Adelaide Alt-Metal Quartet Heartline Drops New Single ‘Dead Batteries’

The track features guest vocals from Banks Arcade frontman Joshua O'Donnell.

Get ready for three and a half minutes of adrenaline-fueled alt-metal when you press play on Heartline’s latest banger, ‘Dead Batteries’.

Arriving after the band’s spectacular BIGSOUND 2025 showcase, ‘Dead Batteries’ is a fast-paced EDM-influenced explosion of metal riffs, powerful percussion and clean vocals.

Produced by Sam Trott, engineered by Matt Cooper (Treetop Studios) and mixed and mastered by Jarred Nettle, ‘Dead Batteries’ also features guest vocals from Banks Arcade frontman Joshua O'Donnell.

Exploring the frustrations of modern life, the band reveals: “A lot of us are at a point now where we’re just exhausted. Exhausted from working so hard just to get by - and the payoff is really just that - just getting by. It leaves us with an emptiness that’s easy to lose our heart in.

“Sometimes we need a restart and a re-wire to find that heart again, whether it’s through talking about it or even joking about it, like saying, ‘there’s more life in a dead battery than me right now.’ It’s something almost everyone relates to at one stage or another.”

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Coming together in 2019, Heartline comprises Luke Taylor (vocals), Nevenko Sarunic (bass), George Carey (guitar) and Oscar Taylor (drums). The quartet shared their debut EP Essence the year they formed and have received worldwide praise for singles including ‘Frail’, ‘Crystal Eyes’ and ‘CE’.

Last year’s Pink Lemondae saw the group’s sound evolve with more dancey elements, with Heartline having shared the stage with the likes of Thy Art is Murder, The World Alive, Dance Gavin Dance, Gravemind, Diamond Construct, Thonhill and more.

Set to embark on a run of shows this October with Reliqa and Future Static, there’s no better time to jump on the Heartline bandwagon before they blow up.

‘Dead Batteries’ by Heartline is out now. Catch them supporting Reliqa and Future Static at Jive on Saturday 25 October. Tickets on sale now via destroyalllines.com.

Reliqa and Future Static Co-Headline 2025 Australian Tour Dates

With Special Guests Heartline

Friday 10 October – Solbar, Sunshine Coast, QLD

Saturday 11 October – Vinnie’s Dive, Gold Coast, QLD

Sunday 12 October – The Press, Tamworth, NSW

Thursday 16 October – Hamilton Street Hotel, Newcastle, NSW

Friday 17 October – Ocean View, Wamberal, NSW

Saturday 18 October – La La La’s, Wollongong, NSW

Sunday 19 October – Abyss Bar, Canberra, ACT

Thursday 23 October – Pelly Bar, Frankston, VIC

Friday 24 October – Volta, Ballarat, VIC

Saturday 25 October – Jive Bar, Adelaide, SA