Past Events

The wolves have come to trample our shores! The unmerciful might of Sweden’s WATAIN are here for a sweeping attack of callous and unsympathetic satanic black metal in what will be their first headlining shows in these southern regions. During the past 20 years, WATAIN have established themselves as one of the most hard working and uncompromising bands within the worldwide Black/Death Metal scene, creating themselves infamy for delivering one of a kind, state of the art ceremonies of wild Black Metal…

For the very first time, German progressive and technical death metal virtuosos OBSCURA bring their jaw-dropping musical prowess to New Zealand! From their very beginnings in 2002, the band have demonstrated an uncanny ability for blending different forms of technical, cerebral metal into a coherent synthesis of death, thrash and black metal merged with progressive elements. Not one to bend to convention, OBSCURA distinguished themselves and their unique brand of music via the tasteful use of vocal effects, fretless bass,…

Internet sensation Yung Gravy is set to make bring the Gravy Train Down Under for its maiden voyage this April. Splash! Following on from multiple sell out tours across North America, millions of streams, topping the Indify chart, collaborating with DRAM, UGLY GOD and LIL BABY, and acquiring a loyal following of Gravy faithful, Yung Gravy aka Lil Steamer aka Mr. Butter aka The Young Steve Harvey is set to hit Australia and New Zealand playing a string of clubs…

Internet sensation Yung Gravy is set to make bring the Gravy Train Down Under for its maiden voyage this April. Splash! Following on from multiple sell out tours across North America, millions of streams, topping the Indify chart, collaborating with DRAM, UGLY GOD and LIL BABY, and acquiring a loyal following of Gravy faithful, Yung Gravy aka Lil Steamer aka Mr. Butter aka The Young Steve Harvey is set to hit Australia and New Zealand playing a string of clubs…

Few musical acts are capable of exhibiting the sheer depth of emotional terror that Cult Leader possess - let alone in such a savage, and unrelenting manner of expertise. Terms like ‘extreme metal’ and ‘crust punk’ are hurled their way, yet when immersed in their thoughtful ferocity, and diametrically opposed moments of pained quiet, one might think they are best left described as simply being ‘chaotic’. Hailing from Salt Lake City, Utah, and formed in 2013 from the death of…

Few musical acts are capable of exhibiting the sheer depth of emotional terror that Cult Leader possess - let alone in such a savage, and unrelenting manner of expertise. Terms like ‘extreme metal’ and ‘crust punk’ are hurled their way, yet when immersed in their thoughtful ferocity, and diametrically opposed moments of pained quiet, one might think they are best left described as simply being ‘chaotic’. Hailing from Salt Lake City, Utah, and formed in 2013 from the death of…

Coming all the way down under for the very first time, OMNIUM GATHERUM! OMNIUM GATHERUM has been a mainstay in the Melodic Death Metal world since their conception in Finland in 1996 by guitarist Markus Vanhala (also of Insomnium fame). The band has grown from strength to strength over the years, touring rigorously and growing their sound to include a progressive flair to their signature aggressive melodic death metal roots. Since working with Swedish death metal alumni Dan Swano in…

Coming all the way down under for the very first time, OMNIUM GATHERUM! OMNIUM GATHERUM has been a mainstay in the Melodic Death Metal world since their conception in Finland in 1996 by guitarist Markus Vanhala (also of Insomnium fame). The band has grown from strength to strength over the years, touring rigorously and growing their sound to include a progressive flair to their signature aggressive melodic death metal roots. Since working with Swedish death metal alumni Dan Swano in…

Tickets Available From: http://bit.ly/PrimitiveManHeresiarch Denver's Primitive Man are ready to bring their signature brand of misanthropic metal brutality crashing down upon the eardrums of local punters in early 2019, with shows lined up across Aotearoa alongside Wellington war metal crew Heresiarch. The subterranean death / noise / doom US trio was originally formed by Ethan Lee McCarthy and Jonathan Campos (both of Vermin Womb, Withered, Clinging To The Trees of A Forest Fire, Death of Self and Reproacher) in 2012 and…

