February 2025: Heavy Round Up
Will Oakeshott goes to the dark side to gather up all things metal in South Australia.
Image Samuel Phillips Photography
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Double Dragon – ‘The Inconceivable Cost’
Irrefutably, Froth & Fury 2026 features some of the most iconic international and national heavy music acts; however, a focal point (of fantastic fury) is the return of the prestigious melodeath metalcore outfit, Adelaide’s Double Dragon. ‘The Inconceivable Cost’ is an illustrious reawakening and the quintet are undeniably ‘Breathing Fire’. Showcasing ferocious riffage, pummelling percussion and Lee Gardiner’s thunderous growls – this is a hellacious hybrid of Killswitch Engage and Heaven Shall Burn that has the metal universe thirsting for more.
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SUMAC
“It’s a pretty dense, heavy experience and kind of out there.” This is how drummer Nick Yacyshyn of post-metal luminaries SUMAC described the band before they unleashed their debut The Deal in 2014. Starring ISIS/Old Man Gloom’s Aaron Turner on guitar/vocals, and Russian Circles/Botch’s Brian Cook on bass, as well as Baptists’ Yacyshyn, the trio’s ExperiMetal adventures are pulsating sonic landscapes of delightful dissonance that are beyond density, they’re enthralling.
February 6 | The Ed Castle | Tickets
Behemoth
In 2007, Nergal, vocalist of extreme metal act Behemoth, was prosecuted for blasphemy for tearing up a Bible onstage. In 2010, Nergal was diagnosed with leukaemia, a disease he not only overcame, but crafted the multi-award-winning LP The Satanist in reference to that time, and his Satanic beliefs for helping him. Behemoth are returning down under to celebrate The Shit Ov God. Join them in their chaotic chasm of brutality.
February 22 | The Gov | Tickets
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Dead Congregation
Greece’s death metal trailblazers Dead Congregation are bringing their ‘Lucid Curse’ back to Australia with Finland’s Concrete Winds. Prepare for this atmosFEAR.
February 10 | The Ed Castle
YOB
YOB are arguably the pathfinders of progressive post-metal. Sculpturing soulful soundscapes of mesmerising musical journeys, the trio blend melody and malice mystifyingly.
February 17 | The Ed Castle | Tickets
Lacuna Coil
Goth-metal royalty Lacuna Coil began in 1994 and now they are Italy’s biggest-ever metal export. Band in with their Sleepless Empire.
February 17 | The Gov | Tickets
Bloom
Since the release of Bloom’s The Light We Chase, the quintet has toured through Europe, the UK and North America. Thankfully, the melodic hardcore Aussies will now glow at home.
February 21 | Lion Arts Factory | Tickets
