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PAUL DIANNO

Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 - The Gov.

Legendary ex-vocalist of Iron Maiden, Paul Di’Anno is coming to Australian shores to play the classic hits of the first two Iron Maiden records that we all want to hear, a must see for any true metal head!

Supporting Paul Di’anno are the Brazilian legends Noturnall who have never been to Australian shores.

OBITUARY / BLACK LAVA

Thursday, January 18th, 2024 - Lion Arts Factory

OBITUARY remains to this very day as one of the most influential and groundbreaking bands in the death metal genre, one which they helped to create. Combining hyper-speed guitar riffing, complex arrangements and guttural screams, the band created a bleak and violent soundscape all of their own. After more than 35 years in the pit, OBITUARY continue to peak and dominate the genre worldwide. That’s a given and proven fact!

With the memory of 2020’s sold out ‘Cause Of Death’ of Australian and New Zealand tour etched into the minds of every person there, OBITUARY are busting to kickstart 2024 right in the guts by herding their way south to rearrange venues, rumble stages and remind us all of the classic era of death metal by churning out a massive career spanning set including a choice slab of meaty cuts from the classic albums of their early years!!

GREG PUCIATO

Friday, January 19th, 2024 - Lion Arts Factory

Greg Puciato has never been able to sit still.

After rising to global prominence as vocalist of the revered and pioneering extreme music act The Dillinger Escape Plan, Greg Puciato began to spread his wings towards the end of their illustrious and controversial tenure, becoming a key member of other such acts as the heavy metal supergroup Killer Be Killed and synth-pop sensation The Black Queen. He’s even recently become a member of Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chain’s solo band, and now fronts the post-Every Time I Die supergroup Better Lovers.
 

However his sights have always been set on a longer goal – a solo project with no boundaries or limitations. 
 

Employing longtime TDEP producer Steve Evetts, and drummers Chris Pennie (Dillinger Escape Plan), Ben Koller (Converge), Chris Hornbook (Poison The Well), Puciato wrote and performed everything else you hear on 2020 debut album ‘Child Soldier: Creator of God’. He even established an independent record label to self-release it – Federal Prisoner. Late 2020 saw an immediate follow up with the experimental live album/studio EP/visual hybrid ‘Fuck Content’. Album number two arrived in 2022 in the form of ‘Mirrorcell’, a powerhouse of a record that saw the career mixtape approach of Child Soldier coalesce into a more cohesive form of razor sharp alternative metal, while still embodying the diversity and eclectic experimentation the man is known for.
 

With a full live band presentation of the project ticking the USA and Europe ticked off in 2023, January 2024 will see Puciato bring his baby to the land he has long considered a second spiritual home – Australia.
 

Following up on his exclusive 2022 performance at Dark Mofo, Portland’s premiere trap metal producer King Yosef will join the tour for their first shows on the mainland, alongside one man industrial noise act Trace Amount.

Producer King Yosef, or Tayves Yosef Pellitier found his feet amongst both the hip-hop and hardcore scenes with a bombastic and incredibly heavy approach to a unique style of industrial trap metal. Following several albums, EPs, and a collaborative record with industrial leaders Youth Code, Yosef teamed up with Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou on production duties to explore a darker and more expansive sound on acclaimed new album ‘An Underlying Hum’, bringing in elements of country and folk for an album that truly is a journey. Permanently expanded into a live trio with drums and guitars/synth, his live show brings in elements from all across the spectrum for an experience that is undeniably unique and captivating. 
 

A former member of the hardcore band Old Wounds, Brandon Gallagher is Trace Amount. Confrontational, harsh industrial noise is the modus operandi here. The debut album ‘Anti Body Language’ was released in 2022 on Puciato’s Federal Prisoner label, inspired by the increasingly grim reality of life in New York City. Having been on the grind ever since with substantial touring across the USA and Europe, this expedition will mark his first visit to Australia.

