Wage War Australian Tour 2026

Australia, some spectacular savagery is headed your way this July and August, with Florida metalcore juggernauts WAGE WAR bringing the 'It Calls Me By Name' world tour down under, joined by special guests ORTHODOX (USA) and HEAVENSGATE . Hailing from the thick and humid swamps of Florida, WAGE WAR have spent their storied career cultivating a reputation for snarling breakdowns, infectious hooks and their own gripping take on the metalcore realms, with their releases also often lyrically packing a connective punch via themes of mental health, introspection and perseverance. Releasing their debut full-length Blueprints in 2015, WAGE WAR have since unleashed five studio albums, including their evolutionary 2024 album Stigma . Fluent in creating hybrid heavy creations and no strangers to chart success, including taking out the #1 spot on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Airplay chart for their single MAGNETIC , WAGE WAR have also just dropped their brand new EP It Calls Me By Name; a collection of songs shaped by Florida, the swamp and the relentless aggression of nature. Most recently performing in Australia in 2024 as part of Knotfest Australia, WAGE WAR have also extensively built their explosive live reputation across the globe, with performances in their wake alongside Slipknot, A Day To Remember, Papa Roach, Architects, Parkway Drive and Three Days Grace, as well as their own headline runs, and jaw-dropping festival appearances at Louder Than Life, Sick New World, Sonic Temple and many more. WAGE WAR 's recent performances in 2025 was acclaimed by Rockflesh as being "stadium metalcore, brutal enough to have a mean left hook but polished enough to be ludicrously accessible...if their job is to get throat muscles stretched and hamstrings limbered up then it is mission accomplished". From hardcore to metal and everything in between, Nashville's ORTHODOX have built a name on their fervent and visceral live shows. Forming in 2011, ORTHODOX dropped their fifth full-length al