Valkyrie (New Zealand band)
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Valkyrie (also Vallkyrie) is a New Zealand rock/hip-hop band based in South Auckland.[1][2] In 2017 the band was nominated for Best Video by a Māori Artist at the Waiata Māori Music Awards.[3][4]
The band members are vocalist Omer Gilroy (Ngā Puhi, Ngāi Tahu), guitarist Rebel Reid (Nga Puhi) and drummer/keyboardist Brandon Haru (Nga Puhi, Tainui).[5][6] Reid and Gilroy were childhood friends who attended Papatoetoe High School together and also studied together at the New Zealand Radio Training School at Whitireia New Zealand.[7] In 2012 they started making music together, and were joined by Haru in 2015. The band members draw creative inspiration from their Māori cultural heritage, Norse mythology and gothic rock.[8]
