Lorna Shore

In 2026, New Jersey hell-raisers Lorna Shore will finally make their first ever appearance in New Zealand this October. Joined by special guests and fellow American heavy hitters in The Acacia Strain and local New Zealand death metallers Organectomy.

Lorna Shore weld ferocity and emotional dexterity through their signature brand of deathcore. Since forming in 2009, the group have since evolved into a powerhouse of intense brutality, melodic sorcery and, in more recent times, mainstream infamy, with their 2020 album Immortal and 2021 breakout EP ...And I Return To Nothingness, along with the guttural vocal acrobatics of vocalist Will Ramos, catapulting the group beyond cult status and into global renown. 

A chameleonic live act who have toured over the years with everyone from Mastodon through to Gojira, Parkway Drive and more, as well as at major festivals including Knotfest, Wacken Open Air, Download Festival and Hellfest. Described by Everyday Metal as delivering "80 minutes or so of face-ripping sonic armageddon" of their Melbourne headline sideshow late last year, Lorna Shore's previous Australian live performances have been nothing short of acclaimed across the board, with Metal-Roos praising of their Sydney performance last February as "a white-hot barrage of blackened death metal with the beatdown energy to beat any deathcore band", and TheMusic.com.au declaring of the first-ever Melbourne performance that "tonight, they show us exactly why they sit atop the heap...they pour such heart, soul, effort and wrenching emotion into their set, it takes the breath away".

For more than two decades, veteran heavies The Acacia Strain have been snapping necks and consistently delivering new material to their explosively expanding fanbase across the globe. Now in command of thirteen studio albums, most recently unveiling their 2025 acclaimed LP You Are Safe From God Here, The Acacia Strain make nihilism and doom an enticing affair, frequently unleashing a cacophony of beautiful chaos that embraces deathcore, sludge, metalcore, hardcore and beyond. Forming in Massachusetts in the early 2000s, The Acacia Strain have toured relentlessly throughout their tenure, previously sharing stages with the likes of Architects, Every Time I Die, Hatebreed and Dying Fetus, and most recently whipped Australian crowds into a frenzy in early 2024 with Dying Wish as the support. With a live show that could double as a battering ram, The Acacia Strain will be primed and ready to raise hell with Australian and New Zealand crowds in 2026.