KARNIVOOL ANNOUNCE BIGGEST HEADLINE SHOWS
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.
Kicking off with a hometown show at the Ice Cream Factory in Perth on July 18, Karnivool will deliver a career spanning set across five capital cities, winding up at Riverstage in Brisbane on July 25.
Landing 13 years after its predecessor, In Verses is a heavy prog masterpiece that stunned critics and fans who were both quick to forgive the band for the agonisingly long wait. A meticulously crafted, richly layered yet welcoming journey, the album is a rare chart-topper that wasn’t built for algorithms or respectable release cycles, yet it soared straight to #1 on the ARIA Chart, becoming the first local album to do so in 2026.
Photo Credit: Kane Hibberd
Behind the album’s success is a deeper story about resilience and perseverance. When the bagpipes swell on the album closer Salva, it's a real triumphant celebration (and quite the tear jerker online) for the band and fans who have waited 13 years for this moment. Karnivool’s next challenge: learning how to deliver live the songs they’ve spent the better part of a decade wrangling into existence.
Joining Karnivool are fellow masters of their craft TesseracT. The UK metal titans are widely regarded as pioneers, expanding metal’s vocabulary beyond all measure with off-kilter riffs, soaring melodies, bending grooves and disorientating atmospherics. Over the course of their career, the band have built a formidable reputation for powerful, mind-altering live shows and Australian legions came out in force to experience their landmark record, War of Being, in 2024.
Rounding out this outstanding line-up is New York innovators Car Bomb, bringing their elite chops and maniacal arrangements to Australia for the very first time! 25 years in with a discography almost as lean as Karnivool’s, Car Bomb mines the depths of extreme metal to create a signature sound that is as confounding as it is cathartic with evolving polyrhythms, shifting tempos and deconstructive guitars designed to pulverise all senses live.
It’s been over a decade since Karnivool have toured a new album and they’ve assembled an elite suite of boundary shattering virtuosos to mark the occasion. Don’t miss this very rare and extraordinary event.
Presale begins Tuesday 14 April 9am local time
Tickets on sale: Thursday 16 April 9am local time
More info from destroyalllines.com
With Special Guests TesseracT (UK) and Car Bomb (USA)
Presale begins Tuesday 14 April at 9am local time. Sign up for access here
Tickets are on sale Wednesday 15 April at 9am local time via destroyalllines.com
Saturday July 18
Ice Cream Factory, Perth
Tuesday July 21
AEC Theatre, Adelaide
Thursday July 23
Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Friday July 24
Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne
Saturday July 25
Riverstage, Brisbane
