Suicidal Tendencies lit up The Tivoli with a wild and sweaty reminder of why they are still one of the most explosive bands on the planet. Support came from Big Noter.

It has been 6 long years since Prog/Metalcore pioneers BORN OF OSIRIS graced us with their signature blend of crushing riffs, intricate synth layers, and unrelenting technical prowess. Renowned for their mind-bending live performances, the band are inbound hot off the release of their most critically acclaimed album, Through Shadows.

The new album ‘Flowers’ has huge breakdowns, melodic guitars, and emotional lyricism about the disappointments in life, frustration, and the desire to feel alive. The commanding synths, soaring clean vocals, and dark heavy tones show The Devil Wears Prada as a band that continue to grow and evolve their sound.

“Metal is in a good place right now in 2025,” stated Max Cavalera. “The next generation of metal fans are embracing change and Soulfly fans are adventurous and embrace those new sounds. I love that I can still push those buttons – metal is not one dimensional – it’s creative and got so much to say and offer”.

From the frostbitten depths of Halden, Norway, MORK has risen to become one of the most authentic torchbearers of true Norwegian black metal. Led by founder Thomas Eriksen, MORK channels the spirit of the early 90s scene while carving its own cold, uncompromising path through darkness.

MEMPHIS MAY FIRE's last tour of Australia was absolute mayhem. Five sold-out shows, jaw-dropping performances, and 1600+ fans left on waiting lists. Now they're coming back with a brand-new album, a killer new set, and special guests BLESSTHEFALL, returning to Australia for the first time in nine years.

British Metalcore titans Bury Tomorrow have announced their return to Australia September 2026 in support of their latest album Will You Haunt Me, With That Same Patience. They will be headlining across the country with support from Alabama thrashers, Gideon.

BABYMETAL are set to tour Australian arenas next March joined by Indian metal behemoths BLOODYWOOD. Opening on Thursday 12 March in Perth, BABYMETAL will blaze their way through Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, before concluding their headline run on Sunday 22 March in Brisbane.

Time to dig up the studded belt and dust off the eyeliner — Destroy All Lines presents An Emo Extravaganza, hitting Australia in February 2026. Featuring Anberlin, Cartel, Hot Chelle Rae, Broadside, and This Wild Life.

Fresh off their explosive sold out European arena tour and with over 75 million streams on Spotify fueling their meteoric rise, unstoppable Swedish rock juggernauts, SELF DECEPTION are inbound for their first-ever headline tour of Australia.

Wednesday 13 returns with ‘Mid Death Crisis’, a wild blend of humour, darkness and truth. “Actually, that’s where the title for the album came from. I was complaining after a gig that I was getting old and my guitarist walked past me and said, ‘Oh…mid death crisis’.” Catch him touring Australia with Kim Dracula.

Beloved Ohio emo veterans Hawthorne Heights will return to Australia in April 2026 to celebrate 20 years of their seminal album 'If Only You Were Lonely'. They'll bring with them New Jersey post-hardcore legends Armor For Sleep for a long-awaited headline run celebrating the golden age of emo.

Kalandra will bring their haunting Nordic sound to Australia this November, joined by Australia-born artist Portair. Known for their cinematic blend of folk and rock, the band also unveils their new EP Mørketid, a stirring collection of dark, reimagined songs capturing the beauty and stillness of the northern winter.

Southern California alt-metal powerhouse OF MICE & MEN return in May, as fierce as ever with their legendary live show and Japan’s metalcore prodigies CRYSTAL LAKE. “Australia holds a special place in our heart,” says frontman Aaron Pauley. “We’re stoked to return with a new show and tear the roof off once again. Get ready for the pits!”

UK alt-rock legends Maxïmo Park return to Australia for the first time since 2009 to celebrate 20 years of A Certain Trigger. In April 2026, the band will perform the Mercury Prize-nominated debut in full, alongside fan favourites from their eight-album catalogue.

Today, subversive performance artist and GRAMMY®-nominated metal singer-songwriter Poppy, announces her Constantly Nowhere headline Australian tour for January 2026.

Prepare to step into a spectacular new chapter for melodic hardcore act BLOOM, with the Sydney five-piece set to release their eagerly-anticipated sophomore album this Friday, alongside the announcement today of a national Australian headline tour to officially launch the album on home soil next February, joined by special guests AVOID (USA). 

(HED) P.E. return to shake Australia to its very foundations and they are bringing NONPOINT with them. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of their landmark album Broke, the band will deliver a full-throttle set packed with fan favourites like Bartender, Killing Time, and Feel Good;  which featured none other than Serj Tankian (System of a Down) and Morgan Lander (Kittie) on the album.

Polish death metal legends VADER return to celebrate 25 years of Reign Forever World and Litany. Since 1983, they’ve forged one of the most consistent and crushing legacies in European death metal, blending speed, precision and unrelenting aggression. Catch them live as they storm Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.

Having amassed multiple platinum selling albums across Europe, sold out tours worldwide, shared stages with Sabaton and Nightwish (who have covered a Battle Beast song live); and collaborated with Amaranthe, Battle Beast are thrilled to announce their long-awaited debut Australian tour fresh off the electrifying release of their seventh studio album Steelbound.

