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.
