Gore Metal kings EXHUMED (USA) hit the blood-soaked road in 2026, announcing their long-awaited return to Australia and New Zealand in support of their brand-new album Red Asphalt, out February 20, 2026 via Relapse Records.

Hardline Media are stoked to announce the inaugural and triumphant Reckoning tour of VINDICTA. Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane, it’s your turn…Born from the ruins of greatness, VINDICTA rise, more original and even greater than before. Australian believers, we heard your call…vocalist Grace Pasturini (Lilith) and guitarists Amber Maldonado (Lamia) and Patri Grief (Rusalka) will be descending down under in June 2026

BATTLE BEAST have announced that long-time vocalist Noora Louhimo will be departing the band. The news was shared on the band’s official social media channels recently.

Australia, prepare for impact — American technical death metal legends ORIGIN are returning to obliterate stages across the country for the first time in over a decade. Being hailed as one of the most ferociously technical and forward-thinking bands in extreme metal; ORIGIN Return to Australia in June 2026 to obliterate stages in the cities of Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Frankston, Melbourne and Sydney

ENSIFERUM, one of the world's leading Folk Metal Bands, return to Australia for their "Winter Storm Over Australia" tour late May 2026. With their 9th studio album under their belt Winter Storm, and celebrating their 30th anniversary, these shows will be huge. Get your drinking horns and Viking helmets ready.

With only a handful of tickets remaining for the SOULFLY + NAILBOMB + SNOT show in Melbourne, legendary nu-metal pioneers SNOT have announced their only Australian headline show January 29th at Max Watts. The band that defined an era of raw, unfiltered rage will perform live for the first time in Australia since their historic 2014 reunion.

In 2026, Michigan crushers KING 810 will head down under for their first ever Australian headline tour, set to roar onto shores next March joined by guests THE GLOOM IN THE CORNER and DREGG.

One of the world's most brutal Death Metal bands, the mighty CRYPTOPSY, are just weeks away from headlining 4 shows throughout Australia to close out the year as part of their ALL SO VILE tour!!!

Shat out of hell? Indeed. The epically unpronounceable, utterly indecipherable and altogether uncompromising gore merchants, Sanguisugabogg, are returning to Australia in June 2026 with special guests PeelingFlesh.

Progressive metal band NEOMANTRA is thrilled to announce their upcoming tour alongside Finnish melodic death doom icons Swallow the Sun. This epic tour promises to deliver an unforgettable fusion of progressive metal and atmospheric doom, combining NEOMANTRA's intricate compositions, spiritually charged lyrics, and emotionally intense soundscapes.

IMMORIUM is an unstoppable force in the heavy metal scene, fusing blistering Melodic Death Metal with Progressive Metal's complexity and the emotional depth of Post-Metal will join EVERGREY on their return to Australia in April and May 2026!

HED) P.E. return to shake Australia to its very foundations and they are bringing NONPOINT with them

HARDLINE MEDIA proudly presents VADER - REIGN FOREVER AUSTRALIA 2026 - Playing REIGN FOREVER WORLD + LITANY!