![[Heavy News] I BUILT THE SKY (AUS): Exclusive Melb Show Playing Two Full-Length Albums.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/8fb5431e-55d7-4f6d-b79f-8daf8f311df9/unnamed.jpg)
[Heavy News] I BUILT THE SKY (AUS): Exclusive Melb Show Playing Two Full-Length Albums.
[Music Mondays/ Heavy News]: I BUILT THE SKY (AUS)
Return Home For Exclusive Melbourne Show This October
Performing Promise Me You'll Thrive And The Zenith Rise In Full. Organised By: Nolanski Entertainment / The Highwater Agency.
![[Heavy News] 28 DAYS (AUS) Expand Their 30-Year Anniversary Tour To Include Perth & Regional Areas This October.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/fb9c127a-dece-4031-809b-7b61a698814d/d0f9c95e-256f-3aa3-813e-0233a0ac076d.png)
[Heavy News] 28 DAYS (AUS) Expand Their 30-Year Anniversary Tour To Include Perth & Regional Areas This October.
[Heavy News]: 28 DAYS (AUS) Expand Their 30 Year Anniversary Tour To Include Perth & Regional Areas This October. See within for added tour dates/info, ticket links, artist media, links and more. Tour courtesy of: Teamwork Touring.
![[Heavy News] CAKE (US) Announce ‘An Evening With Cake’ March 2027 Australian Tour.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1783240693831-GFX0OQSVRQ16MSZ5OZZW/cake+band.jpg)
[Heavy News] CAKE (US) Announce ‘An Evening With Cake’ March 2027 Australian Tour.
[Heavy News] CAKE (US) Announce An Evening with CAKE March 2027 Australian Tour! Organised by: destroyalllines. See within for tour info, venues/dates, ticket links, artist links and more. Let them eat Cake!
![[Gig Review] POISON THE WELL (US) + Supports @ 170 Russell, Melbourne (AU), 11.06.26.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1781528928190-ASPBX9L3NB9UE13QOY24/%5BGig+Review%5D+POISON+THE+WELL+%28US%29+W+HAYWIRE+%28US%29%2C+IRON+MIND+%26+ENDS+IN+TRAGEDY+%28AUS%29+%40+170+Russell%2C+Melbourne+%28AU%29+11.06.26.png)
[Gig Review] POISON THE WELL (US) + Supports @ 170 Russell, Melbourne (AU), 11.06.26.
[Gig Review]: POISON THE WELL, HAYWIRE (US), IRON MIND & ENDS IN TRAGEDY (AUS) @ 170 Russell, Melbourne, AU, 11.06.26. Organised By: destroyalllines. Photography: @richie_black_photography
![[Gig Review] EXHUMED (US), ASHEN & GUTLESS (AUS) @ Stay Gold, Melbourne 06.06.26.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1781496225969-DERVZC3QEXHOW55BKB6A/%5BGig+Review%5D.png)
[Gig Review] EXHUMED (US), ASHEN & GUTLESS (AUS) @ Stay Gold, Melbourne 06.06.26.
[Gig Review] EXHUMED (US) with ASHEN & GUTLESS (AUS), Sat 6th June 2026 @ Stay Gold Melbourne. Photography: Chris Dynia (@chrisdyphotography), Organised by: Your Mate Bookings.
![[Album Review]: AUGUST BURNS RED (US) - ‘Season of Surrender’.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1780726729038-2W4F5MO1UG1M4WRDJQXQ/ABR_sos_final.jpg)
[Album Review]: AUGUST BURNS RED (US) - ‘Season of Surrender’.
[Album Review]: August Burns Red (US) - Season of Surrender, released 5th June 2026 via Fearless Records.
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!
![[Podcast] Ep. 79: [Interview] w/ BILL STEVENSON of DESCENDENTS (US) Ahead of AUS/NZ Tour This Week.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1780285666032-ZNMWGQ2G3L1TULCAWTFA/Inner-Strength+Check+Podcast%2C+Ep.+79+%5BInterview%5D+with+BILL+STEVENSON+of.png)
[Podcast] Ep. 79: [Interview] w/ BILL STEVENSON of DESCENDENTS (US) Ahead of AUS/NZ Tour This Week.
[Podcast] Ep. 79 [Interview]: w/ BILL STEVENSON of DESCENDENTS (US), ahead of AUS/NZ Tour This Week! See within for tour dates, ticket links, video/podcast interview links, plus an additional featured independent artist in USA’s hardcore-punk crims US Bastards.
![[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.
![[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).
![[#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] 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.
![[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!
![[Album Reviews]: CRYPTIC SHIFT (UK) & CONVERGE (US).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1776077019713-UQV80ZLO05KTDG0ER0JI/doublealbumcoverphoto.png)
[Album Reviews]: CRYPTIC SHIFT (UK) & CONVERGE (US).
For Music Monday, 13th April, we have two [Album Reviews]: CRYPTIC SHIFT (UK) - Overspace & Supertime & CONVERGE (US) - Love Is Not Enough. See within for full-album reviews, official full-album streaming links, artist/label links and more.
![[Podcast] Ep. 73: [Interview] with JOHN KEVILL of Modern Thrash Legends WARBRINGER (US).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775476240023-NE55NJFZH0JG5LXSWD3E/ISC+Podcast%2C+Ep.+73+-+Warbringer.png)
[Podcast] Ep. 73: [Interview] with JOHN KEVILL of Modern Thrash Legends WARBRINGER (US).
[Podcast] Ep. 73 - [Interview] with an absolute thrashers’ DREAM interviewee in John Kevill, perennial frontman and vocalist of modern-thrash titans Warbringer (US)! See link for video/podcast interview versions, artist media, Wrath and Ruin bio/details, Asian 2026 Tour and Australian 2026 Tour dates.
![[Podcast] Ep. 72: [Interview] with BOB VIGNA of US Death Metal Veterans IMMOLATION.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775462737731-441N3PIF9H9PGSG5KECQ/ISC+Podcast%2C+Ep.+72+-+Bannerhead.png)
[Podcast] Ep. 72: [Interview] with BOB VIGNA of US Death Metal Veterans IMMOLATION.
[Podcast] Ep. 72 involved a chat with one of the most influential dudes in the NY, US and heck, even international death metal scenes. None other than Bob Vigna, guitarist and longstanding member of elite boundary-pushers Immolation! Check the link for interview, single music video/streaming links, album preorder links and more. Descent drops Fri 10th April, 2026 via Nuclear Blast Records.
![[Gallery of Brewicide XXI]: RAGDOLL/ION SKY (AU) Co-Headliner @ Revolver Melb (AU), 27.03.26.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775455205777-388YGK8I3L34PHIBGJ4I/Ragdoll+-+Revolver+270326-39.jpg)
[Gallery of Brewicide XXI]: RAGDOLL/ION SKY (AU) Co-Headliner @ Revolver Melb (AU), 27.03.26.
[Gallery of Brewicide XXI] Ragdoll/ Ion Sky Double-Headliner @ Revolver Upstairs, Prahran (VIC, AU), Fri 27th March 2026 w/ supports Atomic Riot & Love Bites. See within for some stellar Richie Black Photography plus links for all involved artists. Rock and roll, Aussie style!
![[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!