Australia’s greatest ever thrash band, Mortal Sin, celebrate 40 years of mayhem in 2026!
Mortal Sin’s place in thrash metal history is undisputed and 2026 will see them celebrate their career like never before.

The night of music had already been set like a blender to genre purée and Wargasm were only going to intensify that reality. Their sound is a collision of guitars, bass, thrashed drums, and electronic rave music and the genre is picking ‘your own adventure’.

The Brightside got the full Wargasm treatment with Poltergeist9000 ahead of Good Things. We were there, check out our gallery.

“It's hard to write songs for Cryptopsy because it must be extreme! Cryptopsy songs and instrumentation has to be memorable. It has to be catchy with a melody. It must have groove. It must be heavy. There's a lot of boxes that need to be checked to fall underneath the Cryptopsy umbrella”.‍ ‍

Australia and New Zealand, big things are coming! In 2026, two heavyweights will head down under for a colossal arena run, with Florida hybrid heavies A DAY TO REMEMBER and California mainstays PAPA ROACH joining forces for the BIG ROCK TOUR next April, joined by special guests LANDMVRKS.

One of Brisbane’s most beloved metal festivals returns May 2nd 2026 at The Mansfield Tavern… Thats right, SHREDFEST is back!After a 3 year hiatus SHREDFEST will return  in May for a 10 year Anniversary show with the biggest lineup in the history of Metal of Honor & Shredfest!

The Good Things Festival is just days away as we come together for an experience that connects us. Due to family emergencies, The All-American Rejects and Knocked Loose will no longer perform. Stand Atlantic and Alpha Wolf will join the line up and fill the existing schedule slots. We appreciate your understanding and support this weekend.

Destroy All Lines and Park Waves Festival are devastated to confirm that the 11-date Australian tour of Park Waves Festival will not go ahead. The cancellation is due to a combination of challenges, and ultimately, the numbers no longer stack up. With a heavy heart, we’ve had to make a difficult decision. We've tried everything. We’re gutted. The news is disappointing to everyone involved - especially the fans and the bands.

Sebastian Bach lit up Brisbane as his Australian tour rolled into Eatons Hill. The set featured Skid Row’s debut album performed in full along with a selection of fan favourites, with support from Willie J's 6v6s. Check out the gallery from the show below.

‘Conflict DLC’ captures doomscrolling, consuming despair and online loneliness as HEALTH blends industrial heaviness with ethereal vocals. Songs like ‘Vibe Cop’, ‘Trash Decade’ and ‘Antidote’ dive into fear, vulnerability and the pain of modern life. It’s terrifyingly beautiful, a reminder that the digital world is a two-edged sword of light and darkness.

ANTHRAX will head back to Australia for four shows in March 2026. The band will hit Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, bringing a full set of classics, fan favourites and staples from across their catalogue. This marks their first Australian tour since 2019.

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.

A completely sold out crowd packed into The Princess Theatre as the Horror Down Under tour kicked off in Brisbane. Wednesday 13 delivered the horror punk metal before Kim Dracula hit the stage for their first show back on home soil.

This is one concert double bill that you do not want to miss: Kim Dracula and Wednesday 13 are a pairing made in heavy metal heaven or hell depending on your view. The ‘Horror Down Under Tour’ gave Brisbane an awesome night of live heavy rock music with a twist and the right amount of chaos.

A seated Fortitude Valley Music Hall made no sense for Opeth, but the band delivered a heavy and emotional set that rose above the awkward layout. Caligula’s Horse opened strong with a beautiful and dynamic performance that the crowd adored. Opeth’s mix of new songs and their back catalogue carried the night.

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.

Swedish masters of dark melody KATATONIA return to Australia and New Zealand in 2026, bringing songs from their haunting new album Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State to life on stage, plus major milestones from the band’s extensive catalogue of astounding albums.

Award-winning Sacramento heavyweights Deftones are returning down under for their first headline arena run in nearly a decade, bringing Interpol and Ecca Vandal along for the ride.

Orange County post-hardcore trailblazers Saosin will return to Australia in April 2026 for a national headline tour, celebrating 20 years of their iconic self-titled album - playing the album in full as well as the hits. Joining them across all dates is special guests and post-hardcore legends Senses Fail.

Renowned US experimental metal trio SUMAC will make their long-awaited Australian debut in February 2026, bringing their boundary-pushing live show to Auckland, Wellington, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide.

Australia, get set to be bowled over in 2026, with beloved UK folk punk act FRANK TURNER & THE SLEEPING SOULS joining forces with Texan pop punk mainstays BOWLING FOR SOUP for a monumental co-headline Australian tour next May.

Metallica’s return after twelve years hit like a tsunami out of Suncorp, Evanescence delivered a beautifully curated set with Amy Lee’s voice soaring across the stadium, and Suicidal Tendencies kicked off the night with a burst of unfiltered psycho energy. It was a massive night that felt long overdue.

Angel Du$t announce their new album COLD 2 THE TOUCH, returning today with new single ‘DU$T.’ Out February 13 via Run For Cover Records/Civilians, the 26 minute album delivers eclectic, hard hitting rock & roll that pushes their aggression, hooks, personality and ferocity to new heights. ‘DU$T’ is out now.

