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] RISE AGAINST (US) Announce Double-Headline Tour w/ DROPKICK MURPHY’S (US).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1779858759975-S87X7HGPKJSIC8OCWLCF/riseagainsttour.jpg)
[Heavy News] RISE AGAINST (US) Announce Double-Headline Tour w/ DROPKICK MURPHY’S (US).
[Heavy News] Goes Punk! Massive double-hitter bill announced today across Australia/NZ - Chicago (IN, US) melodic-punks Rise Against will be joined by Boston (MA, US) Celt-punk veterans Dropkick Murphy’s for a huge double-dose of Ameripunk! See within for tour info, ticket links, artist media/links and more.
![[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]: 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]: 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]: 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.
![[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.
![[Music Monday] 10.11.25 - Mini-Review Trifecta: DEMIURGON (ITA), TAKOMAHA (NOR) & SPØGELSE (SWE).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1762845365870-Q2730VK4DDDLFHSCIXU4/398044.jpg)
[Music Monday] 10.11.25 - Mini-Review Trifecta: DEMIURGON (ITA), TAKOMAHA (NOR) & SPØGELSE (SWE).
Saying a long-needed farewell to the old, dying laptop with this international triple-whammy as its’ final Music Monday swansong. Join in the spirit of all things musical and technically-functional (albeit a day late) with Italian brutal death-metal lords Demiurgon, Norwegian noise-rocking crew Takomaha and dirty beer-drenched punk from Sweden’s Spøgelse!
(Featured Image: Spøgelse, courtesy of the artist).
![[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.
![[Heavy News] On The Motion Tracker - Recent/Upcoming Release Info + Mini-Reviews.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1756464891394-B6B9Z5OWMPEHTCT2KS36/484327412_1055271216626365_6033654490345650488_n.jpg)
[Heavy News] On The Motion Tracker - Recent/Upcoming Release Info + Mini-Reviews.
[Heavy News, 29.08.25]: Having admittedly been lacking in energy for doing full album reviews of late, I’ve nonetheless been scoping out what’s pinging the motion-tracker on the endless xeno-hunt that is new and upcoming releases. See within for press releases and some mini-review synopses for No Apologies (Aus hardcore), Hexrot (US experimental black/death), The Mansters (Norwegian fast-punk) & Now I’ve Done It (US… WTF-metal)!
![[#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!
![[#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!
![[Heavy News] DESPISED ICON Reveal New Album SHADOW WORK, Release Music Video For New Single 'Over My Dead Body'](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1754910917272-UA39NGJT2LSULIJ86IGL/image006.jpg)
[Heavy News] DESPISED ICON Reveal New Album SHADOW WORK, Release Music Video For New Single 'Over My Dead Body'
Heavy News/ Music Monday, 11.08.25: Oh hell yeah dude, I am all about this! Montreal-based deathcore mainstays Despised Icon are back in the saddle with their first album in six years with Shadow Work, via Nuclear Blast. Check the link for crushing new music video for ‘Over My Dead Body’ feat. Matt Honeycutt of Kublai Khan TX, album info, preorder/artist links and more!