Will Oakeshott goes to the dark side to gather up all things metal in South Australia…

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Life Pilot – ‘Feeding an Illness’
Life Pilot are living proof of the mantra ‘you have your whole life to write your first album’. Their debut LP is near completion, dropping its first taste with ‘Feeding An Illness’. Comparisons to chaos-makers The Chariot are deserved and delightful, but Life Pilot have progressed a step further. Shades of nu-metalcore that would impress Northlane creep their way in, but the five-piece are still in another frenzied universe, thankfully. Norma Jean, your Australian tour’s support act has been selected.
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Full of Hell & Thou
Grindcore greats Full Of Hell will be back Down Under after a decade-long absence. Joining them is blackened doom trailblazers Thou, who will make their Australian debut. Both outfits will celebrate their new albums, Coagulated Bliss and Umbilical, respectively. Undoubtedly, this will incite double the tormented trouble.
August 18 | Crown & Anchor |Tickets via Moshtix
SPEED
This heroic hardcore outfit have impacted the world since 2019. They have gone globally viral, even garnering an endorsement from Shaq, and have toured relentlessly worldwide. But now, the Sydney- -siders are home and will waste no time in bruising Adelaide with their debut LP, ONLY ONE MODE.
August 31 | UniBar Adelaide | Tickets via Moshtix
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Alpha Wolf
Tasmania-via-Victoria nu- nu-metalcore titans Alpha Wolf finally return to Australia to showcase their latest record, Half Living Things.
August 4 | Hindley St Music Hall
SPY
SPY manages to channel the frenetic hardcore punk of Black Flag with the vocal style of Converge’s Jacob Bannon. Something to witness live.
August 4 | Crown & Anchor
Blackened Power Thrash Chaos!
NZ’s Bulletbelt joins Adelaide’s Lumen Ad Mortem, Hell Machine and Executus for a freaky Friday at the Cranker.
August 30 | Crown & Anchor | The Metro | Tickets via Moshtix
Bleeding Through
Bleeding Through are bringing two decades worth of their manic metalcore to our City of Churches for a night celebrating their musical ferocity.
September 8 | Lion Arts Factory | Tickets via Moshtix
The remastered box set contains a total of 301 songs, 245 of which have never been released.
The 52-minute video features the band performing their third album, Underneath, in its entirety.
The Canadian singer-songwriter is heading our way as part of her 29-date world tour.
The Swedish punk rockers return with a nine date tour this October/November.
The three-day heavy metal extravaganza also features performances from Polaris Northlane, The Butterfly Effect and more.
The lad’s won triple j’s One Night Stand Unearthed Competition to earn the right to play at this year’s festival.
‘Up All Night’ is the quartet’s first new song since the release of their 2023 album Last Of Your Kind.
The tour includes four shows in South Australia in Adelaide, Mount Gambier and Port Lincoln.
The tour announcement coincides with the release of Iron Mind’s new single, ‘Test of the Iron Mind’.
‘Tears Dry Tonight’ is a deep house vibe from CYRIL and Blunt.
The new Adelaide date is an all-ages show at The Gov.
The emo rockers are performing their seminal album Something to Write Home About in full on the tour.
The quartet are celebrating 40 years together with a career-defining set this November.
This year’s SXSW Sydney takes place from October 13-19.
Catch the talented ensemble performing four Thursday nights in a row at UniBar Adelaide throughout May.
The legendary singer is celebrating 40 years making music with an extensive Australian tour.
‘Track 1’ marks the third collaboration between Flume and JPEGMAFIA.
The indie rockers have locked in six Aussie dates before embarking on an overseas tour.
The garage rock duo are hitting the road in support of their new album, Pound Cake.
Lorde debuted the track at New York’s Washington Square Park.
Power metal legends Sabaton will be joined by fellow Swedes Amaranthe on their September tour.
Adelaide’s Emergency Rule are supporting on all dates bar Perth.
The Melbourne synth-pop act have also shared B-side, ‘A Decade Long Sunset’.
The event takes place across two days and features the likes of Mount Kimbie, Emma Donovan and Grace Cummings.
The quartet are gearing up to support Pearl Jam on tour in the States.
The indie pop artist has also shared new single, ‘Cutting Room Floor’.
SA’s Fahey Hotel Group have also sold another two of their pubs.
‘This Is It’ is the first single from The Smith Street Band’s forthcoming seventh album.
Joining The Sexels are local rockers King Locust & The New Romantics.