ENSIFERUM, one of the world's leading Folk Metal Bands, return to Australia for their "Winter Storm Over Australia" tour late May 2026. With their 9th studio album under their belt Winter Storm, and celebrating their 30th anniversary, these shows will be huge. Get your drinking horns and Viking helmets ready.

Superheaven will bring their post-hardcore grit, full-bodied and fuzzed-out distortion and hazy alternative melodies to Australia this April/May. With special guests, Angel Du$t, the tour pairs two of the most potent forces in the grunge revival and melodic hardcore together for one seismic tour.

Australia’s greatest ever thrash band, Mortal Sin, celebrate 40 years of mayhem in 2026!
Mortal Sin’s place in thrash metal history is undisputed and 2026 will see them celebrate their career like never before.

Australia and New Zealand, big things are coming! In 2026, two heavyweights will head down under for a colossal arena run, with Florida hybrid heavies A DAY TO REMEMBER and California mainstays PAPA ROACH joining forces for the BIG ROCK TOUR next April, joined by special guests LANDMVRKS.

One of Brisbane’s most beloved metal festivals returns May 2nd 2026 at The Mansfield Tavern… Thats right, SHREDFEST is back!After a 3 year hiatus SHREDFEST will return  in May for a 10 year Anniversary show with the biggest lineup in the history of Metal of Honor & Shredfest!

Destroy All Lines and Park Waves Festival are devastated to confirm that the 11-date Australian tour of Park Waves Festival will not go ahead. The cancellation is due to a combination of challenges, and ultimately, the numbers no longer stack up. With a heavy heart, we’ve had to make a difficult decision. We've tried everything. We’re gutted. The news is disappointing to everyone involved - especially the fans and the bands.

The Good Things Festival is just days away as we come together for an experience that connects us. Due to family emergencies, The All-American Rejects and Knocked Loose will no longer perform. Stand Atlantic and Alpha Wolf will join the line up and fill the existing schedule slots. We appreciate your understanding and support this weekend.

ANTHRAX will head back to Australia for four shows in March 2026. The band will hit Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, bringing a full set of classics, fan favourites and staples from across their catalogue. This marks their first Australian tour since 2019.

In 2026, Michigan crushers KING 810 will head down under for their first ever Australian headline tour, set to roar onto shores next March joined by guests THE GLOOM IN THE CORNER and DREGG.

One of the world's most brutal Death Metal bands, the mighty CRYPTOPSY, are just weeks away from headlining 4 shows throughout Australia to close out the year as part of their ALL SO VILE tour! These local acts have stepped up to make the shows one hell of a night of BRUTAL DEATH METAL.  

All hail the new poster child for pop punk, with Nashville-based powerhouse TAYLOR ACORN primed to make her Australian return in 2026. Fresh off the recent release of her acclaimed album Poster Child that dropped earlier this month, TAYLOR ACORN will bring her electrifying live performance down under next March.

Shat out of hell? Indeed. The epically unpronounceable, utterly indecipherable and altogether uncompromising gore merchants, Sanguisugabogg, are returning to Australia in June 2026 with special guests PeelingFlesh.

Swedish masters of dark melody KATATONIA return to Australia and New Zealand in 2026, bringing songs from their haunting new album Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State to life on stage, plus major milestones from the band’s extensive catalogue of astounding albums.

Award-winning Sacramento heavyweights Deftones are returning down under for their first headline arena run in nearly a decade, bringing Interpol and Ecca Vandal along for the ride.

Orange County post-hardcore trailblazers Saosin will return to Australia in April 2026 for a national headline tour, celebrating 20 years of their iconic self-titled album - playing the album in full as well as the hits. Joining them across all dates is special guests and post-hardcore legends Senses Fail.

Renowned US experimental metal trio SUMAC will make their long-awaited Australian debut in February 2026, bringing their boundary-pushing live show to Auckland, Wellington, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide.

Australia, get set to be bowled over in 2026, with beloved UK folk punk act FRANK TURNER & THE SLEEPING SOULS joining forces with Texan pop punk mainstays BOWLING FOR SOUP for a monumental co-headline Australian tour next May.

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.