Heavy music fans, clear your calendars: Helmet are bringing their precision chaos back to Australia.
NYC noise rock pioneers Helmet are returning to Australian stages in April 2026 for a national tour that’ll see them tear through eight cities. This marks another chapter in the band’s decades-long love affair with Australian audiences who’ve been showing up for their brutal, metronomic heaviness since the early 90s.
Formed by Page Hamilton in New York, Helmet carved out their own lane in heavy music with a sound that ditched the excess and doubled down on precision.
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- 16 April – King St, Newcastle
- 17 April – Metro Theatre, Sydney
- 18 April – Tivoli Theatre, Brisbane
- 19 April – Northern Hotel, Byron Bay
- 21 April – Magnet House, Perth
- 22 April – The Gov, Adelaide
- 24 April – Altar Bar, Hobart
- 25 April – Northcote Theatre, Melbourne
Check out our gig guide here.
Their 1992 album Meantime went gold and helped reshape what aggressive music could be, influencing everyone from Deftones and Korn to Pantera and Mastodon along the way.
The band’s catalogue runs deep, from the genre-bending Betty in 1994 (which featured Milktoast on The Crow soundtrack) through Aftertaste, Size Matters, Dead to the World, and their most recent offering Left from 2023. Australian fans can expect the band to pull from across their entire run, delivering the hostile riffs and inventive grooves that’ve kept them relevant for over three decades.
Presale kicks off 1 October, with general tickets available from 2 October.
For more information, head here.
