{"id":2421299,"date":"2026-05-18T04:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2421299"},"modified":"2026-05-18T04:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:57:16","slug":"killswitch-engage-announce-australian-and-new-zealand-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/killswitch-engage-announce-australian-and-new-zealand-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Killswitch Engage Announce Australian and New Zealand Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Killswitch Engage are returning to Australia and New Zealand this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The legends of modern heavy music have announced a new tour kicking off at Auckland\u2019s Powerstation on October 31st, before making its way to Wellington\u2019s Meow Nui, Brisbane\u2019s Fortitude Music Hall, Sydney\u2019s Enmore Theatre, Wollongong\u2019s Waves, Melbourne\u2019s Forum, Adelaide\u2019s Hindley Street Music Hall, and Fremantle\u2019s Metro in November.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 10am on Thursday, May 21st. A Spotify presale will run from 10am on Tuesday, May 19th followed by a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sbmpresents.com\/tour\/killswitch-engage-2026\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">promoter<\/a> presale at 10am on Wednesday, May 20th. All times are AEST.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing more than two decades of genre-defying metal to the stage, the headline shows mark Killswitch Engage\u2019s biggest in the region to date.\u00a0 They\u2019ll be joined across the tour by British heavyweights Sylosis.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Massachusetts group helped redraw the map for modern metal in the early 2000\u2019s, fusing blistering European\u2011inspired guitar work, East Coast hardcore energy and emotionally charged, uplifting lyrics into a sound that changed the game for a generation of bands and fans.<\/p>\n<p>Across their landmark career, they\u2019ve earned three Grammy nominations for Best Metal Performance, multiple Gold and Platinum records, billions of streams and forged a reputation as one of the most powerful live acts in heavy music.<\/p>\n<p>From classic albums like <em>Alive Or Just Breathing<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The End of Heartache\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>As Daylight Dies<\/em>\u00a0through to chart\u2011topping releases\u00a0<em>Disarm the Descent<\/em>, <em>Incarnate<\/em>\u00a0and 2019\u2019s\u00a0<em>Atonement,<\/em>\u00a0they\u2019ve consistently raised the bar while packing out venues and festival main stages around the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form justify-content-center my-3 p-0 d-flex align-items-stretch bg-dark text-white\">\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form-info p-3\" style=\"justify-content: start;\">\n<h2 class=\"h5 mb-0 observer-title\">Love Music?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"observer-desc mb-2\"> Get your daily dose of metal, rock, indie, pop, and everything else in between. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"spinner d-none\">  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Australian and New Zealand tour comes fresh off the release of their latest album\u00a0<em>This Consequence<\/em>, which featured blockbuster single \u201cI believe\u201d \u2013 their biggest radio hit of their career.<\/p>\n<p><em>For complete tour and ticket information, see <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sbmpresents.com\/tour\/killswitch-engage-2026\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">KILLSWITCH ENGAGE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TOUR 2026<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Saturday, October 31st<\/strong><br \/>Powerstation, Auckland NZ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sunday, November 1st<\/strong><br \/>Meow Nui, Wellington NZ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tuesday, November 3rd<\/strong><br \/>Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane QLD<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friday, November 6th<\/strong><br \/>Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Saturday, November 7th<\/strong><br \/>Waves, Wollongong NSW<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tuesday, November 10th<\/strong><br \/>Forum, Melbourne VIC<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Thursday, November 12th<\/strong><br \/>Hindley St, Adelaide SA<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Saturday, November 14th<\/strong><br \/>Metro Fremantle, Perth WA<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"468e9f7849c157d76c650ce5-text\/javascript\">\n        !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n            if (f.fbq) return;\n            n = f.fbq = function () {\n                n.callMethod ?\n                    n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n            };\n            if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n            n.push = n;\n            n.loaded = !0;\n            n.version = '2.0';\n            n.queue = [];\n            t = b.createElement(e);\n            t.async = !0;\n            t.src = v;\n            s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n            s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n        }(window, document, 'script',\n            'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('init', '243859349395737');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        fbq.disablePushState = true;\n    <\/script><script type=\"468e9f7849c157d76c650ce5-text\/javascript\">\n        (function(d, s, id) {\n            var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n            if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n            js = d.createElement(s);\n            js.id = id;\n            js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9&appId=1950298011866227\";\n            fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n        }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n    <\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source tonedeaf.thebrag.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Killswitch Engage are returning to Australia and New Zealand this year. 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