‘The World Is Not Yours’ is the long-overdue debut album from Melbourne based purveyors of blackened grinding death, MUNT. Across thirteen relentless tracks, the band forges black metal, death metal, grindcore, hardcore, and noise into a dense slab of raw aggression, sharpened by a bitter philosophical edge.

The band says of The Road "We had an absolute ball on our epic 6 week tour of Europe and the UK and can't wait to get back there! These are just some of the highlights and good times we had the opportunity to have on the Road! "We love The Road Love the Freedom" 

‘Conflict DLC’ captures doomscrolling, consuming despair and online loneliness as HEALTH blends industrial heaviness with ethereal vocals. Songs like ‘Vibe Cop’, ‘Trash Decade’ and ‘Antidote’ dive into fear, vulnerability and the pain of modern life. It’s terrifyingly beautiful, a reminder that the digital world is a two-edged sword of light and darkness.

Better Lovers celebrate the one-year anniversary of their blistering debut album Highly Irresponsible with a deluxe edition featuring two new tracks: ‘The Impossible End’ and ‘Don’t Forget To Say Please’. The band will make their Australian debut in 2026, hitting Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne, Belgrave and Adelaide with Split Chain and Blind Girls.

SLAYER’s iconic second studio album, Hell Awaits, is set to receive a 40th anniversary edition reissue via Metal Blade Records next year! “It’s the record where SLAYER became SLAYER.” That’s what Kerry King says about Hell Awaits.

The new album ‘Flowers’ has huge breakdowns, melodic guitars, and emotional lyricism about the disappointments in life, frustration, and the desire to feel alive. The commanding synths, soaring clean vocals, and dark heavy tones show The Devil Wears Prada as a band that continue to grow and evolve their sound.

There Is No Memory is an album steeped in life (and lives) lived, in recollections of the past, in the absence of what once was, in the lacuna brought on by the memories of what had been. Jorgensen knew he wanted to write an album about memories, and while demoing tracks, something happened that felt connected.

Shadow Work by Canadian deathcore legends Despised Icon is a scorched-earth assault of guttural roars, bone-crushing riffs, and machine-gun drumming. Featuring guests from Kublai Khan, Carnifex, Tom Barber of Chelsea Grin, and Misstiq, it’s pure chaos and adrenaline from start to finish, the perfect soundtrack to the zombie apocalypse.

“ALL THAT FOLLOWS marks the end of The Death We Seek and the start of a new chapter. These songs reflect our independence, experimentation and collaboration like never before. We explore disillusionment, inequality, betrayal and life’s ambiguity, pouring every experience into our music. It is rarely a happy story but always a cathartic one,” says Wille.

Speaking about the EP, Taylor said: “Taylor Momsen’s Pretty Reckless Christmas started as just one song, but the moment we got into the studio, it took on a life of its own. There was so much emotion, nostalgia and chaos wrapped up in it that it didn’t feel right to leave it standing alone. To really honor it, I needed to build a whole world around it.”

Brisbane nu-metal provocateurs Headwreck have dropped their electrifying new EP 'Attitude Adjustment', and share the video for new single "Razor". Headwreck are poised to make a loud, unapologetic statement in the alternative metal scene.

From releasing three brand-new tracks to touring across their own country with the title in blind sight, Japanese band coldrain have kept anticipation high. Now, the quintet has finally unveiled their new EP “OPTIMIZE ”

The Light We Chase exposes darkness and finds clarity in pain. Bloom wrestles with loss, self-worth, and time itself, creating an album that burns with honesty and reflection.

This album is hauntingly beautiful but it still rocks hard with synths, guitar riffs and brutal breakdowns. Even in its hope that experimenting with raising “the dead with miracles” might be a thing, the album is about how the unstoppable road in life unfolds into the horror of time passing and leads inexorably to the grave.

‘Simulacra’ lands as Bad Juju’s darkest, most polished release yet — all bite and distortion with a pulse you can feel in your teeth. It’s big, cinematic, and uncomfortably human. It’s the sound of someone clawing through the static to find something real. The EP’s a mirror cracked wide open, and we’re all staring into the reflection.

The wait is over: superhero metal warriors GRAILKNIGHTS have officially unleashed their brand-new studio album Forever. Packed with anthemic choruses, powerful riffs, and the band’s trademark mix of heroism and humour, Forever marks the Knights’ most dynamic and unifying chapter yet.

Digging into themes of isolation, guilt, anger and that space between feeling everything and feeling nothing, Pincer+'s upcoming album is about what's left when the noise stops and you're stuck with yourself. "It's about losing control, pulling yourself apart, and trying to figure out who you are," says the band.

With Poster Child, Taylor Acorn continues to shape her own lane in pop-punk. Across twelve tracks, she moves through love, self-doubt, and reflection. From the raw emotion of ‘Hangman’ to the nostalgia of ‘Home Videos’, each song shows her growth as a singer and songwriter.