Ironclad Productions and Valhalla Touring Presents.. At the Gates and The Haunted - Swedish Slaughter NZ Tour   TOUR DATES 30th April - Valhalla – Wellington 1st May  - Whammy – Auckland With special guest DARK DIVINITY TICKETS:  utr.co.nz, eventfinda.co.nz, valhallatouring.com AT THE GATES are innovators. From debut album, The Red In The Sky Is Ours, through comeback stunner, At War With Reality, the Gothenburg-based death metal act have always traversed the left-hand path on their own terms. The Swedes…

Ironclad Productions and Valhalla Touring Presents.. At the Gates and The Haunted - Swedish Slaughter NZ Tour   TOUR DATES 30th April - Valhalla – Wellington 1st May  - Whammy – Auckland With special guest DARK DIVINITY TICKETS:  utr.co.nz, eventfinda.co.nz, valhallatouring.com AT THE GATES are innovators. From debut album, The Red In The Sky Is Ours, through comeback stunner, At War With Reality, the Gothenburg-based death metal act have always traversed the left-hand path on their own terms. The Swedes…

BEYOND CREATION AND RIVERS OF NIHIL - ALGORYTHM NZ TOUR Tuesday 14th May - Valhalla – Wellington Wednesday 15th May - Whammy – Auckland TICKETS:  utr.co.nz, valhallatouring.com Feel the onrush of sweeping arpeggios, crushing waves of fretless bass, complex rhythmic patterns and erupting scales peppered with jazzy feeling and masterful execution under the mark of 'Earthborn Evolution', which names the sophomore full-length of BEYOND CREATION. The French part of Canada is home to a vibrant culture of technical Death Metal…

BÖLZER is an outlet and conduit for primal energies, it’s only source of inspiration being the extremities of nature and the inner self. True beauty and enlightenment are found athwart the peaks, amidst the shades. These are the songs that BÖLZER have heard reverberate from those places. Ascend and fall…emerge from nothingness a thunderbolt of flaming wisdom! Blessed be the conflagration of their mortal souls! www.facebook.com/erosatarms Bölzer performing at: May 28th - Auckland, Whammy Bar Backroom May 29th – Wellington,…

BÖLZER is an outlet and conduit for primal energies, it’s only source of inspiration being the extremities of nature and the inner self. True beauty and enlightenment are found athwart the peaks, amidst the shades. These are the songs that BÖLZER have heard reverberate from those places. Ascend and fall…emerge from nothingness a thunderbolt of flaming wisdom! Blessed be the conflagration of their mortal souls! www.facebook.com/erosatarms Bölzer performing at: May 28th - Auckland, Whammy Bar Backroom May 29th – Wellington,…

Cult Of Fire was set ablaze in the year 2010, but Infernal Vlad's and Coroner's common idea to create the band was of a much older date. Later also Devilish was invited to join the band for the invocations of death and fire. Thus the cult of fire could rise… The first EP, 20:11, was inspired by the Chernobyl catastrophe, which had always fascinated the band. That is why the EP was released exactly on the 25th anniversary of this…

Texan Swampadelic Trio WO FAT will make their way to New Zealand in June 2019. With 6 Studio albums, live LPs & multiple Splits since their 2006 inception the band has done their fair share of spreading their Psychedelic Wizardy across the globe playing festivals through Europe and the USA WO FAT became a global phenomenon with the self release of The Gathering Dark in 2012. That addictive bass heavy and fuzz loving groove inspired by Junior Kimborough, Jimi Hendrix…

Texan Swampadelic Trio WO FAT will make their way to New Zealand in June 2019. With 6 Studio albums, live LPs & multiple Splits since their 2006 inception the band has done their fair share of spreading their Psychedelic Wizardy across the globe playing festivals through Europe and the USA WO FAT became a global phenomenon with the self release of The Gathering Dark in 2012. That addictive bass heavy and fuzz loving groove inspired by Junior Kimborough, Jimi Hendrix…