Ryan Siew

Adelaide progressive metal band Control The Sun have returned with their second single, ‘Pyre', building on the momentum created by their debut release and first live appearance earlier this year.

Sunk Loto have launched the next phase of their comeback with the release of Dead Shadows, the first new music from the Gold Coast alternative metal pioneers since 2024's God Complex, alongside the band's first official music video featuring the group since 2003.

Polaris are stepping into new territory with the launch of Life’s A Beach, their first-ever curated summer event, set to take over the Riviera Beach Club in St Kilda next month. Designed as a one-day celebration of heavy music by the band themselves, the event brings together a carefully selected lineup of Australian and international artists and marks another major milestone in a period of extraordinary momentum for the Sydney metalcore outfit.

Melbourne metalcore innovators The Gloom In The Corner will open a new chapter of their ever-expanding cinematic universe in 2026, with the release of their third studio album Royal Discordance. The album will arrive on 27 February, through SharpTone Records, and will further cement the band's reputation for storytelling, sonic ambition and conceptual depth.

Melbourne's theatrical metalcore collective The Gloom In The Corner have unleashed their new single Assassination Run, a vicious and cinematic assault that marks the long-awaited return of their notorious demonic figure, Sherlock A. Bones. With a video directed by Sam Kriesel, Assassination Run drags listeners deep back into the band's twisted narrative universe with ferocity, chaos and theatrical precision.