Thy Art Is Murder Australia Tour 2027

Thy Art Is Murder have not announced a 2027 headline tour of Australia or New Zealand. As of 9 October 2026 the only confirmed 2027 date in Australia is the Hellbound II heavy music cruise, which sails from and back to Sydney Harbour from Sunday 17 to Thursday 21 January 2027; the Blacktown band is one of five headliners with Parkway Drive, The Amity Affliction, Alpha Wolf and I Killed the Prom Queen.

Formed in western Sydney in 2006, Thy Art Is Murder are the most successful extreme metal band Australia has produced. Hate (2012) made them the first extreme metal band to reach the ARIA top 40, Holy War (2015) went to No. 7 and Dear Desolation (2017) to No. 5, and Loudwire has counted them among deathcore's 'Big Four'. Their latest album, Godlike, came out in September 2023.

The band has also been through a turbulent few years. Long-time vocalist CJ McMahon was dismissed in September 2023 and replaced by Tyler Miller of Aversions Crown, and in July 2026 Jerry Grimefeld fronted the band at a festival in Romania. On home soil, their recent touring has ranged from capital-city theatres on the Godlike tour of November 2024 to the 16-date Brutality Across Australia regional tour of June and July 2025.

Thy Art Is Murder Australia Tour 2027: what is announced so far

Here is what is confirmed as of 9 October 2026. Thy Art Is Murder are booked for Hellbound II, a four-night cruise on the Carnival Splendor that leaves Sydney Harbour on Sunday 17 January 2027 and returns on Thursday 21 January 2027, with a stop at Tangalooma on Moreton Island. The bill also includes Ocean Grove, Gravemind, Mammal, RedHook and Banks Arcade from New Zealand. It is sold as a cruise package rather than a normal concert ticket.

No headline tour of Australian capitals or regional towns has been announced for 2027, and there are no New Zealand dates. The band's most recent Australian show in the setlist archive is the Riviera Beach Club in Elwood, Melbourne, on Saturday 14 February 2026.

Thy Art Is Murder have not released a new album since Godlike, and the vocalist question has not been fully settled in public: Jerry Grimefeld sang with the band at Rockstadt Extreme Fest in Romania on 29 July 2026, and it has not been made clear whether that is permanent. Any 2027 Australian or New Zealand tour beyond Hellbound II should be treated as unconfirmed until officially announced.

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Before the Thy Art Is Murder Australia Tour 2027: Australia/NZ concert history

Thy Art Is Murder grew out of the western Sydney deathcore scene. After the 2007 demo they toured the east coast of Australia independently, then spent two years touring nationally behind the Infinite Death EP (2008). The Adversary (2010) was followed by the Australian leg of Despised Icon's farewell tour with The Red Shore, and in September 2012 they toured Australia with Fear Factory just before Hate was released. In 2013 they headlined the Hate Across Australia tour with Cattle Decapitation, King Parrot and Aversions Crown and joined Parkway Drive's 10 Years of Parkway Drive tour.

New Zealand appears early in the setlist archive. The Five Days of Hate run in March 2013 went to the Kings Arms in Auckland on Wednesday 13 March, The Cabana in Napier, Bar Medusa in Wellington, Zeal West in Auckland and Void in Hamilton on Sunday 17 March. In October 2015 the band supported Parkway Drive on the Ire tour, and the archive lists the Logan Campbell Centre in Auckland on Wednesday 7 October 2015. They returned to the Powerstation in Auckland on 9 March 2017, and the Death Dealers Australasian Tour of October 2018 played San Fran in Wellington, Galatos in Auckland and Empire Bar in Christchurch.

After the pandemic, the archive picks up in Australia in March 2022 with Crowbar in Sydney on Thursday 10 March and Transit Bar in Canberra the next night. The delayed Human Target tour finally ran in September 2022: Magnet House in Perth on Wednesday 7 September, Lion Arts Factory in Adelaide, Northcote Theatre in Melbourne, the Manning Bar in Sydney and The Princess Theatre in Brisbane on Sunday 11 September.

