Watch Shepherds Reign's Video For 'Ua Masa'a'

Live highlights at The Others Way festival in October, Polynesian metal titans and recent Trash Recital stars Shepherds Reign launched late last week 'Ua Masa'a', a single foreshadowing the South Auckland collective's forthcoming new album. Meaning 'It Has Spilt' in Samoan, the sonically thunderous track is even more intense and emotionally raw lyrically — sharing "the story of (Shepherds Reign vocalist / keyboardist) Filiva’a’s sister who was murdered by her spouse and his family. Laden with anger, Filiva’a voices the thoughts his sister would have felt prior to her death". A searing denunciation of domestic violence — please see support helpline info below — 'Ua Masa'a' was released with a visually stunning accompanying video directed by Dave Thomson and made with support from NZ On Air, depicting the group unleashing their anthem within an appropriately scorched and barren landscape...

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