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OCEAN GROVE – Oddworlds Xmas

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Christmas has come early in 2022 for Ocean Grove fans, with the Oddworld icons announcing today a very special hometown Christmas show on Friday 17 December at Stay Gold.

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Following a huge 2022 with the release of their third album Up In The Air Forever, appearances at Monolith Festival, headline shows and performances in the UK and Europe, the brand new era for the Oddworld trio is well and truly in full swing; and what better way to celebrate the band’s latest chapter, bid farewell to a massive year and get in the festive spirit than with the inaugural OG XMAS PARTY, with Ocean Grove set to be joined by special guests BloomTOWNS and Daddy Issues.

Of the upcoming Oddworld festivities, Ocean Grove vocalist Dale Tanner shares: “We realised no one really knows what Christmas is like in The Oddworld so we figured we’d throw a party and invite everyone along to find out!!! The inaugural “ODDWORLD XMAS” is gunna be a jolly as f**k way to cap off a wild 2022 and we can’t wait to shake the walls of Stay Gold for one last hoorah before the year is out. It wouldn’t be a party without mates, so we’re bringing the best oddballs we could find (Bloom, Towns & Daddy Issues) along for the sleigh-ride. If I were you I’d be putting 1 x show ticket right at the top of your wishlist, Junkies – it’s gonna be iconic.”EVERYDAY METAL – SUPPORT LOCAL HEAVY METAL

Hailing from Sydney, Bloom blend hard-hitting thematics and gripping melodic hardcore with effortless ease. Recently performing at Alpha Wolf‘s inaugural CVLTFEST and In Peril Fest, as well as appearances alongside Void Of Vision, Holding AbsenceFuture Static and more earlier this year, expect memorable hooks, raw emotions and plenty of singalong moments at the OG XMAS PARTY.

Beloved Adelaide duo TOWNS are no strangers to bringing the good vibes to the masses, from their debut 2018 EP Television which charmed via its 90s pop rock and Australian flavours, to their most recent EP release Things You Might Feel Sometimes. With live show as irresistibly wholesome and fun as their tunes, there will be plenty of merry moments on the cards at Stay Gold from this lovable pair.

Melbourne’s Daddy Issues are no strangers to crunchy distortion and lush punk that hits you right in the feels. A four piece all-girl punk band wielding fuzz, dreamy melodics and the cathartic snarl of a woman scorned, get ready to deck the halls in delightful Daddy Issues style on December 17.

There ain’t no party like an Ocean Grove party, and ’tis the season for a very Ocean Grove Christmas. Secure your ticket to the festive event of the season!

Tickets on sale now from www.oztix.com.au

ODDWORLD, VILLAGE SOUNDS & UNFD PRESENTS

OCEAN GROVE
ODDWORLD XMAS

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
BLOOM, TOWNS & DADDY ISSUES


SATURDAY 17 DECEMBER – STAY GOLD, MELBOURNE
133 SYDNEY ROAD, BRUNSWICK

Tickets on sale now from www.oztix.com.au

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††† (Crosses) – “Sensation”

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CROSSES have drooped the next single ‘Sensation’ from their upcoming six track EP, PERMANENT.RADIANT.

Sensation is punchy yet atmospheric track layered with Chino’s signature vocals. Sensation is accompanied by video Directed by Shaun Lopez and Lorenzo Diego Carrera you can check it out below.

PERMANENT.RADIANT drops worldwide on the 9th of December 2022 via Warner Records.
Get your hands on pre-orders here, check out the video below and stay up to date with Crosses on social media.

You can see more from Crosses on their official Youtube channel.

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OCEANO – ‘Mass Produced’ track & video

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OCEANO have been melting faces their own brand of deathcore since 2006. Throughout this time they have gained a diehard fanbase and gaining critical acclaim for their albums ‘Inclusions’ and ‘Ascendants’.

