Live Photos: Obey The Riff 2019 Festival – Panhead Brewery, Upper Hutt

Four titanic forces in the realm of Wellington heavy music converged upon the sun-soaked location of Upper Hutt's Panhead Brewery on Saturday for the inaugural Obey The Riff festival, featuring veteran guitar wreckers Head Like A Hole and Beastwars, alongside emerging psych-rockers Earth Tongue and thrash maniacs Stälker. Beastwars are back in action after a health-related hiatus to celebrate their tenth anniversary, they're next bringing their signature skull-crushing metal onslaught to Auckland for this Friday's 95bFM Gold 50th anniversary event, playing with The Original World Famous True School Hip Hop Show, Coco Solid and Miss June. Goats were thrown and heads were moshed on the epic day out which photographer Bruce Mackay captured for posterity – soak up the vibe via his images below (click on thumbnails to view the full gallery)...