Live Nation has announced that American rock band A Perfect Circle will return to Australia and New Zealand this December for their first tour of the region in over a decade. Formed in 1999 by guitarist Billy Howerdel and Maynard James Keenan of Tool, the band last toured Australia in 2013 and have not played New Zealand in more than 20 years.

For the first time ever, Swedish epic doom metal pioneers CANDLEMASS will bring their monumental sound to Australian shores this September and October for a long-awaited debut tour in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth.

Southern California deathcore wrecking crew Spite will return to Australia in April 2026 for their first-ever Australian headline tour, bringing with them Pennsylvania’s Varials and local heavyweights DIESECT. Today the band reveal the full lineup of local supports joining them across the run.

King 810 walked onto the Crowbar stage and there was no mucking around as they launched into ‘Rustbelt Metal’. Their sound was dangerous, heavy and foreboding as the band delivered overpowering metal with tortured lyricism, closing the night with the classics ‘Killem All’, ‘Boo’ and ‘Alpha & Omega’.

After a 13 year absence, Linkin Park returned to Brisbane and sold out the Brisbane Entertainment Centre over two nights. 30,000 people rejoiced in seeing the band renewed and back to where they should be: changed but relevant to modern heavy rock music.

Ahead of Cradle of Filth’s co-headline Australian tour with DevilDriver this July, we spoke with the band’s infamous architect of darkness, Dani Filth. From new music on the horizon to the theatrical chaos fans can expect on stage, the conversation drifted through poetry, horror soundtracks and the strange fate of lost lyrics. As Filth himself promises, the upcoming tour will be “high octane, theatrical and loud”.

Alien Weaponry return to Australia this March supporting thrash metal icons Anthrax. The New Zealand band have been touring Europe following the release of their latest album ‘Te Rā’ and are ready to bring their powerful Māori influenced metal to Australian crowds.

Australia and New Zealand, get ready! Two indisputable rock icons will join forces in 2026, with American chart-toppers SHINEDOWN and British alternative legends BUSH teaming up for a massive co-headline tour this September, with the tour also marking SHINEDOWN's first performances down under in over 15 years.

This August, Tasmania's finest export, extreme metal pioneers, Psycroptic join like-minded-and-saxophone-wielding US progressive death wizards Rivers of Nihil for a co-headline tour that brings together two elite bands operating at the highest tier of modern death metal. 

Australia, prepare for spectacular sonic annihilation this June, with Michigan juggernauts I PREVAIL set to make their return down under. In what will be their biggest ever Australian tour, I PREVAIL announce today a national headline arena run joined by special guests IMMINENCE and INVENT ANIMATE.

Texas modern melodic rockers Catch Your Breath have announced their long-awaited debut Australian headline tour this May, bringing with them a catalogue that has already amassed over 360 million global streams and counting.

Necrosonic Festival returns to Mansfield Tavern on Saturday 22 August 2026 - bigger, darker and more unhinged than ever before.
What began as a bold new gathering of the heavy has become an annual ritual for those who like their music brutal, immersive and intensely forbidden..

Florida based metal hardcore icons Poison The Well return with their impressive sixth album ‘Peace In Place’. It is their first album in almost 17 years. It is a tight album tethered in melodic guitar riffs, clean vocals and great lyricism that allows the harsh vocals, cutting fury and driving rhythm section to bring the heavy, harshness paired with delicate moments.

Record-breaking, platinum-selling rock band The Pretty Reckless have begun an explosive new era with the announcement of their forthcoming fifth studio album DEAR GOD (pre-order HERE) as well as a 2026 headlining world tour. Arriving alongside the announcement is their new single When I Wake Up, out now via Fearless Records.

The wait is over for Somewhere In Between…, the sophomore album from metal/hip-hop fusion band UnityTX. The band’s most aggressive release yet, the record is out now via Pure Noise Records and features recent singles Lucid, Body Roc and Enjoy Tha Show.

Making another major move and breaking down walls once again, the Swedish masters of heavy metal Sabaton have joined forces with leading historically accurate naval multiplayer game, World of Warships, and released a brand new single and music video entitled “Yamato”

"If RAT WARS is ELDEN RING and CONFLICT DLC is SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE, then R-TYPE has to be NIGHTREIGN.  Enjoy these remixes and alternate versions by the best in the business: from the dance floor to the killing floor, these interesante interpretations will thrill and excite you and your family in the year of the FIRE HORSE!"  - JOHNNY HEALTH

I hope you love your music Raw, Hard and fast! As here comes RUNT! This is just the start to an incredible album that is coming your way in 2026! - XMusic CEO, Tim McLean-Smith

On Friday 8th May, British alternative rock mainstays Basement will return with WIRED marking their first new album in eight years as well as a reunion with their original label Run For Cover Records. Across the LP’s 12 tracks fans will hear a return to the unbridled passion and creative intuition that's always animated their best material.

24 years after their start, TERROR still reign as one of the most influential bands in hardcore. Now TERROR announce their tenth full length record, STILL SUFFER, releasing April 24th through Flatspot Records. Working with producer (and former guitarist) Todd Jones, the band created ten fast, aggressive, in-your-face tracks that embrace the themes that made TERROR so influential in the first place. 

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. 

Metalcore titans August Burns Red return with ‘Behemoth’, a crushing new single marking their reunion with Fearless Records. True to its name, the track delivers towering breakdowns, thunderous percussion, and rallying choruses, while moments of restraint highlight the band’s dynamic power and relentless evolution after more than two decades.

Wage War have announced their upcoming EP It Calls Me By Name, arriving April 17 via Fearless Records, alongside the savage new single ‘Song of the Swamp’. The track is one of the band’s most brutal releases yet, delivering a swampy, predator like assault from start to finish.