This track is the first new music since 2017’s ‘Revolations’ and signifies a new chapter for the band:

“As we unleash ‘Mass Produced’ it signifies a new chapter for Oceano. I’m very excited for Oceano fans everywhere to enjoy this song and video. To all the die-hards who connect with this band, thank you for your excitement. We have so much more to share with you on this journey. I’m fired up! Check our tour dates now! I’d love to see you while we’re on tour soon I hope!”

Check out the new track and video below and keep up to date with OCEANO on social media.

You can see more from Oceano on the offical Sumerian Records Youtube Channel.

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GOOD THINGS FESTIVAL – Maps & timetables

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Only 8 more sleeps until Good Things Festival will be here igniting the mosh pits along the east coast of Australia.

Headlined by one of the world’s most electrifying and successful rock bands BRING ME THE HORIZON, the stacked line-up also includes Australian iconic and gold-selling larrikins TISM performing for the first time in 19 years, American heavyweights DEFTONES, pioneers of SoCal punk NOFX will perform their 1994 iconic album ‘Punk In Drublic’ in full including all your favourites as well as THE AMITY AFFLICTION, GOJIRA and ONE OK ROCK to name a few.

JXDN and 3OH!3 are no longer able to perform due to circumstances beyond our control but in fantastic news we welcome OCEAN GROVE and TEENAGE JOANS to the line up.

Aussie oddballs OCEAN GROVE freely fuse rock, metal, grunge, hip-hop & Brit-pop influences, pioneering what can only be described as Oddworld Music. The eclectic trio hailing from Melbourne recently released their third LP Up In The Air Forever in April 2022 to critical acclaim and have since been on a global assault touring their new brand of Oddworld Music. Having just returned from their debut headline tour across the UK & Europe in October 2022 and off the back of their biggest headline shows in Australia to date, OCEAN GROVE are set to make 2023 a career-defining year with the promise of a lot more new music around the corner…

After taking out the triple j unearthed high crown in 2020, TEENAGE JOANS, the Adelaide two-piece have not slowed down, taking out #87 in the 2021 H100, releasing single ‘Something About Being Sixteen’ and playing two sold out co-headline shows with TOWNS in Brisbane and Melbourne. They have shared the stage with Violent Soho, Ruby Fields, The Hard Aches, Clowns, The Chats, Bugs, Amy Shark and Sly Withers and performed at Summer Sounds, Mountain Goat Valley Crawl, Yours & Owls, Laneway Festival 2019 as part of the Girls Rock! Showcase and were a highlight performance at A Day Of Clarity and Stonecutters Festival’s.

We recently welcomed these additional artists..

YOU AM I are one of the most successful and internationally admired Australian bands. Centered around the prolific songwriting skills of singer/guitarist Tim Rogers, their breakthrough came at the inaugural Lollapalooza-style Big Day Out concert in January 1993. With three number one albums, a handful of ARIA awards and 11 albums under their belts, YOU AM I cement themselves as one of Australia’s most esteemed bands.

For a lot of bands, chaos & insanity are used as colourfully descriptive words for their character; for Japan’s PALEDUSK, they’re somewhat of an understatement. The electronic-metalcore powerhouse leaves absolutely nothing behind as they carve a path that is truly one of a kind. Word has spread like wildfire about these young kids from the Japanese island of Kyushu and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down. See them before they become the next global sensation that everyone is talking about. 

From their immersive sonic aesthetics to their high-octane live shows, there’s nobody quite like Melbourne cinema-core masterminds THE GLOOM IN THE CORNER. Recently adding to The Gloom Cinematic Universe with their blistering sophomore album Trinity, THE GLOOM IN THE CORNER are primed to whisk your breath away onstage with their sharp storytelling, unwavering melodics and nuanced, explosive heaviness. Prepare for a sonic spectacle for the ages this December.

Deathcore flag bearers TO THE GRAVE have been focussed on dominance since their inception and show no signs of slowing down. After their 2019 record Global Warning elevated them to global awareness, they have been set on a warpath across the world to bulldoze audiences with a visceral live experience and a confronting message that demands your attention. They’ll be appearing at the Melbourne and Brisbane events only.

