Australia is in for a special treat as PK frontman of Japanese/Korean juggernauts PROMPTS will join CRYSTAL LAKE for their tour supporting OF MICE & MEN. PK’s journey is definitely unique. He grew up in Korea, where K‑Pop dominated everything, but he and a small circle of friends were die‑hard metalheads. They bonded over blasting Metallica’s Master of Puppets on repeat.

Just one month remains until GROOVIN THE MOO makes its much-anticipated return to the Australian live music circuit. The special one-off Lismore event, taking place on Saturday 9 May, is gearing up to welcome some incredible Australian and international favourites to regional NSW for an unforgettable celebration of music and community. 

Austin psych-rock trailblazers The Black Angels will return to Australia and New Zealand in 2026 for a special run of shows marking 20 years since the release of their landmark debut album Passover (2006). Newly announced headline dates in Melbourne and Adelaide join previously confirmed shows as part of VIVID (Sydney), Open Season (Brisbane) and Dark Mofo (Hobart).

Perth icons Karnivool are thrilled to announce they are taking their number one album, In Verses, on the road for the first time, delivering the biggest headline shows of their career. To celebrate, Karnivool will be joined by special guests TesseracT (UK) and Car Bomb (USA) for an unmissable night of heavy excellence.

Over 20 years ago, THE AMENTA released their debut album, “Occasus”. An unrelenting hybrid of the darkest death metal, black metal grandeur, and sickly electronic interjections, “Occasus” was marshalled by the unhinged bestial roar of Mark “Cesium 137” Bevan.

After 26 years, Skindred are louder, sharper and more driven than ever. You Got This captures their journey through grief, growth and live energy. “Every one of these songs has been inspired by a true event… I wanted to write a song for any of us who have lost friends and loved ones”.

Swedish melodic hard rock powerhouses H.E.A.T are set to return to Australian stages in a few weeks, bringing their electrifying live show back down under for their first headline tour since 2022. Following their standout performances at 2024’s Glam Fest, the band will hit the east coast armed with their new album ‘Welcome To The Future’ and fan favourites.

Seeing is believing when it comes to tribute acts, but when you factor in members from DragonForce, Anti-Nowhere League, Sinsaenum and Tigertailz, the pedigree is there. Chop Suey have been mesmerising audiences worldwide, while Slip-Not are quickly establishing themselves as a class act in their own right.

Las Vegas post-hardcore heavyweights Escape The Fate will make their long overdue return to Australia this June, bringing with them US metalcore mainstays The Word Alive - taking in every capital city and a couple of regional ones too!

Beloved Ohio emo veterans Hawthorne Heights have announced local supports for their return to Australia next month to celebrate 20 years of their seminal album 'IfOnly You Were Lonely'. Alternative rockers Heaven // Alone will open festivities in Perth, before passing the baton to post-hardcore band Tapestry, who will warm crowds in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

Australia… you thought they forgot! They did not. They waited. They sharpened their claws. They let the forest grow wilder, darker, hungrier. Three years is a blink in eternity, yet long enough for the trees to learn your secrets. Now they return not as visitors, but as conquerors. Bring your torches. Bring your madness. Bring your soul laid bare.

American black-metal trailblazers Deafheaven announce their biggest Australian tour to date. Presented by Destroy All Lines, the tour will see them headline some of the country’s most prominent venues across Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle and Brisbane, joined by special guests Nothing and SPY.

Norwegian titan, Mork, was created by Thomas Eriksen in 2004, with the debut album ‘Isebakke’ eventually surfacing in 2013. Since then, Mork has been ceaselessly rising through the echelons of Black Metal, and on the heels of 2024’s intense and groundbreaking ‘Syv’ opus - which has resulted in the band branching out with tours in the Far East & Australia

Several artists on Australia's fastest growing rock label, XMusic have come together under the name, Project X to record their own version of one of the most powerful songs of the early 90's and arguably the one song that birthed an entire sub-genre. Temple of the Dog's immortal, Hunger Strike.

Bring Me The Horizon release L.I.V.E. IN SÃO PAULO (Live Immersive Virtual Experiment)  a full-scale live album capturing their biggest headline show to date, performed to 50,000 fans at São Paulo’s Allianz Parque. More than a live record, L.I.V.E. IN SÃO PAULO documents a band operating at absolute peak, stretching the idea of what a live release can be.

With zero announcements or teasers from the band, Enter Shikari have today surprise released their brand new album! Lose Your Self (released via So Recordings/Civilians) spans 12 tracks exploring themes of desolation, futility and complete despair at the state of the world, but with glimmers of hopefulness and optimism threaded throughout.

They Might Be Giants treat the entire history of popular music as a chemistry set where genres and musical flavours can be mixed and matched. An 18-song collection provides an optimistic spin on the world, packed with esoteric references, mischievous lyrics and left-field musical detours. It’s a classic!

As the curtain falls on an extraordinary career spanning more than four decades, SEPULTURA are preparing to close their final chapter at the end of this year. With over 40 years of band history, 14 gold records, and performances across more than 80 countries, SEPULTURA stand as Brazil’s uncompromising emissary to the global stage and one of today’s most influential metal bands. 

Adelaide alternative metal quintet alt. have announced their dark new concept EP, Nevermore, out Friday 15th May via Resist Records (AU) and SharpTone Records (ROW). “‘Nevermore’ is a concept EP set in the year 2073, where Earth has been pushed to the brink of collapse by war, corruption and unchecked consumption.”

Genre-blending heavyweights The Plot In You have announced The Volume Series, a full-length culmination that unifies that band's preceding four EP installments into one complete collection, set for release on Friday, July 10 via Fearless Records.

HEALTH have announced their new EP ADDENDUM, set for release on April 30 via Loma Vista Recordings. The forthcoming project brings together new material alongside a selection of previously released collaborations, serving as the final chapter in the band’s RAT WARS / CONFLICT DLC saga.

The songs on this EP straddle the line between clean and harsh, introspective and explicit lyrics that speak to power. The EP ‘Existence’ captures the band’s essence and signals that a new powerful band have arrived.