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Alien Weaponry is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Stevie Ray Vaughan, System of a Down, Meshuggah, Polyphia and Metallica. Those roots explain a lot about how Alien Weaponry arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Machine Head, Killer Be Killed, Jinjer, Orbit Culture and Cavalera Conspiracy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Slayer, Gojira, Mastodon, Ghost and Ministry, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Alien Weaponry, reaching back through Stevie Ray Vaughan and forward to Slayer. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Alien Weaponry is a New Zealand metal band from Waipu, formed in Auckland in 2010. The band consists of drummer Henry de Jong, guitarist Lewis de Jong, and since August 2020, bass player Tūranga Morgan-Edmonds. All three members have Māori ancestry and a number of their songs are written and performed in the Māori language.
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Alien Weaponry connections
Alien Weaponry grew out of Stevie Ray Vaughan, System of a Down, Meshuggah and Polyphia, shares an orbit with Machine Head, Killer Be Killed, Jinjer and Orbit Culture, went on to shape Slayer, Gojira, Mastodon and Ghost. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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