Wage War

Australia, some spectacular savagery is headed your way this July and August, with Florida metalcore juggernauts WAGE WAR bringing the 'It Calls Me By Name' world tour down under, joined by special guests ORTHODOX (USA) and HEAVENSGATE.

Hailing from the thick and humid swamps of Florida, WAGE WAR have spent their storied career cultivating a reputation for snarling breakdowns, infectious hooks and their own gripping take on the metalcore realms, with their releases also often lyrically packing a connective punch via themes of mental health, introspection and perseverance. Releasing their debut full-length Blueprints in 2015, WAGE WAR have since unleashed five studio albums, including their evolutionary 2024 album Stigma. Fluent in creating hybrid heavy creations and no strangers to chart success, including taking out the #1 spot on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Airplay chart for their single MAGNETIC, WAGE WAR have also just dropped their brand new EP It Calls Me By Name; a collection of songs shaped by Florida, the swamp and the relentless aggression of nature.

Most recently performing in Australia in 2024 as part of Knotfest Australia, WAGE WAR have also extensively built their explosive live reputation across the globe, with performances in their wake alongside Slipknot, A Day To Remember, Papa Roach, Architects, Parkway Drive and Three Days Grace, as well as their own headline runs, and jaw-dropping festival appearances at Louder Than Life, Sick New World, Sonic Temple and many more. WAGE WAR's recent performances in 2025 was acclaimed by Rockflesh as being "stadium metalcore, brutal enough to have a mean left hook but polished enough to be ludicrously accessible...if their job is to get throat muscles stretched and hamstrings limbered up then it is mission accomplished".

From hardcore to metal and everything in between, Nashville's ORTHODOX have built a name on their fervent and visceral live shows. Forming in 2011, ORTHODOX dropped their fifth full-length album, 2025's A Door Left Open. A band who have truly made nu feel new again, ORTHODOX have taken innovation to a whole new level, embracing nods to Converge's start-and-stop metallic hardcore, Korn's breakdowns, Slipknot's fury and the grooves, and the molten alloy of Knocked Loose and Harm's Way, channeling it through their own signature style. A unique but undeniable powerhouse, ORTHODOX previously performed down under, supporting Stray From The Path for their final performances in 2025, and have previously shared stages alongside Dying Wish, Spite, Stick To Your Guns and many, many more.

Melbourne heavies HEAVENSGATE catapulted out of the pandemic years and firmly into view via their raw hardcore-meets-metalcore intensity fused through a modern lens. Visceral in name and in nature, HEAVENSGATE have ticked off tours across Australia and internationally alongside the likes of The Amity Affliction, August Burns Red, We Came As Romans and Currents. Currently on the road extensively in North America, HEAVENSGATE will arrive back in Australia later this year sharpened and ready to wow hometown audiences.