Renowned for their high-octane heaviness, infectious choreography and dazzling-yet-blistering charisma, BABYMETAL will captivate audiences when they take to the stage in Adelaide Entertainment Centre’s Theatre on 14 March.
Hailing from Tokyo, BABYMETAL’S origin story stems back to 2010, with the group forging their own unique sonic sound via heavy metal and Japanese idol cues. Swiftly evolving into a global sensation that has embraced genre-defiance, five studio albums, countless award wins, millions of global followers, tours around the world, chart success and collaborations with the likes of Tom Morello, Electric Callboy, Spiritbox and countless others, BABYMETAL continue to reinvent themselves and what it means to be a heavy band in the 21st century; a fact robustly on display with each new performance and release.
Joining BABYMETAL as special guests on their Australian tour, BLOODYWOOD have proudly flown the flag for Indian metal increasingly on a global scale since first forming in 2016.
Balancing guttural metal, Indian folk elements, hip hop hues and lyricism that span humour, culture and social issues, they are a band like no other. India’s first metal act to chart on Billboard, the group initially gained traction via uploading YouTube cover songs before harnessing their signature sound, and ultimately beginning their journey towards world domination. In early 2025, they released a new album Nu Delhi – a searing love letter to Nu Delhi and its thriving music scene, with the album also boasting a memorable collab with BABYMETAL on the track Bekhauf.
With inescapably charismatic songs sung in Hindi, Punjabi and English, sold-out tours and performances at the likes of Hellfest and Download Festival, BLOODYWOOD’s long-awaited journey to Australia in 2026 with BABYMETAL will be the stuff heavy music dreams are made of.
MAGNOLIA PARK – vocalist Joshua Roberts, guitarists Tristan Torres and Freddie Criales, drummer Joe Horsham and bassist Vincent Ernst – have never been ones to settle for subtlety. Since forming in 2018, the Orlando, Florida-based quintet have, over and over again, proven themselves to be one of the most exciting and forward-thinking groups in the underground, spinning a chameleonic, genre-spanning sound that incorporates punk, rock, pop, hip-hop and metalcore into a dizzying, multisensory experience.
The fivesome is set to unleash their most ambitious effort yet: VAMP (Epitaph Records), a neo-gothic concept album rich in world-building and gripping storytelling. Culling influence from the band’s favorite anime including the long-running Vampire Hunter D, along with inspiration from iconic works like Star Wars, Dracula and Joseph Cambell’s legendary monomyth, Vamp unravels an ominous journey through Nocturne Nexus, where rulers and rebels battle with the future hanging in the balance.
Across the album’s 11 tracks – produced by the band’s own producers, Torres, Criales and Ernst, alongside Andrew Wade (A Day To Remember, Wage War), Hiram Hernandez (blessthefall, Real Friends) and Andy Karpovck (408, Taylor Acorn) and mixed by Zakk Cervini (Bad Omens, Bring Me The Horizon) – Magnolia Park soundtrack this dramatic tale of crimson blood and chrome-plated courage through their own mix of man and machine, stacking whirring electronics and industrial undertones alongside sledgehammer breakdowns, walls of detuned guitars and Roberts’ seam-splitting vocals.