Aussie Tour-News Trio: TO THE GRAVE (AU); CARCASS (UK) & BRUJERIA (MEX); THE SISTERS OF MERCY (UK).
The tours don’t stop! Presenting a triplicate of diverse Music Mondays 2026 Australian Tours: TO THE GRAVE (AU)/NO CURE (US), CARCASS (UK)/BRUJERIA (MEX) & THE SISTERS OF MERCY (UK). Tour info, artist info, ticket links, dates, singles/other media, artist links and more all inside!
![[Heavy News] LORNA SHORE (US) Aus/NZ Tour 2026 With Special Guests WHITECHAPEL (US; AUS Only) + THE ACACIA STRAIN (US).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1779862941987-EORC3W1IXSVGCHYARX3K/Lorna+Shore+Color+Main.jpg)
[Heavy News] LORNA SHORE (US) Aus/NZ Tour 2026 With Special Guests WHITECHAPEL (US; AUS Only) + THE ACACIA STRAIN (US).
[Heavy News] LORNA SHORE (US) Announce Australian/NZ 2026 Tour with Special Guests WHITECHAPEL (US - Aus Only) & THE ACACIA STRAIN (US). Get in quick - presales launch Thu, 28th May and will fly out the door! See within for ticket links, tour details, dates, artist links and more.
![[Heavy News]: POISON THE WELL (USA) Announce Local Support Acts For Australian Headline Tour.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1779597637284-LV14L2V0F3FIY0YXFM5R/POISONTHEWELLBAND.jpg)
[Heavy News]: POISON THE WELL (USA) Announce Local Support Acts For Australian Headline Tour.
[Heavy News]: POISON THE WELL (USA) Announce Local Supports For Australian Headline Tour, courtesy of destroyalllines. See within for support announcements, ticket links, tour dates, artist media, and more.
![[Heavy News]: Tour News 19.05.26- KILLSWITCH ENGAGE (US), LAMB OF GOD/TRIVIUM (US), GAEREA (POR).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1779181049091-SGYFQ6JT5OYHW38E6PZU/HeavyNews19052026.png)
[Heavy News]: Tour News 19.05.26- KILLSWITCH ENGAGE (US), LAMB OF GOD/TRIVIUM (US), GAEREA (POR).
[Heavy News]: Tour News for: Killswitch Engage (US), Lamb of God/Trivium (US) /Bleed From Within (UK)/ Gaerea (POR) 2026 Australian Tours.
![[Podcast] Ep. 75: [Interview] w/ KYLE SCHAEFER OF FALLUJAH (us) & Inner-Strength Check Radio, 18.05.26.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1779099961456-PSL1JSDCWFACTZ3XYSQP/ISC+Podcast%2C+Ep+75.png)
[Podcast] Ep. 75: [Interview] w/ KYLE SCHAEFER OF FALLUJAH (us) & Inner-Strength Check Radio, 18.05.26.
[Podcast] Ep. 75: [Interview] w/ KYLE SCHAEFER OF FALLUJAH (US) & Inner-Strength Check Radio, 18.05.26.
Additional Featured Artists: AETERE (FRA), ANTIMOZDEBEAST (US), ORCHA MELCHA (US), ANTHRAX (US), DITHEIST (US), ANTIMOZDEBEAST (US) & W.M.D. (CAN).
![[Heavy News] CRYSTAL LAKE (JP) Announce PK from PROMPTS (JP) As Guest Vocalist for Upcoming OF MICE & MEN (US) Tour.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1777615408754-5A67RRFJFA13S7HEBJBI/crystallakenew.jpg)
[Heavy News] CRYSTAL LAKE (JP) Announce PK from PROMPTS (JP) As Guest Vocalist for Upcoming OF MICE & MEN (US) Tour.
[Heavy News]: Crystal Lake (JP) Announce PK from Prompts (JP) As Guest Vocalist for Upcoming Of Mice & Men (US) Tour. See within for full Q & A from the band, as well as relevant links related to the upcoming tour.
![[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]: 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!
![[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] 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!
![[Heavy News 03.10.25] Weekend Releases: ENRAGEMENT (FIN), MODDER (BE) & BESTA (POR).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1759498546497-QEK30T76COPSXIESOT8K/enragementband.jpg)
[Heavy News 03.10.25] Weekend Releases: ENRAGEMENT (FIN), MODDER (BE) & BESTA (POR).
[Heavy News] Time to cap off the week and ring in the weekend with three smashing new releases out today/tomorrow - Finns Enraged and their brutal-death scorcher Extinguish All Existence, Belgique psych/doom/stoner outfit Modder’s Destroying Ourselves for a Place in the Sun & Portuguese grindcore horror-lovers Besta, with John Carpenter Redux. Happy listening, happy weekend!
![[Heavy News] KREATOR Announce New Album KRUSHERS OF THE WORLD + Release Video For New Single 'Seven Serpents'.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1759478983628-9J5OYF3TWOEVM0SVYUKP/kreatorband.jpg)
[Heavy News] KREATOR Announce New Album KRUSHERS OF THE WORLD + Release Video For New Single 'Seven Serpents'.
