Will Oakeshott goes to the dark side to gather up all things metal in South Australia…
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Signals – ‘Poetry of Spite
SIGNV/S are determined to be ahead of the metalcore curve. Their new single, ‘Poetry Of Spite’, arguably is the quartet at their most venturesome and its four-and-a-half minutes will shatter stages and skulls. A devastating stomp shakes the Earth while the Vein.fm-inspired static breakdown enhances the atmospheric experimentation between vocalist Calem Pepper-Freeman’s repeated below. It’s alchemy. The remarkable ruination of the track will have listeners feeling wondrously wrecked at its conclusion.
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Mindsnare
Clarity Records is bringing Australian hardcore elites together in Adelaide for one energised event across Rhino Room and LowLife. Mindsnare (VIC), Extortion (VIC), Enzyme (VIC), Blindgirls (QLD), GELD (VIC), J.O.Y. (NSW), RAT BAIT (VIC) and locals Tunnel Vision, Devoidance and STRESSED will cause chaos in one crazed night that has already made history.
September 7 | Rhino Room & LowLife
Parkway Drive
Celebrating 20 years of memorable metalcore, Parkway Drive are returning to Adelaide after a significant absence from Australia. This homecoming tour will be their first string of exclusive shows Down Under since 2018. Along for the ride is Grammy-nominated outfit I Prevail, California’s moshcore mainstays The Ghost Inside and Melbourne’s metalcore marvels Void Of Vision.
September 27 | Adelaide Entertainment Centre | Tickets via Ticketek
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Bleeding Through
Orange County’s Bleeding Through will invigorate SA with their hardcore sensibilities. This show has already been upgraded once. Don’t miss it.
September 8 | Lion Arts Factory
Undeath
New York-made death metal outfit Undeath will showcase new cuts from their heavily-anticipated third album, More Insane, before it terrorises the world on October 4.
September 19 | Rhino Room | Tickets via Oztix
Cradle of Filth
Black metalists Cradle Of Filth haven’t devastated Adelaide since 2019. Now, the Brits are back Down Under to darken our horizons with their new live album, Trouble and Their Double Lives
September 25 | The Gov | Tickets via Moshtix
Vulvodynia
South Africa’s metallic deathcore trailblazers Vulvodynia are back Down Under with the group’s latest LP, Entabeni, and are ready to melt minds with their metal onslaught.
September 29 | Crown & Anchor | Tickets via Moshtix
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