NU METAL FEST

Saturday, January 20th, 2024 - Adelaide UniBar

NU METAL FEST
SATURDAY January 20th 2024
An All Ages Event.
Get out your baggy pants, wallet chains and dreads and get ready for the moshpit as we destroy 3 big sets from tribute bands of 3 huge bands of the 90s and early 00’s at Adelaide UniBar.
Linkin Park Tribute METEORA will be performing a set dedicated to the life of Chester Bennington and the band Linkin Park.
METEORA’s DJ Hob G will also be busting out the best of Nu Metal in between sets to keep the party going.
With guests Fallen – An Evanescence Tribute, and SYSTEM OF A DON’T performing a set from S.O.A.D’s epic Discography.
Belting out all the fan faves with 3 huge sets, it’s going to be a sick night out to mosh, dance and sing (and crowd surf).
Tickets will be available through Moshtix and at the door.
Get your early bird tickets asap before they are gone!
Doors open at 7pm Bands start at 7:30pm.
Let’s party like it’s 1999, See you in the circle pit!
Doors 7:00 pm
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Fallen – Evanescence Tribute
9:00 pm – 10:00 pm – System of a Don’t – S.O.A.D Tribute
10:30 pm – 11:50 pm – Meteora – Linkin Park Tribute
People under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to be allowed entry.

SOUTH COAST RAW

Saturday January 20th, 2024 - Port Noarlunga Sports Complex

𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗩𝗬 𝗦.𝗔. 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰
Tickets on sale now @ https://bit.ly/HEAVYSA2024
Saturday January 27th 2024
Lion Arts Factory and the Outside Courtyard
The first time ever for HEAVY music!
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗩𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘!
Featruring:
HIDDEN INTENT
FREEDOM OF FEAR
OMNIUM
KITCHEN WITCH
CHRIST DISMEMBERED
LUMEN AD MORTEN
I CHOOSE VIOLENCE
CUSTODIAN
DEVOIDANCE
ROCKYS PRIDE & JOY
APOCALYPTIC ANNIHILATION
WITCHSPIT
PUTRSCENT SEEPAGE
STORM THE CROWN
ECDYSIS
BROKEN LOOSE
CHAPEL HILL
More bands tba
And to make the event truly unique, Heavy SA will now feature a never-before-seen layout of the Lion Arts Factory for heavy music! With both an indoor and outdoor stages and an increased capacity to show everyone why S.A. HEAVY MUSIC RULES!
Presented by New Dead Promotions & Ironjaw Bookings
Do your part – spread the word, share the event, support South Australian HEAVY music and let’s make it another huge HEAVY S.A. metal party!!!

HEAVY SA

Saturday, January 27th, 2024 - Lion Arts Factory

𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗩𝗬 𝗦.𝗔. 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰
Tickets on sale now @ https://bit.ly/HEAVYSA2024
Saturday January 27th 2024
2 Stages – No Clashes – Licensed All Ages
Under 18’s have to leave the venue before 12am


𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗩𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘!

Featuring (in Alphabetical order):
APOCALYPTIC ANNIHILATION
BROKEN LOOSE
CHAPEL HILL
CHRIST DISMEMBERED
CUSTODIAN
DEVOIDANCE
ECDYSIS
EKOSA
EXHUMINATOR
FREEDOM OF FEAR
HIDDEN INTENT
HOLUR
I CHOOSE VIOLENCE
KITCHEN WITCH
LUMEN AD MORTEM
MALHEIßT
OMNIUM
OUTSIDER
PUTRESCENT SEEPAGE
RACCOON CITY
ROCKYS PRIDE & JOY
STORM THE CROWN
TZUN TZU
WITCH SPIT

Presented by New Dead Promotions & Ironjaw Bookings
Do your part – spread the word, share the event, support South Australian HEAVY music and let’s make it another huge HEAVY S.A. metal party!!!

𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲… from the organisers
‘Due to events & logistics beyond our control the planned ‘Outdoor stage’ at HEAVY SA 2024 will no longer be going ahead. Wah!
However this doesn’t affect any of the line up with the 2 Inside stages and event running as planned with no clashes etc. Huzzah!
𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦! we have added an extra 100 tickets to our capacity, and we will be increasing the size of the outdoor beer garden area making it the largest HEAVY SA Fest to date.
Double Huzzah!’

WEDNESDAY 13 performs MURDERDOLLS

Tuesday, February 6th, 2024 - Lion Arts

WEDNESDAY 13 ANNOUNCES AUSTRALIAN TOUR CELEBRATING 21 YEARS OF MURDERDOLLS

WEDNESDAY 13 and his current band – which features former MURDERDOLLS alumni Roman Surman and Jack Tankersley – will be performing a full set of MURDERDOLLS songs, taken from the band’s celebrated 2002 debut album, ‘Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls’ and their triumphant 2010 return, ‘Women And Children Last’, which won them the Revolver Golden Gods Comeback Of The Year’ Award.