THOSE WHO DREAM, an exciting Australian alternative rock duo are a multifaceted creative project of siblings Josh and Cooper Meyer. Their captivating energy and revealing lyrics has not only earned them the acclaim of NME, Pop Buzz, Rock Sound and Alternative Press; but more importantly, a cult-like following around the world.

Start planning your day as the maps and timetables are here!

GOOD THINGS FESTIVAL LINE UP:

Bring Me The Horizon | Deftones | NOFX (performing ‘Punk In Drublic’ in full + all your favourites) | TISM (Exclusive: First shows in 19 years!) | The Amity Affliction | Gojira 
ONE OK ROCK | Sabaton | Polaris | Millencolin

In Alphabetical Order:

Blood Command | Chasing Ghosts | Cosmic Psychos | Electric Callboy
Jinjer | Kisschasy (Performing ‘United Paper People’ In Full) | Lacuna Coil
Nova Twins | Ocean Grove | Paledusk | RedHook | Regurgitator | Sleeping With Sirens 
Soulfly | Teenage Joans | The Gloom In The Corner | The Story So Far | Thornhill 
THOSE WHO DREAM  | To The Grave* | YOU AM I

*To The Grave not appearing in Sydney

DATES AND VENUES:
Friday 2nd December – Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne (LIC AA 15+)
Saturday 3 December- Centennial Park, Sydney (18+)
Sunday 4 December – Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane (LIC AA 15+)

Tickets on sale now at www.goodthingsfestival.com.au

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SLEEP TOKEN – Australian Tour – April / May 2023

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If ever a tour was not to be slept on, it’s the exciting announcement today that the UK underground entity known only as Sleep Token will return down under in 2023, with five Australian headline shows locked and loaded next April and May.

Renowned for their immersive and intimate live performances, the anonymous collective that is Sleep Token, fronted by the masked Vessel, have previously wowed crowds onstage at a huge variety of festivals over the years, as well as shows alongside the likes of ArchitectsNothing MorePolyphia and countless others, with 2022 also previously offering Australian fans a chance to catch the group alongside Northlane and Plini for some heart-stopping shows.

Armed with two mesmerising albums, 2019’s Sundowning and 2021’s This Place Will Become Your TombSleep Token pushed their own fluid boundaries farther than ever with their sophomore release last year, blurring genres alongside oscillating moments of visceral melodics, thunderous drums, hooks and an enigmatic darkness that burrows you deep into the Sleep Token world.

As anyone who has previously attended a live Sleep Token experience can attest to, the irresistible might of Sleep Token grows with each passing year, and a live Sleep Token performances is truly akin to an otherworldly ritual, worshiping cryptic lyricism, a jaw-dropping blend of alt metal, progressive flourishes and post metal, and utterly stunning technicality.

Don’t lose sleep over missing out next year, be sure to catch Sleep Token headlining in Australia in 2023, kicking off in late April at The Triffid in Brisbane, and closing out on Thursday 4 May at Magnet House in Perth.

Check out our previous coverage of Sleep Token as they supported Northlane in 2022.

Early bird pre-sale tickets on sale: Monday 28 November @ 12pm local time

To Gain Early Ticket Access Register Here -> https://bit.ly/23STAUS

General tickets on sale Wednesday 30 November @ 10am local time
Tickets from destroyalllines.com.au

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SLEEP TOKEN
AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2023

FRIDAY 28 APRIL, 2023 – THE TRIFFID, BRISBANE
SATURDAY 29 APRIL, 2023 – METRO THEATRE, SYDNEY
SUNDAY 30 APRIL, 2023 – 170 RUSSELL, MELBOURNE
TUESDAY 2 MAY, 2023 – THE GOV, ADELAIDE
THURSDAY 4 MAY – MAGNET HOUSE, PERTH

General tickets on sale Wednesday 30 November @ 10am local time
Tickets from www.destroyalllines.com

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DARKEST HOUR – Australian tour 2023

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US metallers, Darkest Hour will return to Australia next February for the first time on over a decade for a 5 date assault on our cities.

