Aussie Tour-News Trio: TO THE GRAVE (AU); CARCASS (UK) & BRUJERIA (MEX); THE SISTERS OF MERCY (UK).
We might’ve had a few unfortunate reschedules, delays and cancellations due to international geopolitical… things happening. Lots of them. Sure. But overall, 2026 is turning over a different kind of international incursion: National tours on Australian soil!
I for one for welcome our new Gig-Overlords, and embrace their warm musical arms with the battered screams of my wallet.
Hey, what else is disposable income for, right?
Treat your soul to a bunch of great experiences, and your bank balance to a new level of economic instability.
See below for news, ticket links, artist links, additional media and more for the following tours:
To The Grave (AU) - ''Nail Australia To The Walls' Tour (with No Cure (US)),
Carcass (UK) - ‘Putrefying Down Under’ Tour (with Brujeria (MEX)), and
The Sisters of Mercy (UK) - Australian Tour 2026.
Peace, Love and Having 99 Problems But A Gig Ain’t One - Brady.
To The Grave (AU) Announce 'Nail Australia To The Walls' Tour For Sept with Special Guests, US Death Metal - Hardcore Outfit, No Cure (US):
Australian deathcore juggernauts To The Grave will return home this September for the
‘Nail Australia To The Walls Australian Tour’, delivering eight shows across the country as they prepare to unleash the next chapter of their already formidable career.
Since emerging with their debut album Global Warning in 2019, To The Grave have evolved from underground favourites into one of Australia's most successful extreme music exports. Across multiple releases and relentless touring throughout Australia, Europe, the UK and North America, the band have built a global audience while establishing themselves as one of the most uncompromising forces in modern deathcore.
In recent years, To The Grave have shared stages with some of the biggest names in heavy music including Lorna Shore, Shadow Of Intent, Carnifex, Signs Of The Swarm,
Thy Art Is Murder, Angelmaker and I Killed The Prom Queen, while also performing at major festivals including Good Things, Brutal Assault, Summer Breeze, Motocultor and more.
2026 also sees the band turn their attention toward delivering new music, kicking off a new era in the imminent future.
Joining To The Grave on the tour will be Alabama straight-edge death metal hardcore outfit
No Cure, making their Australian debut in support of their forthcoming third album It's Going To Get Dark. Known for combining crushing death metal with hardcore aggression and uncompromising conviction, No Cure have rapidly become one of the most talked about names in the American underground.
Completing the package are Melbourne beatdown heavyweights Algor Mortis and Canberra vegan deathgrind outfit Bloodmouth, making this one of the most savage extreme music line-ups to hit Australian stages this year.
With new music looming and a reputation built on sheer intensity,
Nail Australia To The Walls promises eight nights of absolute devastation.
Tickets on sale 11.00am AEST Friday, June 5, via:
https://daltours.cc/ToTheGrave
TOUR DATES:
Wednesday September 2 - Amplifier Bar, Perth*
Thursday September 3 - Lion Arts, Adelaide^
Friday September 4 - Singing Bird, Frankston
Saturday 5 September - Max Watts, Melbourne
Sunday September 6 - The Baso, Canberra +
Thursday September 10 - Crowbar, Sydney
Friday September 11 - Hamilton Station, Newcastle
Saturday September 12 - The Triffid, Brisbane
*No Algor Mortis or Bloodmouth
^No Bloodmouth
+No Algor Mortis
CARCASS ‘Putrefying Down Under’ with guests BRUJERIA
Australian & New Zealand Tour
September 22nd – October 2nd, 2026
September 22nd – October 2nd, 2026:
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 nearly four 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.
Steeped in dense myth, extreme metal’s most notorious antiheroes, BRUJERIA, materialize in Australia after nine years, to spin their tales of anarchic mayhem and lawless fury. They are eternal banditos, prepared to party. Walking along the border of death and grindcore, BRUJERIA are a street-level exercise in performance art, with frightening dramatic effect as well as dark satire.
CARCASS with guests BRUJERIA performing at:
Sept 22nd – Perth, Magnet House
Sept 24th – Adelaide, Lion Arts Factory
Sept 25th – Melbourne, Northcote Theatre
Sept 26th – Sydney, Liberty Hall
Sept 29th – Brisbane, Princess Theatre
Sept 30th – Townsville, The Warehouse*
Oct 2nd – Auckland, The Studio*
*Brujeria not performing
SBM Presents: The Sisters Of Mercy Australian Tour, Nov/Dec 2026:
“[the Sisters are…] a lean glittering groove machine for the new millennium, leaving the sullenly anachronistic reformations of their contemporaries far behind.” – Metal Hammer
“It howls, it’s grindingly beautiful, and it’s heading your way…”
UK dark rock icons The Sisters of Mercy will return to Australia at the end of 2026, bringing their acclaimed live show back across the country, including a stop in Hobart!
The Sisters of Mercy are one of the most important bands to emerge from the post punk scene, with their imposing presence and the heavily melancholic voice of Andrew Eldritch leaving their mark. Their singular blend of punk‑psychedelia, metal, dance beats and baritone growl has inspired generations of devoted followers and is cited as a major influence by the likes of Metallica, Nine Inch Nails and My Chemical Romance.
Over the course of four decades The Sisters of Mercy have released three, utterly brilliant and undeniably influential studio albums that enabled them to amass a legion of devoted fans who flock to see classics such as 'Lucretia My Reflection', 'Temple Of Love' and 'This Corrosion', all are a testament to their incredible live shows and have become major part of what continues to draw audiences back each time they tour.
Their impending Australian tour sees the band return with a line up that has been widely regarded as one of their strongest in years and is rounded out by Ben Christo, Kai, ‘Ravey’ Dave Creffield and, as ever, Doktor Avalanche. All of whom are set on delivering a live experience that remains as distinctive and uncompromising as ever.
TSOM continue to effortlessly balance the past and present, with a rotating setlist that gives the classics a solid run while folding in a significant portion deep cuts and acclaimed new songs. The visual side remains just as important, with their renowned cinematic light show being just another element making these shows unmissable for fans of dark, boundary‑pushing rock.
TOUR DATES:
Wednesday, November 25: Astor Theatre, Perth
Friday, November 27: Metro Theatre, Sydney
Sunday, November 29: Odeon Theatre, Hobart
Wednesday, December 2: Forum, Melbourne
Thursday, December 3: The Tivoli, Brisbane
Spotify Pre-Sale starts Tuesday, May 26 @ 10am AEST
Pre-Sale starts Wednesday, May 27 @ 10am AEST
General Tickets On Sale From Thursday, May 28 @ 10am AEST
Tickets:
sbmpresents.com
the-sisters-of-mercy.com
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