“We can do whatever the hell we want,” said Eero Sipilä. ‘Steelbound’ dares to go into sounds outside the traditional heavy metal pantheon, blending classic metal with Broadway tunes, Latin melodies, and cinematic synths. It’s music that makes people happy, an escape from a world that feels like a horror movie.

SLAYER’s iconic second studio album, Hell Awaits, is set to receive a 40th anniversary edition reissue via Metal Blade Records next year! “It’s the record where SLAYER became SLAYER.” That’s what Kerry King says about Hell Awaits.

The new album ‘Flowers’ has huge breakdowns, melodic guitars, and emotional lyricism about the disappointments in life, frustration, and the desire to feel alive. The commanding synths, soaring clean vocals, and dark heavy tones show The Devil Wears Prada as a band that continue to grow and evolve their sound.

There Is No Memory is an album steeped in life (and lives) lived, in recollections of the past, in the absence of what once was, in the lacuna brought on by the memories of what had been. Jorgensen knew he wanted to write an album about memories, and while demoing tracks, something happened that felt connected.

Shadow Work by Canadian deathcore legends Despised Icon is a scorched-earth assault of guttural roars, bone-crushing riffs, and machine-gun drumming. Featuring guests from Kublai Khan, Carnifex, Tom Barber of Chelsea Grin, and Misstiq, it’s pure chaos and adrenaline from start to finish, the perfect soundtrack to the zombie apocalypse.

“ALL THAT FOLLOWS marks the end of The Death We Seek and the start of a new chapter. These songs reflect our independence, experimentation and collaboration like never before. We explore disillusionment, inequality, betrayal and life’s ambiguity, pouring every experience into our music. It is rarely a happy story but always a cathartic one,” says Wille.

Speaking about the EP, Taylor said: “Taylor Momsen’s Pretty Reckless Christmas started as just one song, but the moment we got into the studio, it took on a life of its own. There was so much emotion, nostalgia and chaos wrapped up in it that it didn’t feel right to leave it standing alone. To really honor it, I needed to build a whole world around it.”

Brisbane nu-metal provocateurs Headwreck have dropped their electrifying new EP 'Attitude Adjustment', and share the video for new single "Razor". Headwreck are poised to make a loud, unapologetic statement in the alternative metal scene.

From releasing three brand-new tracks to touring across their own country with the title in blind sight, Japanese band coldrain have kept anticipation high. Now, the quintet has finally unveiled their new EP “OPTIMIZE ”

The Light We Chase exposes darkness and finds clarity in pain. Bloom wrestles with loss, self-worth, and time itself, creating an album that burns with honesty and reflection.

This album is hauntingly beautiful but it still rocks hard with synths, guitar riffs and brutal breakdowns. Even in its hope that experimenting with raising “the dead with miracles” might be a thing, the album is about how the unstoppable road in life unfolds into the horror of time passing and leads inexorably to the grave.

‘Simulacra’ lands as Bad Juju’s darkest, most polished release yet — all bite and distortion with a pulse you can feel in your teeth. It’s big, cinematic, and uncomfortably human. It’s the sound of someone clawing through the static to find something real. The EP’s a mirror cracked wide open, and we’re all staring into the reflection.

The wait is over: superhero metal warriors GRAILKNIGHTS have officially unleashed their brand-new studio album Forever. Packed with anthemic choruses, powerful riffs, and the band’s trademark mix of heroism and humour, Forever marks the Knights’ most dynamic and unifying chapter yet.

Digging into themes of isolation, guilt, anger and that space between feeling everything and feeling nothing, Pincer+'s upcoming album is about what's left when the noise stops and you're stuck with yourself. "It's about losing control, pulling yourself apart, and trying to figure out who you are," says the band.

With Poster Child, Taylor Acorn continues to shape her own lane in pop-punk. Across twelve tracks, she moves through love, self-doubt, and reflection. From the raw emotion of ‘Hangman’ to the nostalgia of ‘Home Videos’, each song shows her growth as a singer and songwriter.

All Time Low have delivered in ‘Everyone’s Talking!’ an album of songs fixed in lived experience that sound like the journey has been painful. The melancholy running through the songs is brilliantly written and expressed through metaphor, imagery and wonderful contrasts.

From the chanting monks of ‘Templars’ to Gustav Vasa’s stand in ‘Till Seger’, Legends pushes history through thunderous riffs and brooding synths. Sabaton move across centuries with tales of Caesar, Joan of Arc and Vlad the Impaler. This is history told as only Sabaton can, fierce, melodic and larger than life.

Para Bellum brings together Testament’s classic heavy sound with moments of experimentation, blending thrash, groove, and melody that revisit different parts of their history while keeping things fresh. It’s a varied and adventurous mix that shows the band still has plenty of fire left, delivering a solid and well-crafted album that plays to their strengths.

Perturbator’s ‘Age Of Aquarius’ is a darkly cinematic fusion of synthwave, rock, and electronica. With collaborations from Ulver, Author & Punisher, and Alcest, the album explores humanity’s self-destructive path through war, fascism, and despair, balancing haunting instrumentals with moments of fragile beauty. A dystopian soundtrack for our times.

“The album isn't about heartbreak over an individual — some of it is — but it's from the state of the world. That's what it is. It's about heartbreak over the loss of childhood and the imagined future that you might have had when you were young, because that doesn't exist. It's actively been taken away from all of us and everything is being stripped before our very eyes, constantly, every single day," says Levinson.