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The bastard child of the 90’s punk, metal and hardcore movements, Darkest Hour combine the passion, energy and soul of punk & hardcore with the speed, vengeance and fury of melodic speed, thrash and death metal for a sound that is pure carnage.

Helping to define the New Wave Of American Heavy Metal 25 years ago, Darkest Hour are one of the pioneers of the new breed and are a band that gave the heavy music world the revitalisation it sorely needed, forging the template for modern metal!

With 9 studio albums under their belts and music featured in major motion pictures, television shows and video games, Darkest Hour have permeated the widest realms of pop culture, all while flying the metal flag high.

Sydney is ranked as #4 on the bands Top 5 Most listened to Cities on their Spotify page. This return tour is long overdue! Playing tracks off their extensive discography including critically acclaimed albums, Deliver Us, Undoing Ruin and The Human Romance these shows should not be missed.

TOUR DATES
Wed, February 8: Crown & Anchor, Adelaide
Thurs, February 9: Max Watts, Melbourne
Fri, February 10: The Basement, Canberra
Sat, February 11: Metro Social, Sydney
Sun, February 12: The Brightside, Brisbane

Tickets on sale now!
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ERRA – ‘Pull From The Ghost’

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Progressive metalcore act ERRA have dropped their latest single ‘Pull From The Ghost’.
This new track is filled with the masterful technical proficiency fans expect from ERRA, while the lyrical concept delves into an interesting aspect of the human psyche and looks at almost the reverse of Stockholm Syndrome. The visual captures the band in its most natural state — on stage!

Our fans exceeded our expectations over the summer by making our headliner the success that it was,” says Jesse Cash“The shows were such a blast, and we were documenting video of them every night. After digging through hours of footage, we comprised this video. For the people who came out, we hope the video may do for you what it does for us, which is to ground us back in that moment when we were a part of it. For everyone else, we hope you’ll come be a part of the next one.”

Presented by UNFD you can can check out the new video below and keep up to date with ERRA on social media.

ERRA will be touring again in early 2023, hitting the road in the US with We Came as Romans and Brand of Sacrifice starting on Thursday 19 January.

You can see more from ERRA on the official UNFD Youtube channel.

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DEVILOOF – Dusky-Vision live

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Start your Sunday off with some blistering Visual Kei metal from Japans DEVILOOF.

DEVILOOF burst onto the scene the local scene in 2015 and soon became internationally recognised for not only their stage presence but their insane technical skills.

Check out the video below of DEVILOOF playing ‘Dusky-Vision‘ live taken from their sophomore album ONI.

Learn more about DEVILOOF and visual kei here and don’t forget to follow the band on social media.

You can see more from DEVILOOF on their offical Youtube channel.

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ALEXISONFIRE – Australian Tour

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Canadian hardcore five-piece Alexisonfire will return to Australia in February 2023, playing their first Antipodean headline dates since their 2017 tour. The band will bring their powerful on-stage energy to Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Friday 17 February, followed by stops in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. 

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Local heroes Luca Brasi will open for Alexisonfire on all dates, warming audiences with their dynamic live set.

Admired by Australian audiences, on their eighth visit down under Alexisonfire will perform songs from their celebrated catalogue, along with tunes from their new record Otherness – never before heard live by local audiences.  

PRE-SALE • Tues Nov 15, 10am local time
password: OTHERNESS 

GENERAL SALE • Thurs Nov 17, 10am local time

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GOOD THINGS FESTIVAL – Side shows announced

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Australia’s biggest alternative travelling music festival, aka Good Things Festival is almost upon us and it’s the biggest one yet!

Good Things come to those who wait and Good Things Festival is thrilled to announce the headline sideshows from some of the artists on the huge festival line up. This is the first and only sideshow announcement and there will be no more sideshows announced. Set your alarm clocks as these tickets won’t last.

