Live Photos: Beastwars, Witchskull, Slumbug – Galatos, Auckland

Wellington metal titans Beastwars continued their triumphant run of release events for their brand new album IV over the weekend, playing a headline set at Auckland's Galatos on Saturday with support from Canberra doom-rockers Witchskull and local axe-destroyers Slumbug. Beastwars members Matt Hyde and Nathan 'Nato' Hickey talked in depth with UTR about the harrowing circumstances behind their already widely-celebrated latest opus, which followed a three year hiatus during which Hyde’s received treatment for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Photographer Liam Costley took some superb snaps of Beastwars' Tāmaki Makaurau event – click on the thumbnail images below to view the full gallery and catch them this weekend playing in Christchurch and Dunedin...