![[Heavy News] ELECTRIC SIX Announce March 2026 Greatest Hits Australian Tour](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1754380047992-XMI65EEQ7LK0BW7ZMMVJ/e6banner.jpg)
[Heavy News] ELECTRIC SIX Announce March 2026 Greatest Hits Australian Tour
Adding to the veritable deluge of tour announcements for Australia in the last few days - here’s a slice of funky-punk/metal fun! Electric Six are well-known for a raucous stage show, and they’ve managed to now pull an Aussie tour hat-trick for the 3rd year in a row, thanks to Metropolis Touring. Check the link for tickets, tour info and more!
![[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!
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[Podcast] Ep. 53: [Interview] with TOMI KOUVISAARI & JAN RECHBERGER of AMORPHIS (FIN).
In our third podcast interview for this week, your host Brady was recently joined by two great dudes in Tomi Kouvisaari (Guitars) & Jan Rechberger of influential metallers Amorphis! We discuss latest album Borderland, touring and much more. See link for video/audio-only versions plus album preorder/info, artist bio/links, latest music videos ‘Bones’/’Light & Shadow’ and more!
![[#HeavyNews] Blackvapor/USBM Duo, HELLIR, Release New Single, "Ishimura"](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1753078868539-QV9QIU9PAC9LBLPONDDF/hellircover.png)
[#HeavyNews] Blackvapor/USBM Duo, HELLIR, Release New Single, "Ishimura"
I love it when our topical worlds collide! Inspired by the ill-fated planet-cracking ship of Dead Space fame, US duo Hellir have released the equally eerie black-metal-meets-vaporwave single ‘Ishimura’, from forthcoming EP Hollow Moon: Precursor, which necromorphs unto the public on August 22nd! Grab a plasma cutter and tune in to this frequency, before it’s too late.
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[HEAVY NEWS] Melbourne’s TERMINAL SLEEP Sign To Nuclear Blast Records; Release Music Video For New Single 'They Circle Below'
Never one to let a milestone for the local Melburnian hardcore scene go astray, we’re proud to announce as part of our Heavy News coverage that Terminal Sleep have signed to major label Nuclear Blast Records! Peep the article for statements from band/label, links to latest single/music video for ‘They Circle Below’, artist links and more. Up the punx!
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[HEAVY NEWS] Roundup 14/07/25, Part II: Upcoming Releases
Part 2 of our latest Roundup of Heavy News album releases for July 2025 on Music Monday - see within for album/artist info, single video/streaming/album order links and more for: Whitehorse/UBOA (AU), Biolence (POR), Thorndale (NDL), Ursawrath (US) & Deftones (US)!
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[HEAVY NEWS] Roundup 09.07.25 Part I: Recent/New Releases.
(Featured Image: Clawfinger (US)). For Heavy News this week, we’re rounding up a whole heap of recent/new/upcoming releases! Featured: Star Wars themed US metal act Galactic Empire, Swedish post-punk/DM duo Floating, Spanish solo prog/psych/power project Phantom Spell, US alt-metal heroes Clawfinger, and Finnish black metal crew Mourniaty.
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[HEAVY NEWS] Dubbo Metallers WHISPERHEAD Drop ‘STERILISE’ Tour Across Victoria & Queensland
If you’re on our social media, you’ll note a couple of announcements, including a tribute to The Ozz-Man. Out of respect to the metal Don, we’re protecting literary real estate for Music Mondays. What’s more in the spirit of metal legacy than stoking the fires of regional Australian metal? A rhetorical question, as you’ll find out via Dubbo (NSW) crew Whisperhead.
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[RIFFS] THE HIVES NEW ALBUM AND 2025 world TOUR
The Hives unleash two new singles preceded by their new album ‘The Hives Forever Forever The Hives’ and 2025 world tour.
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[HEAVY NEWS] Buncha Newly-Released/Upcoming Heavy Albums for #MusicMonday.
Featured Image: Bruxis (AU).
And to top off our recent Music Mondays roundup for recently released singles, be sure to also check out artist/album bio, single videos/streams and more for recent/upcoming LP’s from: US thrashers Condition Critical, Greek heavy prog-rockers KOKKINIÀ, Aussie crust/d-beat underground act Bruxis, plus a death-metal duo from Transcending Obscurity Records for Abyssalis and Unaligned!
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[HEAVY NEWS] New Singles for #MusicMonday, 30th Jun 2025.