Early bird pre-sale tickets on sale Tuesday 8 November @ 10am local time until Wednesday 9 November, 8am local time

Register here https://bit.ly/GT-Sideshow

General tickets are on sale Wednesday 9 November @ 9am local time

Without further adieu, we present to you the Good Things Festival 2022 sideshows…

DEFTONES

WEDNESDAY 30 NOVEMBER –
THEBARTON THEATRE, ADELAIDE

The multi platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning Deftones are an influential alternative presence. The quintet’s career spans three platinum albums with over 10 million records sold worldwide.

They landed their first #1 Aria chart debut with their 2016 release Gore and in 2018 they curated, launched, presented, and headlined their own festival, Dia De Los Deftones. Selling out both installments to date, the eclectic lineups hosted everyone from Future and CHVRCHES to Gojira and Megan Thee Stallion. In 2020, Deftones continued their trailblazing arc as an alternative leader with their ninth full-length album, Ohms which debuted at #3 on the Aria album chart and a thrilling full-album remix of White Pony.

GOJIRA
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS LACUNA COIL

TUESDAY 29 NOVEMBER – ROUNDHOUSE, SYDNEY
THURSDAY 1 DECEMBER – FORUM THEATRE, MELBOURNE
TUESDAY 6 DECEMBER – EATONS HILL HOTEL, BRISBANE

Grammy nominated French heavy metal quartet Gojira have risen from the utmost obscurity during the first half of their career to widespread global recognition in the second. Combining elements of thrash, death, math, groove, progressive, and post-metal with philosophical and environment-themed lyrics. They have made their mark as one of the paramount metal bands of this generation.

Joining them as special guests are Italian alt metal superstars Lacuna Coil

Lacuna Coil’s spirited and lauded live performances have also earned them a solid reputation for a band that not only delivers night in/night out, but also a band whose stage performance reverberates long after the show is over. Lacuna Coil’s heartfelt, heavy, melodic, and rhythmic metal—a hybrid of gothic, groove, and alternative—has created a rabid worldwide following.

MILLENCOLIN

WEDNESDAY 30 NOVEMBER – 170 RUSSELL, MELBOURNE
MONDAY 5 DECEMBER – THE TIVOLI, BRISBANE

The much loved favourite seminal Swedish skate-punk band Millencolin promise to deliver shows you won’t forget. They’ll be performing all of their hits from across their entire catalogue. 

It’s clear the band members are just as unified as they were when they formed Millencolin, roughly 30 years, nine albums and over 2,000 live shows ago. “We’re a band truly formed from respect and understanding for each other and our passion for rock music,” explains vocalist/bassist Nikola Sarcevic. “If you ask us, this is the best job in the world!”

SOULFLY

THURSDAY 1 DECEMBER – CROXTON BANDROOM, MELBOURNE
TUESDAY 6 DECEMBER – MANNING BAR, SYDNEY

At the dawn of the new millennium, Rolling Stone declared, “Soulfly seem built to last.” More than two decades, countless  worldwide tours, and a dozen albums later, that prophecy rings true. 

Underground icon, extreme metal trailblazer, third world warrior, and leader of a diverse and dedicated tribe, Max Cavalera not only survives but thrives, blasting out riff after killer riff.

Soulfly’s savage anthems of aggression push extreme music to its bludgeoning limits while injecting it with brilliant moments of trippy nuance and dissonance. Like all innovative musical heroes, Max makes anthems for the people. Soulfly is a celebration of family and legacy. Whatever Max Cavalera hammers out on the bridges of his four-string guitars, it always sets souls free.

Their Australian shows will feature Fear Factory’s Dino Cazares as a special guest.

SLEEPING WITH SIRENS
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS THE BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT & BAD/LOVE

WEDNESDAY 30 NOVEMBER – THE GOV, ADELAIDE
THURSDAY 1 DECEMBER – MAX WATTS, MELBOURNE
TUESDAY 6 DECEMBER – THE TRIFFID, BRISBANE

Since emerging in 2010, Sleeping With Sirens have tested the boundaries of rock by walking a tightrope between pop, punk, metal, hardcore, electronic, acoustic, and even a little R&B. This high-wire balancing act attracted a faithful fan base known as “Strays,” generated global album sales in excess of 1.5 million, ignited over half-a-billion streams, and achieved a trio of gold-selling singles.

