SpiritWorld
Avatar are a great live band. I’ve seen them three times and have been wanting to take my son to see them. We did get to see them open for Pierce the Veil, but it was really hard to see what was going on. I think I need one more show from them. But this wasn’t it. It was the weekend after Thanksgiving and we had company, so we did not go to this one.
Alien Weaponry are a power trio from New Zealand. They play a mix of thrash and hardcore but with some really catchy parts as well. The band currently consists of Lewis de Jong (guitar and vocals), Henry de Jong (drums), and Ethan Trembath (bass guitar). They are known for tackling sociopolitical issues particularly pertaining to New Zealand’s history and contemporary society. They often incorporate Te Rao Māori lyrics into their songs. So that’s pretty cool. Listening to Kai Tangata, it’s clearly not English. Maybe their fans can learn a new language.
SpiritWorld are pretty fascinating. They sound like Helmet but they dress like spangled cowboys. They have an album called Deathwestern which is hilarious. They play mostly thrash metal with elements of death metal (and chanted choruses), yet thematically it’s all about Westerns. I hear elements of Slayer and Pantera in their songs too.
This whole evening would have been pretty intense.
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