[#MusicMondays]: SANGUISUGABOGG (US) Add New Show At Stay Gold; Melbourne Tour Begins On June 12.
[Music Monday]: First in our Monday onslaught of Heavy News Australian tour announcements: Sanguisugabogg (US) bring their gore-soaked carnage to Australia with an additional Melbourne show at Stay Gold, alongside Peelingflesh (US). See within for info, ticket links etc. Be quick, they’re selling FAST.
[Gig Review]: ULCERATE (NZ) w/ THE AMENTA & MUNT (AU) @ MAX WATT’S MELBOURNE (AU).
[Gig Review]: ULCERATE (Auckland, NZ) ‘Absolved in Perdition: MMXXVI’ Australasian Tour, with THE AMENTA + MUNT (AU). Fri, 8th May 2026 @ Max Watt’s Melbourne (AU). Organised by Soundworks Touring and Direct Touring. Words: Sammy O’Flynn. Images: Jason Vidic (IG: @vidic_images). (WELCOME TO THE ISC TEAM, SAMMY!).
[Gig Review] OF MICE AND MEN (US) + CRYSTAL LAKE (JPN) W/ PATIENT SIXTY-SEVEN (AU) @ 170 Russell, Melbourne (AU), 08.05.26.
Of Mice and Men enthralled a dense audience at Melbourne’s 170 Russell, complemented by the craft of Japan’s Crystal Lake and Perth’s Patient Sixty-Seven.
[Gig Review, Part II]: Brutefest 2026 @ The Tote Hotel, Melbourne (AU), 25.04.
[Gig Review, Part II]: Brutefest 2026 @ The Tote Hotel, Collingwood, Melbourne (AU) 25.04. Part II features Desecrator, Destruktor and our Brutefest headliners, USA’s Warbringer! Total thrash mayhem. Images: Richie Black Photography.
[Gallery] of Brewicide XXV, Part II: BRUTEFEST 2026 @ Tote Hotel, Melbourne, AU, 25.04.
[Gallery of Brewicide XXV, Part II]: Brutefest 2026 @ Tote Hotel, Melbourne (AU). All images courtesy of Richie Black Photography, event organised by Brutefest/Your Mate Bookings. Featured: MUNT, Circle of Blood, Harlott, Desecrator, Destruktor (AU) and headliners Warbringer (US)! TOTAL WAR!
[Gallery] of Brewicide XXV, Part I: BRUTEFEST 2026 @ Tote Hotel, Melb (AU) 25.04.26.
[Gallery of Brewicide XXV, Part I]: Brutefest 2026 @ The Tote Hotel, Collingwood, AU 25.04. Our biggest Gallery of Brewicide yet folks - so big I had to split it in half! See within for generous-as-hell amounts of photography (courtesy of Richie Black) + lots of gig footage, artist links and more.
[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]: WAGE WAR ANNOUNCE 2026 OZ TOUR W/ SPECIAL GUESTS ORTHODOX (USA) + HEAVENSGATE
[Heavy News]: Wage War (US) announces 2026 ‘It Calls Me By Name’ world tour, with special guests Orthodox (US). Joining them for their Australian leg will be Melbourne heavies Heavensgate.
[Gallery] Of Brewicide XXIV: MEMPHIS MAY FIRE/BLESSTHEFALL (US) @ Northcote Theatre, Melb (AU) 25.04.26.
[Gallery] of Brewicide XXIV: Memphis May Fire / blessthefall (US) with Sienna Skies (AU) at Northcote Theatre Melbourne, 24th April 2026. All photography courtesy of the talented Callum Thomas @callum.tpg - huge thanks to ThePhoenix.AU for having us on for some ‘core fun!
[Gig Review] MEMPHIS MAY FIRE + BLESSTHEFALL w/ SIENNA SKIES @ NORTHCOTE THEATRE, 24.04.26.
Memphis May Fire fired on all cyclinders at Northcote Theatre, with fellow American metal icons Blessthefall and local supports Sienna Skies.
[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.
[Album Reviews]: A ‘Straya-Double - CIRCLE OF BLOOD & BATTLEGRAVE (AU).
[Album Review] ‘A Straya Double’: Circle of Blood (AU) - In Praise of Darkness & Battlegrave (AU) - Enslavement. Check the link for full-album reviews for both beastly Australian extreme-metal releases, artist/label links, album/single streams and more. Oi! Oi! Oi!
[Album Review]: IMMOLATION (US) - ‘Descent’.
[Album Review]: Immolation (US) - Descent, releasing today, Fri 10th April 2026 via Nuclear Blast Records. See within for album review, artist links and additional media such as latest single ‘Attrition’. Another landmark instalment in death metals’ twisted canon, Descent is not one to be missed for extreme metal fiends!
[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).
[Gig Review] MALIGNANT AURA (AU) ‘Where All Of Worth Comes To Wither’ LP Launch @ Bendigo Hotel (Melb, AU), 04.04.26.
[Gig Review] MALIGNANT AURA (Brisbane, AU) Where All Comes To Wither LP Launch @ Bendigo Hotel (Melb, AU), 04.04.26. Featuring supports Gravepeeler, Thrall & Carcinoid (Melbourne, AU). See within for full gig review, album stream, artist links and more.
[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).
[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.
[Gallery of Brewicide XXII]: MALIGNANT AURA (AU) ‘Where All Comes To Wither’ LP Launch @ Bendigo Hotel (Melb, AU) 04.04.26.
[Gallery of Brewicide XXII]: Malignant Aura (Brisbane, AU): Where All Comes To Wither LP Launch @ The Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood (Melbourne, AU), Sat 4th April 2026.
See within for photos from headliners MA + supports Gravepeeler, Thrall & Carcinoid (Melbourne, AU), LP stream/artist links, gig footage and more. Photography: @noisebleed.x (Ofir Gee - Noise Bleed).
[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).
[Album Review]: GRAUFAR - ‘Via Necropolis’ LP.
[Album Review] Graufar (Austria) - Via Necropolis, released independently via the artist 20th March, 2026. Words by Dean Underhill. See within for a review of some ripping Austrian blackened death-metal, as well as single/album streaming links, artist links and more. Dean’s verdict: 8/10 Undead Strudels.