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Amid a 2002 musical landscape full of baggy pants, backwards caps and tracksuit pants rose a metallic glam punk band that defied the prevailing trends and brought back hard and fast rock ’n roll. Murderdolls dug up the corpse of rock, defiled it and injected pure unadulterated undead life back into it. And it was glorious!

Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls’ and its successor, ‘Women and Children Last‘ were like nothing else. Fast and dirty, raw and macabre. Drawing lyrical inspiration from classic horror, each tracks is full of tongue-in-cheek horror done to perfection. Led by horror-punk icon, Wednesday 13 and the late great Joey Jordison, Murderdolls slithered their way to the top of the horrendous heights of rock amassing a colossal cult-following along the way.

The sinister, sneering vocals, huge hooks, gang vocal choruses, pounding rhythms and some of the best riffs ever penned, the Murderdolls wrote songs for arenas and played them in theatres, making their adrenaline-fuelled odes to darkness that much more thrilling.

For the first time in well over a decade, Murderdolls’ frontman and songwriter, Wednesday 13, will resurrect his songs from the twisted depths of their dual album discography and unleash an unforgettable set when they descend on Australia, breathing fire into the raucous anthems that have defined an entire subculture.

“After 21 years since its release, and the recent sad and premature passing of Joey, it only feels right to go out and celebrate these songs. We made two amazing albums that I was very proud of, and unfortunately much of the world didn’t get a chance to hear the songs live. In 2018, we all got together at Joey’s house and discussed plans and possibilities for the future, but we both had other immediate plans, We will be performing tracks from both MURDERDOLLS albums on this upcoming tour and celebrating the legacy of the band.” – Wednesday 13

BLIND GUARDIAN

Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 - Lion Arts

Blind Guardian

Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney – WE! CAN’T! WAIT! 🤩

In February 2024, we will embark on the great journey to your breathtaking continent and are already looking forward to it! 🇦🇺

🇦🇺 05/02/24 – Brisbane
🇦🇺 07/02/24 – Adelaide
🇦🇺 09/02/24 – Melbourne
🇦🇺 10/02/24 – Sydney

Grab your tickets here! ➡️ overdrivetouring.com/blind-guardian

🚀 Early Bird Presale & VIP on sale 10AM Thursday 3rd August AEST
➡️ General Presale on sale 10AM Monday 7th August AEST

KATATONIA

Monday, February 12th, 2024 - The Gov.

Swedish ethereal post-metal heavyweights KATATONIA return to Australia for their first headline tour in nearly a decade, solemnly set the stage for a nocturne both crushing and exhilarating.
Led by founding members Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström have always been and will forevermore be one thing—a vessel of deep emotion; shrouded in Scandinavian despair and a universal longing for salvation.
Over the course of an unbelievable thirty years and eleven studio albums, Katatonia have never shied away from evolution. They have embraced the concept of growing through rejuvenation to soothe their blackened hearts and scarred souls. At the very core of this entity, there still lingers the essence of their remarkable passage through time and space. Their music is pure and heartfelt from the northern wilderness; cast in mournful dirges for a world that needs renaissance.
The Stockholm-based architects of existential dread have long since ceased to represent a band that merely makes music and have instead cultivated a living, breathing pilgrimage that mirrors humanity’s longings and shortcomings; its dreams and horrors. Clad in their dynamic trademark range of darkest metal, soaring post-rock and elaborate prog wanderlust, Katatonia deliver their very own raven-black gospel of urban dystopia, elemental longing and the universal wish for catharsis.
Musicality over scene, progression over deadlock, collective over ego—Katatonia is their whole lives and will always be.
“Absolutely mind-blowing performance” – Metal-rules.com
“The Fall of Hearts is full of both darkness and light, heaviness and softness, drama and understatement. It’s an album that is intricate with a lot of subtleties, but also a lot of accessibility.” – Loudwire
“Katatonia took to the stage… and just smashed it. From this exquisite warm up, one could tell that this was a night dedicated to the true art of making music…” – Heavy Mag

KREATOR / IN FLAMES

Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 - Hindley Street Music Hall

In what promises to be a momentous occasion for heavy metal fans down under, two legendary bands, KREATOR and IN FLAMES, are set to embark on a colossal “Klash of the Titans” co-headline tour across Australia in 2024. This monumental collaboration promises to deliver unforgettable performances, showcasing the very best of European metal to fans across the continent.
These two bands have left an indelible mark on the genre and have amassed a devoted global following over the years. Now for the first time ever, they are joining forces to bring their blistering live shows to Australian audiences.

