![[Podcast] Ep. 78: [Interview] w/ MATT HARVEY (US) Re: EXHUMED (US) 2026 Australian Tour.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1779683647173-DTEK1FRJ9RY6BAL2MQJX/ISC+Podcast%2C+Ep.+78+%5BInterview%5D+with.png)
[Podcast] Ep. 78: [Interview] w/ MATT HARVEY (US) Re: EXHUMED (US) 2026 Australian Tour.
[Podcast] Ep. 78: [Interview] w MATT HARVEY of EXHUMED (US), Ahead of 2026 Australian Tour. See within for video/audio-only podcast links, tour dates/ticket info, 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.
![[Gig Review]: FEAR FACTORY (US) ‘Cybernetic Domination’ @ Northcote Theatre, Melb (AU), 23.05.26.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1779781368858-OO8JCO05R3TMFZSNY098/%5BGIG+REVIEW%5D+FEAR+FACTORY+%28US%29+w+BODY+PRISON+%28AU%29+%40+Northcote+Theatre%2C+Melb+%28AU%29+23.05.26.png)
[Gig Review]: FEAR FACTORY (US) ‘Cybernetic Domination’ @ Northcote Theatre, Melb (AU), 23.05.26.
[Gig Review]: FEAR FACTORY (US) ‘35 Years of Cybernetic Domination: Australian Tour’ with BODY PRISON (AU) @ Northcote Theatre, Melbourne, AU, 23.05.26. See within for review, gig photography & artist links.
![[Podcast] Ep. 76: [Interview] with NED SMELLY of Party-Grinders GOPHER (AU).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1779421601153-30ATLOAZJ06DOWVFHLTL/ISC+Podcast%2C+Ep.+76+%5BInterview%5D+with+NED+SMELLY%2C+of.png)
[Podcast] Ep. 76: [Interview] with NED SMELLY of Party-Grinders GOPHER (AU).
[Podcast] Ep. 76: Interview with NED SMELLY, of Party-Grinders GOPHER (AU). Intrigued by the idea of Blood Duster and Fuck… I’m Dead meets disco and Electric Callboy? Stub out your durries, swig a VB and head down to an undisclosed beach location where we discuss a raucous slam-electro-grind album Tunnel Buddies, out now!
![[Heavy News]: PSYCROPTIC (AU)/RIVERS OF NIHIL (US) & TSIM (AU) Announce 2026 Australian Tour/s.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/e4d20d4c-7c8d-4bed-8808-c8ea4542980e/TISM+%281%29.png)
[Heavy News]: PSYCROPTIC (AU)/RIVERS OF NIHIL (US) & TSIM (AU) Announce 2026 Australian Tour/s.
[Heavy News]: PSYCROPTIC (AU)/RIVERS OF NIHIL (US) & TSIM (AU) Announce 2026 Australian Tour/s.
![[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.
![[#MusicMondays]: BEARTOOTH Australia Headline Tour 2027 With Special Guests FIT FOR A KING & VOLUMES + Announce New Album 'Pure Ecstasy'.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1779077806850-FVY2SNYJP4IJS8XXNJ3I/PRIMARY_band-fisheye_Ashley+Osborn.jpg)
[#MusicMondays]: BEARTOOTH Australia Headline Tour 2027 With Special Guests FIT FOR A KING & VOLUMES + Announce New Album 'Pure Ecstasy'.
[#MusicMonday]: Hope y’all like your ‘core and your tour announcements, ‘cause we’re far from done! Next up in our slew of Heavy News tour-coverage articles - see within for details, ticket links and more re: Beartooth (US)’s huge tour with fellow barn-burners Fit For A King (US) & Volumes (US).
![[#MusicMondays]: SANGUISUGABOGG (US) Add New Show At Stay Gold; Melbourne Tour Begins On June 12.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1779073418365-NDZI5HL6116OONO5QPC6/SugaboggHeader.png)
[#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).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1778576572594-O1N2Y2MUWRZB2OLHVL7B/%5BGig+Review%5D+ULCERATE+%28NZ%29+w+THE+AMENTA+%26+MUNT+%28AU%29.png)
[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.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1778486929282-AUP8ZMEL55H5TJCH6623/Of+Mice+and+Men+horns+and+hands.jpg)
[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.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1778081907133-Z31FQPWOFLAL1DV9HNG8/Warbringer+-+Brutfest+2026+The+Tote+250426-60.jpg)
[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.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1777707112849-1ZFD7ZA9Q7SADWKOQGJQ/%5BGallery+of+Brewicide+XXV%5D+Brutefest+2026+Gallery+%5BPart+I%5D+featuring+RATLORDMUNITIONS+VIRULENT+INVOCATION+MONOLIYTH+%40richie_black_photography.png)
[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.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1777638276442-TWZMKOTCRRAWBOIBH5VV/%5BGallery+of+Brewicide+XXV%5D+Brutefest+Gallery%2C+Part+I.png)
[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.](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]: WAGE WAR ANNOUNCE 2026 OZ TOUR W/ SPECIAL GUESTS ORTHODOX (USA) + HEAVENSGATE](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1777444518385-CB0JQPNYGWZZGSGIYRYS/Wage+War+band+pic.jpg)
[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.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1777291520231-KTFFZDH308RU9RDLHB4T/MMF12.jpg)
[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.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1777193039191-VY2XB19Y0URFKJWY1TN1/MMF13.jpg)
[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.](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.
![[Album Reviews]: A ‘Straya-Double - CIRCLE OF BLOOD & BATTLEGRAVE (AU).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1776169063393-3M7MF3L0FS7D7B7L1DQG/%5BAlbum+Reviews%5D+Banner.png)
[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’.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775816443580-VVYQOF103GIY7RF24LNF/immolationdescentalbumcover.jpg)
[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!