Featured Artist Image: SEUM (Canada).
First in a couple of brave attempts to tackle the slew of new releases tonight for Music Monday, is the following Heavy News coverage for: Montreal-based bass-sludgers SEUM (CA), Milwaukee death-metallers Viogression (US), UK blackened death-metal killers Cult Burial and Japanese multi-instrumentalist project Knosis. Dig in!
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Go On, Have a Nuclear Blast: A [HEAVY NEWS] Label Round-Up.
Cover Image: courtesy of Aversion’s Crown.
Hoo boy! And I thought we were busy. With a jam-packed roster full of bands releasing quality releases, it’s no wonder there’s a need for a Nuclear Blast Records-specific roundup. Check link for just some of many recent/upcoming releases for: Aversion’s Crown, Malevolence, Fallujah, The Halo Effect, Nailed to Obscurity.
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[#HEAVYNEWS] Perth Crushers ASHEN (AU) Announce Latest LP ‘Leave The Flesh Behind’, 22.08.25.
Perth? You’re full of lovely folk and you guys don’t cop half the shows us Victorians. You get a preamble shoutout from me. Ashen are stepping up the death-metal game in WA, with slated 2nd full-length LP Leave The Flesh Behind slated for release on Aug 22nd, 2025 via Redefining Darkness Records. Oh and bands? Check the addendum; we have a surprise for you. You’re on notice.
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[Heavy News] PARADISE LOST Announce ‘ASCENSION’ LP Out SEP 19th; First Single 'Silence Like The Grave' Streaming Now
It’s shaping up to be a very busy week for today’s #MusicMondays / Heavy News features. Of the lucky few making the cut for today are gothic-doom icons Paradise Lost. These venerable stalwarts are slated to release 17th LP Ascension 19/09/25 via Nuclear Blast. Check link for preorder, full album details, video/stream links for first single ‘Silence Like The Grave’ and much more.
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[Podcast] Ep. 47: Interview with BRANDON SALLER, Vocalist of US Metalcore Titans ATREYU.
Break out the eyeliner, ill-fitting jeans and stretch up for the mosh - Atreyu are headed back to Australia in July for a jam-packed tour alongside fellow metalcore giants Memphis May Fire! I spoke with Brandon Saller around all things Atreyu this morning - the upcoming tour/recent shows, thoughts and reflections on both band and The Curse around the 20th-anniversary LP tour, and much more! Peep the link for podcast interview plus all the tour info you’ll need. Best get in quick, though!
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[HEAVY NEWS] FAMOUS DRUMMER AND MUSIC AGENT DIE IN PLANE CRASH
The international music scene is reeling after a double fatality plane crash over San Diego Thursday (22 May) involving Devil Wears Prada drummer Daniel Williams and his friend, heavy music agent Dave Shapiro.
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[HEAVY NEWS] I PREVAIL RETURN WITH VISCERAL SINGLE ‘VIOLENT NATURE’
I Prevail return with their heavy visceral track ‘Violent Nature’, assaulting the ears with an onslaught that you might not be ready for.
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[HEAVY NEWS] THE GHOST INSIDE ANNOUNCE 2025 AUSTRALIAN TOUR
[Heavy News, 22.05.25]: Don’t give up The Ghost Inside, ‘cause they’re set to hit Australia up in the near future with a whole slew of dates alongside fellow heavy-wreckers Bleed From Within! The tour comes courtesy of destroyalllines - check out the blog post for dates/general tour info, artist links, tickets and more!
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[Heavy News] THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Announce 2nd and Final Melbourne Show - On Sale Now!
Melbourne heavy music fans? THIS IS NOT A DRILL. I repeat, this is not a drill. The Dillinger Escape Plan have announced a second and final Melbourne show on the 14th August at Northcote Theatre! Tickets onsale from midday - get onto this one straight away, as it’ll likely sell out just as fast! Courtesy of ThePhoenix, this is one not to miss!
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[Heavy News] #MusicMonday 12.05.25 - 8 Gr8’s, M8!
It’s Monday, ugh. But that means it’s also Music Mondays-time here at ISC mate, that’s great! To celebrate, we have Heavy News to a total of eight. Don’t be late, or even hesitate! Featuring: Skaphos (FR), Metal Charm (TUR), Labyrinthus Stellarum (UKR), Master Charger (UK), Executionist (US), EchoSoul (US), Greengoat (SPN) and All Against (POR)!