Kreator, (part of the Teutonic Big 4) with their ferocious and thrash-infused sound, have been a driving force in the metal scene for four decades. They are renowned for their aggressive and uncompromising style that has earned them a place at the pinnacle of the global metal hierarchy. Their performance promises to be a relentless onslaught of riffs and intensity that will leave audiences in awe. It will be Kreator’s first appearance on Australian soil since 2017.

In Flames, on the other hand, have carved a unique path with their melodic death metal sound. Their ability to blend melody and aggression has made them trailblazers in the genre. With a history of groundbreaking albums and anthemic hits, In Flames is sure to deliver an emotionally charged and musically intricate performance that will resonate with fans.

Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness In Flames and Kreator in a monumental “Klash of the Titans” co-headline tour in 2024. Be ready to experience the power of metal in its most electrifying form.

KREATOR and IN FLAMES “Klash of the Titans” February 2024 Tour Dates Tuesday 13th February ADELAIDE, Hindley Street Music Hall

Wednesday 14th February MELBOURNE, The Forum
Thursday 15th February CANBERRA,
Saturday 17th February SYDNEY, Enmore Theatre
Sunday 18th February BRISBANE, The Tivoli

Sign Up to access presale tickets: https://daltours.cc/IFK
Early Bird Presale begins Wednesday 25th October – 9am Local Time
General Public Tickets On Sale Friday 27th October – 9am Local Time

CHURCHES OF STEEL VII

Saturday, February 17th, 2024 - Adelaide UniBar

Maniacs! Adelaide’s festival dedicated to old-school metal, melodic metal and rock n’ roll returns for its seventh instalment this coming Aussie summer, Saturday, February 17th 2024 in the sunny cloisters of Unibar Adelaide.
Join the hordes! Dust off your leather, battle jacket, and high tops, crack open a beer and bang your head to some killer bands from around Oz and overseas!
For their second time down under, Spain’s most highly successful thrash metal act ANGELUS APATRIDA will grace our shores once again, their first Australian show announcement headlining Churches of Steel VII – a huge honour for the fest! Signed to Century Media Records with no need to regain momentum, ANGELUS APATRIDA are more ready than most to let rip again in 2023. Their new record Aftermath marks a pinnacle in this band’s determined and always fruitful career. It’s a defiant, uplifting and resolutely metal-as-fuck response to an era defined by chaos and fear. It’s the sound of ANGELUS APATRIDA, doing what they do, but bigger, better, louder and with more passion than ever.
After a successful set at Adelaide’s premier alternative music festival, Froth and Fury hailing from Canberra, WITCHSKULL make a return to Adelaide to once again showcase their unique traditional doom sound with the aggression that you would expect a 3-piece Australian band to deliver. This energy, coupled with an authentic insight into the occult to create mesmerising lyrics, has won the band plenty of interest worldwide.
It wouldn’t be a party without Adelaide’s hard-working Pub Thrash act HIDDEN INTENT who’ve just returned from gracing the stage at the heavy metal holy land Wacken Open Air and UK’s Bloodstock! Along for the ride, launching their new album via Massacre Records “The Great Tribulation” Melbourne heavy metal legends ELM STREET making a return to the fest to knock Adelaide out with a metal fist!
If that doesn’t make you want to bang your head and raise your horns then we have Melbourne’s hard rock exports WICKED SMILE who were initially locked in to support Skid Row on their Australian run, the band have toured relentlessly overseas and have just dropped their new single “Night Time Riders”, Sydney thrash/death maniacs KILLRAZER who have shared with stage with some huge acts such as Destruction, Metal Church, Soilwork etc. Speaking of Soilwork who were also supported in Adelaide by SA heavyweights HEADBORE, a killer addition to the fest on the local front.
Making their overdue first appearance we have Melbourne’s FLITCRAFT, hard rock with quirk, traditional heavy metal with a twist. Coining themselves ‘riff n roll’, DIRTY PAGANS are a thumping cavalcade of sweeping riffs and soaring vocals all sealed together with an impervious rhythm section that undeniably sways a mass of attention their way with each and every show they play. Also for their first appearance Melbourne’s RIOT AFTER MIDNIGHT busting out big riffs, sing-along tunes, thundering bass and drums, and melodic solos that take you to a place that only the Riot lads can do!
All mashed together with some local legends opening up the festival, hailing from the dirty south hard rock legends TRENCH EFFECT, groove metallers STOVED, hard rockers LOADED BILLY and young guns, thrash/death newcomers DENAZEN.
CHURCHES OF STEEL VII LINEUP:
Saturday, February 17th 2024
All ages
12pm-midnight
Tickets at Moshtix, link on the event page here

