First Blush

Lorna Shore will return to Australia in October 2026 for their biggest headline run in the region to date, with the New Jersey deathcore band also confirming its first ever New Zealand performances.

Ocean Grove will bring their Oddworld Underground Australian Tour to stages around the country this August, with Melbourne's heavy music collective returning home for a six date headline run alongside Cane Hill, Deficit and Blinder.

TSIM, the rebranded touring incarnation of Australian provocateurs TISM, will undertake their first national tour in more than three decades following recent headline performances at the Sydney Opera House and Melbourne's PICA.

Beartooth will return to Australia in January 2027 for their biggest local headline run to date, alongside the announcement of sixth studio album Pure Ecstasy, due in August via Fearless Records.

Lamb of God and Trivium will return to Australia this October for a national co-headline arena tour, joined by Scottish metal outfit Bleed From Within. The run marks Lamb Of God's first full Australian tour in almost a decade.

Florida metalcore band Wage War return to Australia in 2026 for a national headline run, bringing Orthodox and Heavensgate along for a five-date tour.

Ian Moss and Troy Cassar-Daley will reunite for the Together Alone Tour 2026, taking their acoustic collaboration across Australia for a 16-date run