They’ve collaborated with MGK on Alone and Pierce the Veil on the gold-certified King For A Day. Beyond selling out shows worldwide and receiving acclaim from The New York Times, Alternative Press crowned them “Artist of the Year” at the Alternative Press Music Awards, proclaimed “Kick Me” the 2015 “Song of the Year”, and featured them as cover stars a whopping seven times. 

Joining Sleeping With Sirens as special guests are Melbourne’s The Beautiful Monument and emotive rock group Bad/Love.

JINJER
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS EARTH CALLER & FUTURE STATIC

WEDNESDAY 30 NOVEMBER – MANNING BAR, SYDNEY
THURSDAY 1 DECEMBER – CORNER HOTEL, MELBOURNE


Through their relentless hard work, non-stop touring and critically acclaimed /chart-breaking releases gaining over 250M streams/views across all platforms globally – JINJER are truly one of modern metal’s hottest and most exciting bands around today. The band has become synonymous with doing things their own way and breaking every rule in the Heavy Metal handbook- which they made loudly clear on their hugely successful fourth studio album: WALLFLOWERS.

In less than12 years, the four-piece Progressive Groove metal wrecking machine has carved their very own place in the Metal landscape. Hailing from Donetsk but now based in Kiev, this Ukrainian musical oddity formed in 2009 but consider the official start of the band with the addition of the incredible vocalist and Femme Fatale Tatiana Shmayluk in 2010.

They’ll be supported by Melbourne’s metalcore ground Earth Caller and Melbourne quintet Future Static who create an exhilarating synthesis of alternative, melodic, and progressive to shape a unique brand of emotional heavy music which is unlike any other.

THE STORY SO FAR
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS AWOL

WEDNESDAY 30 NOVEMBER – STAY GOLD, MELBOURNE
THURSDAY 1 DECEMBER – SOOKI LOUNGE, BELGRAVE

Californian rockers The Story So Far have been on an absolute tear since their 2018 opus Proper Dose, selling out countless headline tours and receiving praises from fans and critics across the globe.

They’ve recently performed at When We Were Young Festival, Four Chord Music Festival, Riot Fest, Furnace Fest and will be joining blink-182 on their UK and European headline tour in 2023.

Joining them at these intimate shows are special guests AWOL.

ELECTRIC CALLBOY
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS PALEDUSK & DREGG (MELB) &
CLAY J GLADSTONE (SYD)

WEDNESDAY 30 NOVEMBER – MAX WATTS, MELBOURNE
THURSDAY 1 DECEMBER – FACTORY THEATRE, SYDNEY

As diverse and as electrifying as their name, Electric Callboy weld modern trap with alt rock, pop punk and beyond into an exhilarating musical experience. Their latest release TEKKNO debuted at #1 on the German album charts. It journeys between comedy, powerful pop, and trancecore, as well as oscillating between synthy pop and hard-hitting circle pit anthems with extreme ease.

The band’s first single with singer Nico Sallach, Hypa Hypa, reached over 60 million streams in an extremely short space of time, with the track becoming the band’s biggest success story so far. The band’s Youtube channel has over 182 million total views and counting. 

Electric Callboy are known for their ecstatic live shows and will be performing in Australia for the very first time.Supporting them as special guests are Japan’s most exciting heavy acts 

Paledusk and Melbourne’s 

DREGG. Clay J Gladstone will be supporting them in Sydney.

3OH!3

THURSDAY 1 DECEMBER – STAY GOLD, MELBOURNE

The dynamic duo Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte aka 3OH!3 have been rocking sold out venues, amphitheaters, and college campuses around the world since 2018.