ATREYU

Sunday, February 18th, 2024 - Lion Arts Factory.

ATREYU Announce ‘’We Want Your Skulls’’ February 2024 Australian Tour


With a legacy spanning two and a half decades, billions of streams, chart topping releases and one of the most heralded live shows on the touring circuit, ATREYU remains as one of the most respected names and potent forces in heavy music.
Where once the band were heralded as the early innovators of the nascent metalcore scene, their place in heavy music’s diverse and boundary-breaking scene has never felt more relevant drawing from inspirations of pop-punk, hardcore, thrash, ‘80s rock and more melding into a unique and varied sound in an increasingly genreless world.
The band now returns to Australia for the first time since early 2020 armed with a catalogue of anthems together with plenty of new music in 2021’s Baptise album as well as two EPs released so far in 2023 in The Hope Of A Spark and The Moment You Find Your Flame.
The new music marks the beginning of the next chapter in the band’s story, and the tantalisingly promise of what the future holds.
“These songs are the culmination of our entire artistic endeavours,” bassist/vocalist Porter McKnight attests. “It’s everything we’ve learned as humans, everything we’ve ingested as musicians, and everything we’ve experienced in this lifetime. It is ATREYU unleashed.”
If their pre pandemic sold out Australian shows were anything to go by, fans can expect an unforgettable high octane show and a masterclass in metal showmanship.
National support comes from Melbourne quartet Bad/Love who join the tour armed with their latest release Mono No Aware Part II.

ATREYU February 2024 Australian Tour Dates
Saturday 17th February PERTH Amplifier Bar
Sunday 18th February ADELAIDE, Lion Arts Factory
Wednesday 21st February MELBOURNE, Max Watts
Thursday 22nd February SYDNEY, Manning Bar
Friday 23rd February BRISBANE, The Brightside

MUDVAYNE / COAL CHAMBER

Monday, February 19th, 2024 - Hindley St. Music Hall.

More info coming

SLASH / THE STRUTS / ROSE TATTOO

Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 - Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre

SLASH FEAT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS:
THE RIVER IS RISING – REST OF THE WORLD TOUR ‘24
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS THE STRUTS & ROSE TATTOO
TOUR DATES:

THURSDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2024 – ADELAIDE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, ADELAIDE
SATURDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2024 – HORDERN PAVILION, SYDNEY
SUNDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2024 – RIVERSTAGE, BRISBANE
TUESDAY 27 FEBRUARY – JOHN CAIN ARENA, MELBOURNE

Skálmöld

Saturday, March 2nd, 2024 - Crown & Anchor

For the very first time in Australia, Overdrive Touring presents Icelandic Folk Metal crusaders, Skálmöld 🇮🇸

After a decade of battle, Skalmold recently took some time off to reflect on their victories, but have returned stronger than ever with their new album Ýdalir. And now they come to conquer Australian shores across four dates that will enter the annals of Metal mythology! Mystical and poetic, Skalmold promise to take you on a Norse journey like no other.

Tickets & VIP information 🇮🇸
Early Bird/VIP Presale: Thursday 26th October, 12PM AEDT
General Tickets Onsale: Friday 27th October, 12PM AEDT
https://overdrivetouring.com/skalmold

TOUR DATES
Thursday 29 February – Crowbar Sydney
Friday 1 March – Bad Luck Bar, , Brisbane
Saturday 2 March – Crown and Anchor, Adelaide
Sunday 3 March – Evelyn Hotel, Melbourne 

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METAL FORCES - THE RODS / ANVIL. More bands TBA

Wednesday, March 6th, 2024 - The Gov.

