![[Heavy News]: AUGUST BURNS RED Announce ‘Season of Surrender’ 2026 Australian/NZ Tour.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1776315820186-NVDDNVUO6F4Q4QJH2M5V/augustburnsredbandphoto.jpg)
[Heavy News]: AUGUST BURNS RED Announce ‘Season of Surrender’ 2026 Australian/NZ Tour.
[Heavy News]: August Burns Red (US) announce Season Of Surrender Tour Australia & New Zealand 2026 With Special Guests Bloom & I Promised The World (USA), care of destroyalllines. See within for tour dates, ticket links and additional artist media/links. It’s breakdown-time.
![[HEAVY NEWS]: SHINEDOWN W/ BUSH CO-HEADLINE AUSTRALIAN & NZ TOUR](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775797310286-VP0S6V6ZMH3B78O03ETU/SHINEDOWN%2BBUSH%2BSEPT%2B2026.jpg)
[HEAVY NEWS]: SHINEDOWN W/ BUSH CO-HEADLINE AUSTRALIAN & NZ TOUR
US rock titans Shinedown to co-headline Aus/NZ tour with their equally iconic counterparts Bush (UK).
![[HEAVY NEWS]: HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS (US) ‘If Only You Were Lonely’ 20th Anniversary Tour W/ ARMOR FOR SLEEP (US).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775715239815-R41LS5512OE6FN0C5UDZ/Hawthorne+Heights+2026+band+pic.jpg)
[HEAVY NEWS]: HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS (US) ‘If Only You Were Lonely’ 20th Anniversary Tour W/ ARMOR FOR SLEEP (US).
Rejoice fellow emo's! Beloved emo rock favourites Hawthorne Heights are coming back to Australia this April to play five cities in six days, joined by legendary rockers Armor For Sleep (US).
![[Heavy News]: SAOSIN (US) Announce ‘20 Years of Self-Titled & The Hits’ Aus Tour w/ SENSES FAIL (US).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775619683538-JVIVACV56Y2T5FKR019C/Saosin+w+Cove+Reber+jpg.jpg)
[Heavy News]: SAOSIN (US) Announce ‘20 Years of Self-Titled & The Hits’ Aus Tour w/ SENSES FAIL (US).
[Heavy News, 04.04.26]: SAOSIN (US) 20TH ANNIVERSARY AUSTRALIAN TOUR WITH SENSES FAIL (US). See within for tour dates, ticket links, additional artist media and more regarding a post-hardcore nostalgia double-hitter, soon to grace our shores courtesy of destroyalllines.
![[Heavy News]: LOATHE (UK) Announce Headliner Australian Tour w/ Special Guests STATIC DRESS (UK).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775614599730-CITD8320MY31OHQPUV7H/LOATHE.jfif)
[Heavy News]: LOATHE (UK) Announce Headliner Australian Tour w/ Special Guests STATIC DRESS (UK).
The amazing Loathe (UK) will be touring across Australia this May, with special guests Static Dress (UK).
![[Heavy News] Aussie Tour Updates: THE AMENTA (AU) & VADER (POL).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775103633288-3HHICK3WR09J6LIFNCZG/vadertheamenta.png)
[Heavy News] Aussie Tour Updates: THE AMENTA (AU) & VADER (POL).
[Heavy News, 2nd April 2026}: I’d say “Stop The Press!”, but we aren’t affiliated with Boomer MSM. Stop your scrollin’ if you’ve considered attending either the upcoming Ulcerate (NZ)/The Amenta (AU) double-header tour, and/or Vader (POL)’s recently rescheduled Australian Tour. We’ve got news, links and more for you local gig goers!
![[Heavy News]: DESPISED ICON (CA), DEAD SLEEP (SWE) & PLINI (AU).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775018159228-M3DZ4CHK2SMAE8PJ0952/Heavy+News+01.04.26+-+cover.png)
[Heavy News]: DESPISED ICON (CA), DEAD SLEEP (SWE) & PLINI (AU).
Today’s serving of Heavy News comes with a piping hot tray of award-winning Canadian deathcore (via Despised Icon), rapturous Swedish thrash with Dead Sleep’s latest single + album reveal, and an all-Australian dessert with Plini’s delectable new single/upcoming album. Bon appetit!
