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..

When British extreme metal legends CRADLE OF FILTH and American metal titans DEVILDRIVER joined forces for a North American tour in 2023, the results were predictably amazing, with undeniable synergy between two of heavy music’s most ferocious live acts. This July, Australia will finally experience the much lauded team-up, with full headline sets packed with classics.

With a reputation for high-energy live performances and a message that cuts straight through the noise, the band has forged an undeniable connection with audiences worldwide — from packed headline shows to some of the world’s biggest festivals including Rock Am Ring, Hellfest, Graspop, Aftershock and Warped Tour.

Bryan Martin returns to Australia for his first-ever headline tour and he’s coming in hot. After turning heads at CMC Rocks in 2024 and joining Chris Young for a run of powerhouse shows, Martin is stepping into the spotlight on his own terms. This April, he’ll bring his unmistakable, grit‑soaked anthems to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and will also appear at Meatstock (Toowoomba and Gippsland).

Frontier Touring is thrilled to announce that one of the biggest and most beloved rock bands of all time – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Foo Fighters – will make their hugely anticipated return to Australia and New Zealand next summer.

Industrial juggernauts HEALTH are returning to Australia this September for a national headline run, bringing their apocalyptic dancefloor energy to Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide and Fremantle. Joined by darksynth architect Perturbator and industrial firestarter King Yosef.

GAEREA is one of the rare bands where the boundaries between life and art not merely intertwine but forge a totality that you not only hear on record but one that also plays out in the band’s explosive live performance.

In the eve of their Chant of the Eastern Lands Australian Tour, the Governor of Istanbul has cancelled Behemoth's concert there in an effort to save Turkish youth from "exposure to Satanic Filth". Gül addressed the cancelations on social media today, stating: "No activity that corrupts society in Istanbul has ever been permitted up to this day, and it will not be permitted in the future either."

Australia, brace yourself. This September, Welsh ragga metal powerhouse Skindred return for their biggest headline tour yet, tearing through Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Armed with chaos, unity and unstoppable hooks, plus new album You Got This landing in April.

After triumphantly casting off the shackles of claustrophobic dissonance on 2020’s lauded ‘Stare Into Death and Be Still’, New Zealand unorthodox death metal legends ULCERATE up the ante with mind-bending seventh album ‘Cutting the Throat of God’. An acknowledgement that the band’s most powerful material leans melodic, this refined and hook-laden record is a self-sufficient universe of inventively visceral death and black metal.

UK heavy shapeshifters LOATHE bring their first Australian headline tour this May, joined by STATIC DRESS on their debut local run. Blending shoegaze, black metal and industrial textures, LOATHE’s immersive live show hits Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle and Brisbane.

Sydney heavy music pioneers and 3x ARIA winners, Northlane, will head out on an extensive Australian tour this March and April, undertaking a rare run of regional and suburban plays in intimate local venues they are unlikely to ever play again. They'll be joined by special guests in Inertia, Reliqa and Heartline on select dates. 

So Cal punk royalty, Descendents return to Australia and New Zealand this June for the Run Down Under tour, celebrating 30 years of Everything Sucks. Originally released in 1996, Everything Sucks, remains a pivotal release in not only the band’s catalogue but in the genre they helped define.

One of the most influential acts in modern metal and hardcore, in 2026 Florida heavyweights POISON THE WELL will at long last again be at arm's length for Aussie fans, heading down under for their Australian headline tour in June, joined by special guests HAYWIRE (USA).

Australian heavy music and dark arts staple Dead of Winter has unveiled its full 2026 lineup, marking a huge return after six years away. Hosting 34 Australian and New Zealand acts across multiple stages, the festival lands back at Brisbane’s Mansfield Tavern on Saturday June 27, featuring DZ Deathrays, Mammal, Jay and Lindsay of Frenzal Rhomb, Toe to Toe, Lo!, Neptune Power Federation and more.

One can’t overstate the size of the FEAR FACTORY boot print on the neck of heavy metal. Unleashing influential albums with devastating anthems for 35 years now, they are widely recognized as both crucial and innovative in extreme metal circles. FEAR FACTORY manufactured, demanufactured, and remanufactured a sound that reverberates across several subgenres.

Paradise Lost are touring Australia this October, bringing decades of gothic metal mastery with them. Expect a career spanning set that moves from early doom soaked classics through to their towering later era material, delivered with the atmosphere, weight and authority that only Paradise Lost can summon.

Choose Your Cruise today reveals the full lineup for the much-anticipated January 2027 cruise. Global metal heavyweights Parkway Drive will return to headline Hellbound II, alongside metal icons The Amity Affliction, Tassie trailblazers Alpha Wolf, metalcore mainstays I Killed the Prom Queen and deathcore headliners Thy Art Is Murder. This unbelievable combination of heavy hitters will cruise the Carnival Splendour across four nights January 17-21, 2027.