CLASH OF THE TITANS - THE MAIN EVENT

Friday, March 15th, 2024 - Lion Arts

Clash Of The Titans | Lion Arts Factory | Friday 15 March, 2024
Tix on sale 29 Nov – thru FringeTix or Moshtix
Get ready for the LOUDEST and most METAL show of the 2024 Adelaide Fringe.
Clash of the Titians – The Main Event brings together the music from three of the biggest bands on the planet – Pantera, System of a Down and Alice In Chains, all on the one bill.
Performed by the By Demons Be Driven, Hypnotized, and Alice UnChained, the Lion Arts Factory will be shaken to its foundation on Friday 15th March.
Don’t miss this once off special event – get yourself to THE MAIN EVENT of this years Fringe.
Proudly presented by Nice Cup of Tea Management and the Adelaide Fringe.

 

CARCASS / THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER

Tuesday, April 9th, 2024 - The Gov.

Ferocious and uncompromising in their execution, CARCASS’s ability to intricately dissect the innards of death metal, and display them for us to sonically understand has been their point of excellence for well over three decades. Whether it was inventing gore-grind or creating the template for melodic death metal, CARCASS has always made records by which bars were set and rules were broken.

Since 2001, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER have created a musical brute that embraces all the finest qualities of melodic death metal yet does not shackle them, giving them room to constantly evolve and grow. Consistently punishing with a searing visceral intensity, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER continue to inflict a cavalcade of riffs to the table, upping the stakes in technicality, melody, and sheer blunt force trauma.

FILTER

Tuesday, April 9th, 2024 - The Gov.

 Platinum-selling alternative-industrial rockers FILTER announces their first headline shows in Australia and New Zealand since 2000 as part of The Algorithm World Tour.

ORANGE GOBLIN

Tuesday, April 9th, 2024 - Lion Arts Factory

Cut from the same beer-stained cloth as the greats, UK stoner rock metal act ORANGE GOBLIN are still riding high and leading the pack in ‘balls to the wall’ heavy metal thunder. Emerging amid the exhilarating melee of the mid-‘90s stoner rock and doom explosion, ORANGE GOBLIN immediately endeared themselves to a generation of metal fans by simply going for it at full, beer-swilling pelt and some twenty five plus years later, nothing has changed! Moving towards 2024 it’s all hell for leather with the release of their tenth studio album, the first one since 2018’s ‘The Wolf Bites Back’ and the first for new label Peaceville Records.

Being 11 years since their last trek to Australia, ORANGE GOBLIN are way well overdue for a bone jarring jaunt and have promised to pull out all the stompers for an intense and intoxicating atmosphere that will truly show the power and might these British heavyweights are armed with.

Earning a unique place in Australia’s heavy scene is Simpsons themed doom-rock band DR COLOSSUS. Brandishing low tuned guitar riffs and melodically driven songs that then manage to turn the genre on its head by presenting lyrics and an aesthetic based entirely on episodes of The Simpsons. A gimmick as it may be, DR COLOSSUS have earned a reputation as one of the one of the country’s most dynamic heavy acts who wield a dynamic palette of doom infused rock stomping grooves within
well crafted, fun and riotously catchy material.

Leading the charge of mountainous riffage is Sydney’s two piece feed ASTRODEATH. Possessing a furious and intimidating sound, at a titanic reverberation that far exceeds the sum of its twin parts, ASTRODEATH belt out sludge ridden slices of heaviness that pack a devastating punch.

www.orangegoblinofficial.com
www.facebook.com/drcolossustheband
www.facebook.com/astrodeathband
www.swdpresents.com

BRING ME THE HORIZON / SLEEP TOKEN and more

Wednesday, April 17th, 2024 - Adelaide Entertainment Centre

The undisputed hottest and most successful rock band in the world, BRING ME THE HORIZON will be heading down under in April 2024 with their biggest Australian headline tour to date with an ultimate stacked line-up supported by SLEEP TOKEN, MAKE THEM SUFFER and DAINE.
 