January 2023 brought the Decade of Hate Tour for the album's tenth anniversary, with Hate played from start to finish: The Triffid and The Tivoli in Brisbane, the Roundhouse in Sydney, the Forum Theatre and Max Watt's House of Music in Melbourne, the Hindley Street Music Hall in Adelaide and Metropolis Fremantle on Wednesday 18 January. A long Australian Regional Tour followed from May to July 2023, including Gosford, Newcastle, Canberra, Albury, Wollongong, Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Gladstone, Ballarat, Geelong, Chelsea Heights and Hobart, with south-east Queensland shows in Caloundra, Ipswich and Coolangatta in mid-July.

With Tyler Miller as the new vocalist, the band played a Godlike show at Marrickville Bowling Club in Sydney on Saturday 25 November 2023, then the Godlike tour of November 2024: 170 Russell in Melbourne on Friday 8 November, Harts Mill in Adelaide, Magnet House in Perth, The Princess Theatre in Brisbane and the Metro Theatre in Sydney on Friday 15 November.

Brutality Across Australia, the 16-date regional tour of 2025, started at The Edge Hill Tavern in Cairns on Friday 27 June and went through Townsville, Mackay, Ipswich, Caloundra, Vinnies Dive on the Gold Coast, Redland Bay, Newcastle, Gosford, Penrith, Canberra, Albury, Ballarat and Warrnambool to Chelsea Heights Hotel in Melbourne and Altar in Hobart on Saturday 19 July 2025, with Mélancolia and Hate Complex in support.

The table below lists 70 documented Australia/NZ concerts by Thy Art Is Murder between 2013 and 2026, with the most shows in Melbourne (8), Sydney (6), Brisbane (6), Auckland (5), Canberra (3), Gold Coast (3). It is not exhaustive: it only includes documented shows.

Concert data: setlist.fm

Thy Art Is Murder Australia Tour 2027 setlist: the songs played most often in Australia and New Zealand

Across the 15 most recent documented Australia/NZ concerts with a full song list (14 July 2023 to 14 February 2026), these are the songs that came up most often. Titles only — set lists change from night to night.

1. Death Squad Anthem — played at 15 of 15 shows
2. Holy War — played at 15 of 15 shows
3. Puppet Master — played at 15 of 15 shows
4. The Purest Strain of Hate — played at 15 of 15 shows
5. Reign of Darkness — played at 14 of 15 shows
6. Blood Throne — played at 13 of 15 shows
7. Destroyer of Dreams — played at 12 of 15 shows
8. Keres — played at 11 of 15 shows
9. Make America Hate Again — played at 11 of 15 shows
10. Join Me in Armageddon — played at 10 of 15 shows
11. Everything Unwanted — played at 9 of 15 shows
12. Godlike — played at 9 of 15 shows
13. Slaves Beyond Death — played at 4 of 15 shows
14. Dear Desolation — played at 2 of 15 shows

Before the Thy Art Is Murder Australia Tour 2027: past Australia/NZ tours at a glance

• Brutality Across Australia 2025 (2025): 16 Australia/NZ shows — Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Ipswich, Caloundra, Gold Coast, Redland Bay, Newcastle, Gosford, Penrith, Canberra, Albury….
• Godlike (2023–2024): 6 Australia/NZ shows — Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane.
• Australian Regional Tour 2023 (2023): 18 Australia/NZ shows — Gosford, Newcastle, Canberra, Albury, Wollongong, Ipswich, Gold Coast, Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Gladstone, Ballarat….
• Decade of Hate Tour (2023): 7 Australia/NZ shows — Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle.
• Human Target (2022): 5 Australia/NZ shows — Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane.
• Australia Tour 2022 (2022): 4 Australia/NZ shows — Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane.
• Death Dealers Australasian Tour 2018 (2018): 3 Australia/NZ shows — Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch.
• Ire Aus/NZ Tour 2015 (2015): 1 Australia/NZ show — Auckland.
• Five Days of Hate (2013): 5 Australia/NZ shows — Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Hamilton.