[Heavy News] - You kan’t keep a good krusher down, ‘least of all veteran Teutonic thrash-titans Kreator! They’re back with latest single ‘Seven Serpents’ plus preorders, bio and details for 16th LP Krushers of The World. The album drops Jan 16th via Nuclear Blast Records - check the link for details and to secure a spot!
![[Heavy News] SOULFLY Release Music Video For New Single 'Nihilist' Feat. Todd Jones OF NAILS](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1759391498186-T7H52739VY7VYI0FYQTN/sfmerc.jpg)
[Heavy News] SOULFLY Release Music Video For New Single 'Nihilist' Feat. Todd Jones OF NAILS
[Heavy News]: Cavalera and Co are back at it again! Max and crew demonstrate their unwillingness to rest on laurels, pushing Soulfly’s heavy-factor to new heights with Chama. Check out the link for details/video/stream link for latest single ‘Nihilist’ (feat. Todd Jones of Nails) plus all the relevant links for the upcoming LP, out October 24th via Nuclear Blast Records.
![[Heavy News] SOULFLY Announce New Album CHAMA + Release Lyric Video For New Single 'Storm The Gates'.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1756807512221-IOHVFNPM8A7CM34Q4QEP/soulflyphoto.jpg)
[Heavy News] SOULFLY Announce New Album CHAMA + Release Lyric Video For New Single 'Storm The Gates'.
[Heavy News, Tue 2nd Sept]: SOULFLY Announce New Album CHAMA + Release Lyric Video For New Single 'Storm The Gates'! Brazil’s most metal família keep it tribal with a crushing new single and accompanying kaleidoscopic music vid. You can check out both here, with more details/bio on Chama, artist statement/links, merch/LP preorders and more! Groove on.
![[#MusicMonday 25.08.25] A Curious Trio of Upcoming Albums.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1756126968805-OA1XIEMVAGDVJ94ECJ9D/%23MusicMondays%2C+25th+Aug+Crop+%28USA%29+-.png)
[#MusicMonday 25.08.25] A Curious Trio of Upcoming Albums.
[Music Monday/ Heavy News - 25.08.25]: Join me in my ongoing spelunking through the immeasurably steep ascent up New Release Mountain with three particularly curious underground LP’s: US-based grunge-doom (CROP - S.S.R.I.) and self-style ‘Castle Metal’ (medieval black metal!) via Morke’s upcoming To Carry On and finally, sludge-laden, raw atmospheric black metal from Wales of all places in incognito-solo-artist The Sorrow Of Being Immaculate’s Suicide Forest. Most curious indeed, old bean!
![#MusicMonday 18.08.25]: Upcoming Release Radar.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1755517641521-QRGGO6BKWJ50E8ZMYQRM/%5B%23MusicMonday%2C+18th+August+2025%5D+Upcoming+Release+Radar.png)
#MusicMonday 18.08.25]: Upcoming Release Radar.
Another Music Monday, another great selection of album releases happening over the next couple of months! See within for artist/album info/links, music videos, preorder links etc for upcoming LPs from: Norwegian post/blackgazers Sundrowned, Australian blackened disso-death brutality via Hebephrenique, UAE/Jordan melodic death-doom collab Falling Leaves, psychedelic blackened US robot-metallers Electromancy and Norwegian hardcore/psych/post-punks Haraball!
![[#MusicMondays 11.08.25]: Top 10 Upcoming Releases [#1] OLD MACHINES - ‘The Cycles of Extinction’ LP](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1754917808374-7B82C3JIY2W7E9H7K2QA/oldmachinesband.jpg)
[#MusicMondays 11.08.25]: Top 10 Upcoming Releases [#1] OLD MACHINES - ‘The Cycles of Extinction’ LP
#MusicMondays, 11.08.2025: In addition to a brief recap of the many things we’ve been up to music-wise on the ISC blog/podcast, I’m trying something different this week - bringing out my top ten recent releases from underground picks across the globe! First up, we have the scoop, links and more for Mass Effect/dystopian sci-fi inspired death metal cosmic warlords Old Machines, via ‘The Cycles of Extinction’ (out 22nd August). Get amongst it!
![A [Heavy News] Singles Triple-Decker, 05.08.2025.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1754393196672-FDDNVULES8HFQ07X5GTA/image005.jpg)
A [Heavy News] Singles Triple-Decker, 05.08.2025.
Heavy News, Tue 5th August: What a week, eh? A whole slew of tour announcement, new releases etc. Tonight, I’m taking a different tack to focus on a trio of powerful new singles. Featured - Breath (US), SEIMS (AU) and Perturbator (FR).
![[Heavy News] THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN: Australia Braces For The Arrival Of The Greatest Live Band On The Planet!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1754043757408-NZZRDYO77OKJQB6EH9ZZ/dillingerband.jpg)
[Heavy News] THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN: Australia Braces For The Arrival Of The Greatest Live Band On The Planet!
This ain’t your average promo-piece - and why should it be when such a once-in-a-lifetime run of shows from the briefly-reformed The Dillinger Escape Plan is at stake? Check out a fantastic Q and A with John Howarth on behalf of ThePhoenix.au, plus links to tickets etc - grab those if you haven’t already, BTW! This one cannot be missed!