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By BRIAN GIFFIN

IT’S time for another tour update here with some big names in this annoucement.

First up, German electro-rockers Electric Callboy have announced their biggest tour yet. Making the step up to arenas when they return to Australia, the non-stop party machine will appear at five huge shows in September 2026.

SEPTEMBER 4: RACA, Perth
SEPTEMBER 6: AEC Arena, Adelaide
SEPTEMBER 8: Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
SEPTEMBER 10:  QUDOS Bank Arena, Sydney
SEPTEMBER 12: Riverstage, Brisbane
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Poland’s mighty Behemoth are celebrating 30 years of blasphemous rage with their Chant of the Eastern Lands tour. With added extremity from countrymen Nidhogg, Behemoth will be here in February.

FEBRUARY 18: The Tivoli, Brisbane
FEBRUARY 20: The Metro, Sydney
FEBRUARY 21: The Form, Melbourne
FEBRUARY 22: The Gov, Adelaide
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Post-hardcore favourite Thrice will be back in Australia touring latest album Horizons/West. The California rockers will be here in May next year at the mainland state capitals

MAY 1: The Forum, Melbourne
MAY 2: The Roundhouse, Sydney
MAY 3: The Tivoli, Brisbane
MAY 6: The Gov, Adelaide
MAY 7: Astor Theatre, Perth

Oregon doom lords YOB are returning to Australia for the first time in 10 years. The heavy-handed trio will be assisted on all dates by Mountain Wizard Death Cult.

FEBRUARY 16: Rosemount Hotel, Perth
FEBRUARY 17: The Ed Castle, Adelaide
FEBRUARY 19: Max Watts, Melbourne
FEBRUARY 20: Crowbar, Sydney
FEBRUARY 22: Crowbar, Brisbane

Finnish power metallers Battle Beast have only just unleashed their seventh album, Steelbound, and they’re already bringing it Down Under. March will see them in Australia for the first time: tickets go on sale on Monday.

MARCH 10: Magnet House, Perth
MARCH 11: Lion Arts Factory, Adelaide
MARCH 13: Max Watts, Melbourne
MARCH 14: Manning Bar, Sydney
MARCH 15: Crowbar, Brisbane

Celebrating 25 years of their releases Litany and Reign Forever World, Polish death metal pioneers Vader will do a short east coast blitz in April. Early bird sales begin tomorrow.

APRIL 16: Crowbar, Sydney
APRIL 17: Crowbar, Brisbane
APRIL 18: Croxton, Melbourne

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Brian Giffin

Author Brian Giffin

Brian Giffin is a metalhead, author, writer and broadcaster from the Blue Mountains in Australia. His life was changed forever after seeing a TV ad for 'The Number of the Beast' in 1982. During the 90s he wrote columns and reviews for Sydney publications On the Street, Rebel Razor, Loudmouth and Utopia Records' magazine. He was the creator and editor of the zine LOUD! which ran from 1996 until 2008, and of Loud Online that lasted from 2010 until 2023 when it unexpectedly spontaneously combusted into virtual ashes. His weekly community radio show The Annex has been going since 2003 on rbm.org.au. He enjoys heavy rock and most kinds of metal (except maybe symphonic power metal), whisk(e)y and beer.

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