STEEL PANTHER are “Crude, rude, filthy, and more infectious than a bad case of herpes”. – Revolver Mag. 

For STEEL PANTHER, bringing the halcyon days of metal back to the world is not a job…it’s a mission statement, a modus operandi, and a way of life.

In their first ever headline tour of Australia, STEEL PANTHER are primed for an all-out assault on the senses with Michael Starr commenting “I can’t wait to get my balls out in some fresh Australian air!” and Stixx adding ”I can’t wait to come to Australia and rock all the genitals off your women then they’ll know what America tastes like!”

They have remained rock's best kept secret for decades -- prowling the Sunset Strip with weekly residencies while keeping the sleazy flame of rock 'n' rock alive…”But no longer. The ferocious Steel Panther has been let out of its iron cage and has only one mission: to roar with the tiger-like growl and strut with the sensual prance of glam rock n' roll from the halcyon days of the 1980s.” – Metal As Fuck

With their brand new album ‘Balls Out’ in tow and having just been nominated for Metal Hammer’s "Best International Band" Award, STEEL PANTHER will be bringing their full live show extravaganza to Australia this October!

Tickets go on sale Thursday 17 May, 9am.

France's experimental metallers Hypno5e were forced to cancel their Australian tour due to a health problem involving one of the band's members.

The tour was planned to support the recent release of their second album "Acid Mist Tomorrow" issued by Klonosphere/Season of Mist and licensed to Truth Inc. Records for Australia.

The band extends their sincerest apologies to all the fans and friends hoping to attend this tour and promises to reschedule these shows for a later date.

Read the band's official statement regarding the cancelation of this tour:

"Due to a health problem of one of the members of the band, Hypno5e was obliged to put back its Australian tour, originally planned from the 10th to the 19th of May 2012. New dates in Australia will soon be re-scheduled and announced.

This cancellation, which comes at the beginning of the ACID MIST TOMORROW tour, lasting until mid-2013, is a real blow for the band and for those who worked for its organization.

Nevertheless, let's meet starting on May 25th for a series of shows in France and we will keep you posted on the dates of the replacement shows for Australia!"

DARKEST HOUR CONFIRM HEADLINE SHOWS!

DARKEST HOUR have confirmed 3 headline shows in Australia and will be bringing their crushing metal to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this weekend!

There have only been a select few that can claim the sustained ferocity and relevance over the last fifteen years that DARKEST HOUR can. Quite simply, they are a metal phenomenon.

Mastering, ascending and maturing from each album they have created, DARKEST HOUR return with their 7th studio album ‘The Human Romance’.  With fangs bared, unstoppable and more menacing than ever with every passing riff and scream “This is how metalcore should be: layered, dynamic, passionate… easily the best Darkest Hour have been” – Rocksound .

AUSTRALIAN TOUR CANCELLED.

It is with regret that we announce the impending Devildriver tour of Australia has been cancelled.

“I've NEVER cancelled a tour before. EVER...

I have Pneumonia and I'm restricted from flying for at least 2 weeks. So unfortunately we have to cancel our Australian tour.

I respectfully apologize to all our Australian fans, Six Feet Under; Darkest Hour and the folks at SW touring who worked so hard to put this tour together.

Thank you for your support. We'll make it up to you on the next tour.” – Dez FaFara    

Ticket holders can go back to the point of purchase for a refund.

SOUNDWORKS TOURING presents

“AUSTRALIAN TORTURE” OCTOBER 2012

After three long torturous years, death metals titanic kings, CANNIBAL CORPSE, return to Australia for a sarcophagic frenzy of sordid and demented proportions!

Their new ceaselessly hostile album release, TORTURE, proves that when it comes to combining unrestrained maliciousness, involved song writing and technical precision they still have no equal. The twelfth full-length of their inspiring twenty-four year career, the Floridian quintet have never sounded so vital, the album building upon the wealth of powerful, dark, and memorable songs comprising 2006's Kill and 2009's Evisceration Plague and pointedly upping the ante at every turn.
With blistering riffs,  turbulent drums,  ruthless and razored vocals, CANNIBAL CORPSE are THE pinnacle of death metal. Make no mistake. The sledgehammer force of the forthcoming live cannibalism will yet again prove this beyond any doubt.