![[Heavy News]: ENSLAVED (NOR), BLACK LABEL SOCIETY & AUGUST BURNS RED (US).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1774842345321-MLGCUEO6X1DVFGFPU7B1/%5BHeavy+News%5D+AUGUST+BURNS+RED+%28US%29+BLACK+LABEL+SOCIETY+%28US%29+ENSLAVED+%28US%29.png)
[Heavy News]: ENSLAVED (NOR), BLACK LABEL SOCIETY & AUGUST BURNS RED (US).
[Music Mondays/ Heavy News]: A trifecta of new-release treats from way across a big pond, from Enslaved’s sea-shantie collaboration with The Storm Weather Shanty Choir (Norway), Zakk Wylde and Co’s latest Black Label Society LP release, and that of upcoming LP/new single by fellow US metal stalwarts August Burns Red. Dig in, me hearties!
![[Music Monday, 9th March 2026]: HEALTH (US), BATTLE BEAST (FIN) & THE HALO EFFECT (SWE).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1773045717590-BIYNZKVCJG3Z0CO4S3PR/510630866_9788911344564812_5605674887359270816_n.jpg)
[Music Monday, 9th March 2026]: HEALTH (US), BATTLE BEAST (FIN) & THE HALO EFFECT (SWE).
Hello and welcome back to another Heavy News drop for Mon 9th March, 2026! Hop in and we’ll go hear the latest from US industrial-alt-pop act HEALTH, Finnish grandiosity-merchants Battle Beast and Swedish all-star prog/melodeath act The Halo Effect.
![[Podcast] #MusicMondays/Heavy News: Inner-Strength Check Radio, 16.02.25.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1771243596165-403QMEV2AO8J1CTZDKL7/Inner-Strength+Check+Radio+%23MusicMonday%2C+Feb+16th+2026..png)
[Podcast] #MusicMondays/Heavy News: Inner-Strength Check Radio, 16.02.25.
There’s honestly way too much going on in the latest edition of Inner-Strength Check Radio, so I’m not even going to pretend it’ll fit into a neat little excerpt! Just get in here and enjoy an hours’ worth of underground heavy music, get the scoop on some recent Heavy News/tour announcements, and check out more albums and tours than you shake a stick at. G’arn. Hop in.
![[Podcast]: Ep. 66 - [Interview] w/ NICOLAI BUSSE of MØL (Denmark).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1769134577047-58YTHXMXB0TM3OSCML85/Ep66MOLband.jpg)
[Podcast]: Ep. 66 - [Interview] w/ NICOLAI BUSSE of MØL (Denmark).
[Podcast] Ep. 66 sees myself joining Nicolai Busse from Denmark’s incredible post-black/alternative metal outfit MØL to discuss the bold new album Dreamcrush (out 30th Jan via Nuclear Blast), songwriting, influences and more. Check the link for interview (video/audio-only versions) plus ‘Young’ music video, album details, artist links and more!
![[Dicey News]: RIFFS & REALMS - Nuclear Blast Records Launches A New Actual Play Tabletop RPG Series.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1769055637359-9YZRK2AUQA1IK6BODKYP/morkborgnuclearblast.jpg)
[Dicey News]: RIFFS & REALMS - Nuclear Blast Records Launches A New Actual Play Tabletop RPG Series.
[Dicey News] goes Heavy News for Tabletop Thursdays here at ISC! The brutally grimdark TTRPG MÖRK BORG has always garnered a lot of very-metal 3rd-party supplements given the vibe and setting - now, three Nuclear Blast signees join MB creator Johan Nor in the ultimate marriage of death, metal and tabletop via a new actual-play series!
![[ISC Podcast] Ep. 64: [Interview] with JAHRED GOMES of (hed) P.E. (US).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1768888209270-04I8JWVKGZH7T3B75EJN/ISC+Podcast+Ep+64.png)
[ISC Podcast] Ep. 64: [Interview] with JAHRED GOMES of (hed) P.E. (US).
[Podcast] Episode 64: Here on the ISC Podcast, I was lucky enough to have a fun, funny and candid chat with none other than Jahred Gomes, vocalist of nu-metal mainstays (hed) P.E.! Check out the link for video/audio versions of the interview, plus full details, ticket links and more for upcoming Feb Australian Tour with fellow veterans Nonpoint.
