Wage War are heading downunder. The Florida metalcore heavyweights have announced their It Calls Me By Name Australian tour for July and August, joined by special guests Orthodox and Heavensgate.
The run opens July 30 in Perth before tearing through Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane, then closes August 7 in Sydney. For anyone fond of breakdowns, bruised throats and communal catharsis, calendars have suddenly become useful again.
Emerging from Ocala, Florida, Wage War have spent the past decade sharpening a sound built on serrated riffs, arena-sized hooks and lyrics that regularly reach beyond genre cliché. Themes of mental health, resilience and self-reckoning have given the band’s heaviness an emotional centre, helping them rise from 2015 debut Blueprints to one of modern metalcore’s most bankable names.
Their 2024 album Stigma pushed that evolution further, while recent EP It Calls Me By Name digs into the swamp-born aggression and atmosphere of their home state. They also claimed the top spot on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart with Magnetic, proving their punch can travel far beyond scene borders.
Live is where Wage War have made their real name. Tours with Slipknot, A Day To Remember, Papa Roach and Parkway Drive, plus festival slots at Knotfest Australia, Louder Than Life and Sick New World, have cemented their reputation as a band who understand violence and precision are not opposites.
Support is no afterthought. Nashville’s Orthodox arrive carrying 2025 album A Door Left Open and a reputation for feral, shape-shifting heaviness that pulls from hardcore, nu-metal and chaos in equal measure. Melbourne’s Heavensgate complete the bill, returning home after extensive North American touring with their own brand of modern hardcore-metalcore force.
WAGE WAR AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2026 WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
ORTHODOX (USA) & HEAVENSGATE TOUR DATES:
THURSDAY 30 JULY – FREO SOCIAL, PERTH 18+
SATURDAY 1 AUGUST – THE GOV, ADELAIDE LIC AA
SUNDAY 2 AUGUST – 170 RUSSELL, MELBOURNE 18+
THURSDAY 6 AUGUST – THE TIVOLI, BRISBANE 18+
FRIDAY 7 AUGUST – METRO THEATRE, SYDNEY LIC AA
General tickets on sale: Friday 1 May @ 10am local time
Tickets from destroyalllines.com
