metalcore legends wage war announce Australian leg of the "it calls me by my name tour"

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Floridian metalcore quintet wage war are once again making a return to australian shores this july/august, off the back of their incredible new EP "IT CALLS ME BY MY NAME" which came out in April via fearless records. The band were last here for an explosive festival run at knotfest in 2024, as well as supporting disturbed and asking Alexandria for their respective sideshows. 

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The tour will bring with it the heavily anticipated return of straight edge legends Orthodox, hailing from Nashville, Tennessee. This will be the second time the band has graced us with their presence, previously supporting Stray From The Path on their final Australian shows last year. 2025 also saw the nu metalcore outfit release their 5th album " a door left open" in June, garnering worldwide success. orthodox are also currently on the American leg of the wage war tour, which started on the 28th of april.

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Opening up the show will be arguably one of the best newer metalcore bands australia has to offer with melbourne locals heavensgate, who have had an absolutely generational run, touring worldwide with heavy hitters such as like moths to flames, thrown, thornhill, we came as Romans and Amity Affliction just in the past 12 months. paired with the release of their EP "a heart is a heavy burden"(via pure noise records) in October, theres just no stopping this band.

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The tour will kick off in Perth on the 30th of July, then continue through adelaide, Melbourne, before starting again on the 6th of august in brisbane and closing in sydney on the 7th. This will be an unmissable run, you can grab your tickets here .