![[HEAVY NEWS] ORIGIN Announce 2026 Australian Tour.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1768278926369-FXFVY9VOOAK4N4E06MAK/image002.png)
[HEAVY NEWS] ORIGIN Announce 2026 Australian Tour.
[Heavy News] US technical death metal juggernaughts Origin are shoring up arms ahead of their first ballistic extreme metal salvo in Australia since 2024! Check out the link for tickets, tour info, artist links, media and more. Get your brutality on.
![[HEAVY NEWS] MAMMAL RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘AFTER PARTY’ AND XMAS SHOW.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1765324854350-JT5S9R1TAKPD74R47G39/Mammal+After+Party+PNG.png)
[HEAVY NEWS] MAMMAL RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘AFTER PARTY’ AND XMAS SHOW.
Mammal return with new single 'After Party' just ahead of their MAMMAL Xmas Show.
![[Heavy News] Music Monday 08.12.25: KAKIHARA (UK), BURIED SOULS (SWI), VERILEHTO (FIN) & BLACK MAGIC TREE (GER).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1765178063047-7W03A90ZSKTO0PAPIUEE/musicmondaybanner.png)
[Heavy News] Music Monday 08.12.25: KAKIHARA (UK), BURIED SOULS (SWI), VERILEHTO (FIN) & BLACK MAGIC TREE (GER).
[Heavy News/Music Monday 08.12.25]: We might be nearing the end of 2025, but there’s no end in sight where great recent releases are concerned! Check the link for the latest from Scottish mathcore enthusiasts Kakihara, Swiss blackened death metallers Buried Souls, Suomi black metal wizards Verihelto and German heavy psych-rockers Black Magic Tree.
![[Heavy News] MUNT (AU): ‘A Duel Of Fractures’ Video Released, Latest LP ‘The World Is Not Yours’ Out Now.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1764564564210-2WTH2G2LOKC9SCQAZJSX/muntband.jpg)
[Heavy News] MUNT (AU): ‘A Duel Of Fractures’ Video Released, Latest LP ‘The World Is Not Yours’ Out Now.
[Heavy News] We’re kicking off this weeks’ Music Monday by supporting the local scene! Check out the furious new single ‘A Duel Of Fractures’ by Melburnian blackened death-grinders Munt, from the savage newly-released debut LP The World Is Not Yours. This ain’t your mates’ Northcote bedroom indie project - this is globe-shattering stuff!
SYLOSIS ANNOUNCE 2026 ALBUM ‘THE NEW FLESH’ & DROP CRUSHING NEW TITLE TRACK.
SYLOSIS ANNOUNCE 2026 ALBUM ‘THE NEW FLESH’ & DROP CRUSHING NEW TITLE TRACK.
![[Heavy News] MØL Share New Single & Video 'Young'; New Album ‘DREAMCRUSH’ Jan 30th 2026.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1763953653478-XV3JV26NSY6MMVMNBFR8/MOL.jpg)
[Heavy News] MØL Share New Single & Video 'Young'; New Album ‘DREAMCRUSH’ Jan 30th 2026.
[Heavy News] Pitching everything from progressive/post-black metal and more so far, Aarhus (Denmark) metallers MØL are set to continue expanding further out afield. We’ve got proof of that via the link, containing music video/stream links to latest single ‘Young’ from upcoming album Dreamcrush. Naturally, you can also cop info on the album and pre-order/stream links for the LP (and more) right here too! Out Jan 30th, 2026 via Nuclear Blast.
![[Heavy News] There’s No-peth News Like OPETH News (Australian Tour, 2026).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1763381056092-TG254Q3YHYGORLVHRZ5E/Opeth%2B-%2BThe%2BLast%2BWill%2BAnd%2BTestament.webp)
[Heavy News] There’s No-peth News Like OPETH News (Australian Tour, 2026).
[Heavy News/Music Mondays]: There’s no progressive metal band like Opeth on the live front. Ergo, there’s also no news like Opeth news! Tune in for an important update about the Australian Tour happening right now, ticket links, plus our interview with bassist Martin Menendez. Swede Dreams.