In 2026, New Jersey hell-raisers LORNA SHORE will return to Australian shores, with an arena headline tour locked in this October, along with the announcement today of their first ever New Zealand performances. Joined by special guests and fellow American deathcore merchants WHITECHAPEL for all Australian shows, Massachusetts heavy hitters THE ACACIA STRAIN will also support throughout the entire run. Additionally, local New Zealand death metallers ORGANECTOMY will open on NZ dates only. 

A band who have spent over 15 years exploringand exploding beyond the confines of what it means to be a heavy band in themodern age, LORNA SHORE weld ferocity and emotional dexteritythrough their signature brand of deathcore. Since forming in 2009, the grouphave since evolved into a powerhouse of intense brutality, melodic sorcery and,in more recent times, mainstream infamy, with their 2020 album Immortal and2021 breakout EP ...And I Return To Nothingness, along with theguttural vocal acrobatics of vocalist Will Ramos, catapulting the group beyondcult status and into global renown. Whether hitting the viral Spotify andBillboard charts, generating hundreds of millions of streams or touring theglobe and galvanising a significant fanbase in the process, LORNASHORE offer the ultimate meeting point for unbridled catharsis, rawemotion, searing sonic aggression and cinematic beauty; a fact that elevated toeven greater heights via their recent fifth studio album, 2025's I FeelThe Everblack Festering Within Me.

A chameleonic live act who have toured over theyears with everyone from Mastodon through to Gojira, Parkway Drive and more, aswell as at major festivals including Knotfest, Wacken Open Air, DownloadFestival and Hellfest, LORNA SHORE's Australian live legacy is amuch more recent affair, with the group's maiden headline tour in February 2025entirely sold out before returning to obliterate Aussie crowds once again lastDecember as part of Good Things Festival. Described by Everyday Metal asdelivering "80 minutes or so of face-ripping sonicarmageddon" of their Melbourne headline sideshow late lastyear, LORNA SHORE's previous Australian live performances have beennothing short of acclaimed across the board, with Metal-Roos praisingof their Sydney performance last February as "a white-hot barrageof blackened death metal with the beatdown energy to beat any deathcoreband", and TheMusic.com.au declaring of thefirst-ever Melbourne performance that "tonight, they show usexactly why they sit atop the heap...they pour such heart, soul, effort andwrenching emotion into their set, it takes the breath away".

Forming in 2006 in Knoxville, Tennessee,deathcore icons WHITECHAPEL have been obliterating speakersand live crowds for two decades, continually sharpening their eclectic take onthe heavy subgenres along the way. Starting life with intense brutality andmorbid themes, WHITECHAPEL have gone on to, at times, expandtheir sonic palette to include grooves, melody and more personal lyricism; buttheir reputation as one of the pioneers of early deathcore remains, powerfullyfestering at the core of their sonic DNA. With nine studio albums in theirwake, spanning their 2007 debut The Somatic Defilement throughto 2025's Hymns in Dissonance, WHITECHAPEL haveticked off chart success, appearances on several Album Of The Year lists andtours with some of the giants of the scene, including Cannibal Corpse, LornaShore and Trivium amongst many others. A band who delivers a merciless liveshow fit for their royal status in the deathcore realms, WHITECHAPEL mostrecently performed down under in 2023 supporting Thy Art Is Murder. 

For more than two decades, veteran heavies THE ACACIA STRAIN have been snapping necks and consistently delivering new material to their explosively expanding fanbase across the globe. Now in command of thirteen studio albums, most recently unveiling their 2025 acclaimed LP You Are Safe From God Here, THE ACACIA STRAIN make nihilism and doom an enticing affair, frequently unleashing a cacophony of beautiful chaos that embraces deathcore, sludge, metalcore, hardcore and beyond. Forming in Massachusetts in the early 2000s, THE ACACIA STRAIN have toured relentlessly throughout their tenure, previously sharing stages with the likes of Architects, Every Time I Die, Hatebreed and Dying Fetus, and most recently whipped Australian crowds into a frenzy in early 2024 with Dying Wish as the support. With a live show that could double as a battering ram, THE ACACIA STRAIN will be primed and ready to raise hell with Australian and New Zealand crowds in 2026.