On the back of unleashing brand new single, DArkSideBRING ME THE HORIZON have been touring the world since their triumphant headline performance at Good Things Festival 2022. They headlined Download Festival in June 2023 to over 100k fans and have been adding the finishing touches to their highly anticipated new studio album, POST HUMAN: NeX GEn.
 
DArkSide follows singles LosT, AmEN!,DiE4u and sTraNgeRs, part of the globally acclaimed Post Human series, which have been streamed over a massive 310 million times to date.
 
BRING ME THE HORIZON have an impressive string of accolades under the belts including BRIT and Grammy nominations, multi-platinum selling releases, over 1 billion YouTube views, are the top 500 most streamed artists globally on Spotify and have had 4 x #1 ARIA Albums over the last 10 years. They kicked off their POST HUMAN era in 2020 with the release of the first of four EPs aptly titled POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR. The critically acclaimed release debuted at Number 1 on the UK Album chart and #3 in Australia on the ARIA chart. 2022 saw them appear at the BRIT Awards where they joined Grammy award winning singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran for an electrifying performance of Bad Habits
 
With fan worship more intense than ever, worldwide interest and intrigue growing at runaway speed, SLEEP TOKEN blew Australian audiences away on their anticipated first Australian headline tour in April which saw all shows sell out with a huge demand for more. Their acclaimed third studio album, Take Me Back To Eden debuted at #3 on the ARIA album charts and had fans and critics raving across the globe.
 
The record features some of SLEEP TOKEN’s heaviest material to date; yet stands out as a confident and explorative collection of music that highlighted the band’s stunning chemistry and connection to music itself. It’s a chemistry that has been replicated brilliantly live, leading to wildly successful the world over, including selling out their December show at London’s iconic Wembley Arena in 10 mins.
 
Perth’s MAKE THEM SUFFER have had their busiest and most successful years to date. Celebrating the tenth anniversary of their debut album Neverbloom with a sold-out Australian tour, the band have balanced touring with the release of some new music, with the arresting track Ghost Of Me arriving earlier this year.
 
Having just finished the Monsters of Oz tour of North America with Parkway Drive, The Amity Affliction and Northlane, the metalcore five-piece are lining up a return to the U.K. next, supporting Stray From The Path, before returning home for the summer and finishing off their year performing at the Good Things Festival 2023.
 
BRING ME THE HORIZON fans will already be aware of genre-bending artist and songwriter, DAINE. A key early introduction to the performer’s unique style and sound was in the Oli Sykes-featuring track SALT; a song that put their stamp on the scene, generating excitement for more music and directions to be explored. Since then, DAINE has continued to elevate across two EPs (2022’s QUANTUM JUMPING and 2023’s shapeless), with their latest track BITE BACK demonstrating yet another exciting vision forming for the Melbourne performer, still to come.
 
Don’t miss what promises to be one of the hottest tours of 2024! Line ups like this don’t come around often and tickets won’t last long. Don’t say we didn’t warn ya.

ROTTING CHRIST

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024 - Lion Arts Factory

WIND ROSE

Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 - Lion Arts

For the very first time in Australia and New Zealand, 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 presents Dwarven Metal pioneers, 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞! Some may say they dug too greedily and too deep… so deep they made it all the way Down Under! These Tuscan warriors have been bringing high fantasy to Metal since 2009, and reached ultimate notoriety with their face-smelting rendition of ‘Diggy Diggy Hole.’ There’s far more to these Power Metal maestros however, which they will prove on their extensive tour of eight dates across Australia and New Zealand with a career-spanning set, including their latest release, Warfront.
Tickets & VIP information
Early Bird/VIP Presale: NOW
General Tickets Onsale: Friday 22nd September, 12PM AEST
https://overdrivetouring.com/wind-rose
VIP UPGRADE INCLUDES:
Early Entry to the venue
Meet and Greet with Wind Rose – including two items signed and a photo with the band.
A3 tour poster
VIP laminate
Warfront delivers all the catchiness of mauls to the wall Power Metal, with the orchestral drama befitting an act so deeply inspired by the beloved works of Tolkien. Wind Rose have hammered out a setlist that will echo through the peaks of the highest mountains, and the darkest depths of the mosh pit. So sharpen your swords, polish your armour, swig your mead and most importantly, ready your shovels… Wind Rose are casting their shadows over Australia and New Zealand!
Dig in with VIP upgrades available from overdrivetouring.com
 

