Maori metallers Alien Weaponry have announced that their forthcoming album, Te Rā, will be dropping on March 28. The New Zealand trio’s third album sees the band tapping into Maori history, as well as containing a more universal thread of anxiety and fear of subjects of war, social media damage and decline. They’ve also roped in Lamb Of God singer and longtime fan Randy Blythe to roar along on a track. “We really stepped it up this time, as we understood that this album had to go further,” says singer/guitarist Lewis Raharuhi de Jong. “We went through a lot of songs and scrapped entire sections of songs. We kept working them and working them until we got them right. Then, with the way we were pushing ourselves musically, I knew it was important to challenge ...