Announced today, Chicago punk quartet Rise Against will tour to Australia and New Zealand, joined by Boston’s rock ‘n’ roll underdogs turned champions, Dropkick Murphys.

Necrosonic Festival 2026 is now complete, with two devastating additions joining this year’s gathering and pushing the lineup deeper into sonic extremity. From machine-driven violence to razor-sharp melodic aggression, these final acts cement a festival built for total annihilation.

Self-described as a “bald and bearded, metal-headed, hill hiking, dopamine dealing, loud sounding man”, Seattle-based comedian LUKE SEVEREID has made a name for himself around the globe, fusing comedy with a love for heavy metal music and unique insights on life and the world swirling around him.

In 2026, the Oddworld returns to home soil, with OCEAN GROVE today announcing their Oddworld Underground Australian Tour this August, joined by special guests CANE HILL (USA), who will return to Australia for the first time in a decade this year, as well as DEFICIT and BLINDER.

Dead of Winter Festival 2026 is proud to announce the addition of SYDONIA to this year’s Resurrection lineup - marking the band’s first Brisbane performance in over 10 years.

UK dark rock icons The Sisters of Mercy will return to Australia at the end of 2026, bringing their acclaimed live show back across the country, including a stop in Hobart!

Fresh off the back of the release of their powerful and defiant new single and video, ‘Break The Cycle’ and news of their signing to BMG Australia & New Zealand Rise Records US, regional Victorian metalcore four-piece Ocean Sleeper are unstoppable – today revealing details for their biggest Australian national tour to date, setting stages alight this September.

The distinctive look, sound and feel of Linkin Park isn’t easy to replicate. Hybrid Theory are the only Linkin Park Tribute that do the band they respect and admire complete justice and its obvious to everyone who has seen them in concert that that they truly love what they do.

Welsh rock trio Holding Absence have announced Brisbane emo trailblazers, Stepson, as national opening supports for their first ever Australian headline tour this August, alongside California metalcore outfit Kingdom of Giants.

TSIM have agreed to headline their FIRST NATIONAL TOUR IN OVER 30 YEARS. Because TSIM wants all your money, they will entice you to come to EVERY show on the tour by playing a RADICALLY DIFFERENT selection of fan favourites each night. Plus all the other weird shit that goes on at a TSIM show.

Legends of modern heavy music, Killswitch Engage return to Australia and New Zealand in 2026, bringing more than two decades of genre-defining metal to the stage with their biggest Antipodean headline shows yet, joined by special guests, British heavyweights, Sylosis.

2027 will bring pure ecstasy for Australian BEARTOOTH fans, with the prolific rockers today announcing their biggest Australian headline tour ever next January, joined by special guests FIT FOR A KING and VOLUMES.

Alabama hardcore wrecking crew NO CURE have announced their long-awaited debut full-length album, It Is Going To Get Dark, due out July 10 via SharpTone Records. Alongside the announcement, the band has unleashed the album’s first single, Convulsing In The Dark, a punishing introduction to the band’s most expansive and emotionally charged material to date.

Norwegian extreme metal titans DIMMU BORGIR today unleash Grand Serpent Rising, their long-awaited new studio album and first full-length release in eight years since Eonian.

Australian metalcore merchants Engraved have released their new album, Hymns For The Hollow along with new single, Pressure, today via XMusic!

Turning the page on what promises to be a bold creative chapter, Hunnu Rock pioneers THE HU proudly announce their forthcoming third full-length album, HUN, out July 24 via BETTER NOISE MUSIC. Alongside the album news, the band has unleashed a hypnotic new single entitled "Lost Soul" (Feat. Jonny Hawkins of NOTHING MORE). It marks the first collaboration between the Gold-certified global phenomenon and Hawkins.

Hands Like Houses showcase their evolving live sound on ‘Lótus’, a melodic and emotionally driven heavy rock EP packed with soaring hooks and explosive moments.

New York heavy metal titans Anthrax will unleash their long awaited 12th studio album Cursum Perficio on September 18th via Nuclear Blast Records and Megaforce Records. It marks the band’s first album in ten years since For All Kings in 2016. Cursum Perficio, Latin for “My journey is over,” showcases a complete and powerful body of work.

NYHC kings Madball remain one of the few legacy acts capable of seamlessly bridging the gap between the old-school era and the modern heavy music landscape. To say hardcore is in the band’s DNA is an understatement—it is their lifeblood.

Adelaide alternative metal quintet alt. today share their dark new concept EP, Nevermore, out today via Resist Records (AU) and SharpTone Records (ROW). The band will celebrate the release with a hometown launch show at Lion Arts Factory on Saturday 20th June.

The funeral bell is tolling, the ravens have left the tower - the long-awaited fourth album from the UK’s lords of the riff is finally upon us. Necropolitan will be released on Friday September 11th 2026 by Nuclear Blast Records. A monumental portrait of the power of nature over the dreams and dominion of humankind, Necropolitan is also a grand celebration of the occult lore.

Craft Recordings celebrates the 25th anniversary of Drowning Pool’s Platinum-selling debut, Sinner, with a limited-edition vinyl reissue and expanded digital release. The 2001 album—the band’s only record to feature their original frontman, Dave Williams—includes such favourites as ‘Tear Away,’ ‘Sinner,’ and their signature hit, “Bodies.”