WIND ROSE

Thursday, May 16th, 2024 - Lion Arts

For the very first time in Australia and New Zealand, 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 presents Dwarven Metal pioneers, 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞! Some may say they dug too greedily and too deep… so deep they made it all the way Down Under! These Tuscan warriors have been bringing high fantasy to Metal since 2009, and reached ultimate notoriety with their face-smelting rendition of ‘Diggy Diggy Hole.’ There’s far more to these Power Metal maestros however, which they will prove on their extensive tour of eight dates across Australia and New Zealand with a career-spanning set, including their latest release, Warfront.
Tickets & VIP information
Early Bird/VIP Presale: NOW
General Tickets Onsale: Friday 22nd September, 12PM AEST
https://overdrivetouring.com/wind-rose
VIP UPGRADE INCLUDES:
Early Entry to the venue
Meet and Greet with Wind Rose – including two items signed and a photo with the band.
A3 tour poster
VIP laminate
Warfront delivers all the catchiness of mauls to the wall Power Metal, with the orchestral drama befitting an act so deeply inspired by the beloved works of Tolkien. Wind Rose have hammered out a setlist that will echo through the peaks of the highest mountains, and the darkest depths of the mosh pit. So sharpen your swords, polish your armour, swig your mead and most importantly, ready your shovels… Wind Rose are casting their shadows over Australia and New Zealand!
Dig in with VIP upgrades available from overdrivetouring.com
 

UNLEASH THE ARCHERS

Sunday, June 9th, 2024 - Lion Arts Factory

Hardline are excited to announce, for their first time in Australia, Canadian Power Metal ground breakers UNLEASH THE ARCHERS, to tour Australia & New Zealand in 2024.
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS were formed in 2007 by front-woman Brittney Slayes, together with drummer Scott Buchanan, while attending the University of Victoria on Vancouver Island in British Columbia.
After moving to Vancouver in 2010 the band underwent several lineup changes, but were finally able to cement their unique, genre-blending style of Heavy Metal with the addition of Grant Truesdell, Andrew Kingsley and Nick Miller.
By weaving the aggression of the more extreme genres into the intricacies of traditional Heavy Metal, UTA have created a sound unlike anything else in the industry. They embrace a commercial appeal that attracts music lovers of all types while maintaining a heavy edge that remains true to their Death Metal roots.
Since their inception UTA have always put an emphasis on touring. COVID of course hit the breaks for the band somewhat, with Hardline and Unleash the Archers originally scheduled to announce this Aussie & NZ tour back in 2021! With touring worldwide back on the cards and a new album to be released soon – it is with great pleasure to finally declare these dates Down under with UTA in 2024.
Join us in this much-anticipated Welcome Down Under to Unleash the Archers!
CHEAPER PRE-SALE, EARLY BIRD TICKETS ON SALE: TUES 24 OCTOBER @ 10AM AEST – These are strictly limited, and there is no booking fee… so save some bucks and get in early. Early bird tickets via www.hardlinemedia.net

LIMITED VIP MEET & GREET packages include:

– Early access to the show and merch stand
– Get a photo on your phone/device with the band
– Australian tour poster to get signed by the band
– Exclusive VIP lanyard/laminate
– Bring along 3 personal items to get signed
– VIP TICKET INCLUDES ENTRY TO THE SHOW


UNLEASH THE ARCHERS TOUR DATES – AUS & NZ 2024:

WED 5 JUNE – CANBERRA – The Basement (Under 18 allowed with adult)
THUR 6 JUNE – SYDNEY – The Manning Bar
FRI 7 JUNE – MELBOURNE – Croxton Hotel
SAT 8 JUNE – BRISBANE – The Zoo
SUN 9 JUNE – ADELAIDE – Lion Arts (Licensed, All Ages)
THUR 13 JUNE – AUCKLAND – Galatos
FRI 14 JUNE – WELLINGTON – Valhalla

GENERAL PUBLIC TICKETS ON SALE: THURS 26TH OCTOBER @ 10AM AEDT.
TICKETS AND INFO: www.hardlinemedia.net

IRON MAIDEN

Wednesday, September 4th, 2024 - Adelaide Entertainment Centre