Your boys have cemented their sound with global hits like Don’t Trust Me, STARSTRUKK (feat. Katy Perry), & My First Kiss (feat. Kesha). Having not released any music as 3OH!3 since 2016, Sean and Nat have written and produced hits for other artists such as Maroon 5’s Love Somebody, MAX’s Lights Down Low, Ariana Grande’s Tattooed Heart, and Kesha’s Blah Blah Blah.

They continued to play in front of thousands of fans while celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their RIAA certified Gold album WANT. in 2020, the itch of wanting to get back in the studio to make music that was fun, inclusive, edgy, weird and – most importantly – their own, proved to be an inevitable reality. And 3OH!3 is back with new music with more to come.

JXDN

TUESDAY 29 NOVEMBER – OXFORD ART FACTORY, SYDNEY
WEDNESDAY 30 NOVEMBER – NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB, MELBOURNE

Defying the rules with style and substance, jxdn bends and breaks the boundaries as he moves between subcultures in a very genuine way to position himself as a new kind of rockstar.

Generating 15 million streams within a month and becoming the first artist signed to Travis Barker’s DTA Records, the 19-year-old genre breaker presents a signature style on a series of 2020 releases.

In 2018, he took control and developed a presence online through a consistent stream of engaging and clever content. He quietly exploded on Tik Tok, attracting 5.8 million followers and 202.3 million likes. After witnessing an arena show by the late Juice WRLD, he dove headfirst into music and unleashed his independent debut single Comatose. The track has since racked up over 20 million streams across platforms and broken into over 38 Global Viral Charts to date. Upon hearing it, Barker immediately signed him to DTA Records. Now, jxdn takes flight on the single Angels & Demons.

NOVA TWINS
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS BLOOD COMMAND

WEDNESDAY 30 NOVEMBER – CROWBAR, SYDNEY

Nova Twins are the zeitgeist-capturing polymath pioneers that our times have been waiting for. Whether pushing the MOBO Awards to create a category for POC alt. acts, to teaming up with No Music On A Dead Planet and Oxfam to play for environmental change, working with Dr. Martens to raise money for The Black Curriculum or aiming to inspire a new wave of young, diverse talent, Amy Love and Georgia South are much more than one of the UK’s most exciting bands – they are changemakers and they have battled through the old guard of rock’s narrow-minded expectations. 

Rage Against The Machine icon Tom Morello dubbed them “an incredible band who deserve to be huge” as well as inviting them on tour with Prophets Of Rage. Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes called them one of his “favourite new bands” before having them collaborate on song ‘1×1’ from 2020’s UK No.1 album ‘POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR’.

There’s no band out there quite like Nova Twins. If more artists blazed a trail like this, we’d be celebrating a lot more difference, rather than craving what’s safe and similar. From being “shunned” when they arrived on the scene, now Nova Twins are leading a game all of their own. Now, there are no rules.

Joining them as special guests are Blood Command. Yngve Andersen and Australia’s Nikki Brumen live every moment in the mantra ‘Blood Command against the world’ which guides Bergen, Norway’s “death pop” quintet spiritually and sonically, and which forms the soul of their fourth full-length record, Praise Armageddonism.

GOOD THINGS FESTIVAL LINE UP:

Bring Me The Horizon | Deftones | NOFX (performing ‘Punk In Drublic’ in full + all your favourites) TISM (Exclusive: First shows in 19 years!) | The Amity Affliction | Gojira | ONE OK ROCK
 
In Alphabetical Order:
 
3OH!3 | Blood Command | Chasing Ghosts | Cosmic Psychos | Electric Callboy
Fever 333 | Jinjer | JXDN | Kisschasy (Performing ‘United Paper People’ In Full)
Lacuna Coil | Millencolin | Nova Twins | Polaris | RedHook | Regurgitator
Sabaton | Sleeping With Sirens | Soulfly | The Story So Far | Thornhill
 
DATES AND VENUES:
Friday 2nd December – Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne (LIC AA 15+)
Saturday 3 December- Centennial Park, Sydney (18+)
Sunday 4 December – Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane (LIC AA 15+)

Tickets on sale now at www.goodthingsfestival.com.au

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