Thy Art Is Murder Australia Tour 2027 and Australia/NZ festivals

Thy Art Is Murder broke new ground at the Big Day Out in Sydney in January 2013, the first extreme metal act on that line-up since Blood Duster in 2004. Their Soundwave appearance in February 2014 made headlines when the promoter briefly removed them from the tour after CJ McMahon urged fans onto the stage in Brisbane; they were reinstated the next day. On 14 January 2017 McMahon rejoined the band on stage at the Unify Gathering in Tarwin Meadows, Victoria, and announced his return.

The band also played Good Things in December 2018 and December 2019, Download Festival Australia in 2019 and Knotfest Australia in March 2024, where the archive lists eight-song sets in Melbourne on Thursday 21 March, Centennial Park in Sydney on Saturday 23 March and Brisbane on Sunday 24 March. Their next festival-style booking in Australia is the Hellbound II cruise in January 2027.

Thy Art Is Murder Australia Tour 2027: career and records

Thy Art Is Murder were formed in 2006 in Blacktown, western Sydney, by members who were mostly around 15 years old. The Infinite Death EP (2008) reached No. 10 on the AIR chart and spread their name worldwide online. Original singer Brendan van Ryn left in 2008, and after a year-long search CJ McMahon joined from Vegas in Ruins in 2009. The debut album The Adversary followed on 16 July 2010.

Hate (2012), recorded in New Jersey with producer Will Putney, debuted at No. 35 on the ARIA chart and No. 1 on the AIR chart, a first for an Australian extreme metal band. It earned an ARIA nomination for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album, and the band signed with Nuclear Blast for releases outside Australia. Holy War (2015) reached No. 7 in Australia and also entered the US Billboard 200.

McMahon left in December 2015 and returned at Unify in January 2017, and Dear Desolation was released on 18 August 2017, reaching No. 5. Drummer Lee Stanton was replaced by Jesse Beahler in 2019, the year of Human Target (No. 11). The band supported Parkway Drive across the Ire world tour in 2015 and 2016 and Slayer on the 2015 Mayhem Festival in the US.

Godlike, released on 22 September 2023, reached No. 31. The day after its release the band announced it had dismissed McMahon, re-recording the vocals with a new singer, Tyler Miller, revealed days later. A single, 'Through Blood I Purify', followed in November 2024, and in July 2026 Jerry Grimefeld appeared as the band's vocalist at Rockstadt Extreme Fest in Romania.

Thy Art Is Murder Australia Tour 2027: the Hellbound II cruise from Sydney

Thy Art Is Murder's only confirmed 2027 Australian appearance takes place at sea. Hellbound II sails from Sydney Harbour on Sunday 17 January 2027 aboard the Carnival Splendor and returns on Thursday 21 January, after four nights and a stop at Tangalooma off the Queensland coast.

They share top billing with Parkway Drive, The Amity Affliction, Alpha Wolf and I Killed the Prom Queen. The link with Parkway Drive goes back a long way: Thy Art Is Murder joined the 10 Years of Parkway Drive tour in 2013 and supported them on the Ire world tour in 2015 and 2016.

Thy Art Is Murder Australia Tour 2027: Blacktown and the Sydney shows

Thy Art Is Murder come from the same western Sydney suburb as Northlane, and their Sydney shows tend to be special. The archive lists Crowbar, the Manning Bar, the Roundhouse during the Decade of Hate Tour, Marrickville Bowling Club for the first Godlike show and the Metro Theatre on 15 November 2024.

The Western Sydney suburbs also get regular visits on regional tours, with the Tattersalls Hotel in Penrith on 11 July 2025.

Thy Art Is Murder Australia Tour 2027: touring the regions

Like several Australian heavy bands, Thy Art Is Murder have made regional touring a priority. The 2023 Australian Regional Tour and the 2025 Brutality Across Australia tour took them to Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Gladstone, Gosford, Albury, Ballarat, Warrnambool and Hobart, often in pubs such as The Edge Hill Tavern, McGuire's Hotel and the Whalers Hotel.

The regional sets in the archive run to about a dozen songs, the same length as the capital-city shows of the Godlike tour, so fans outside the capitals see the full headline set.

Thy Art Is Murder Australia Tour 2027: New Zealand

Thy Art Is Murder have played New Zealand on four separate occasions in the archive: the Five Days of Hate run in March 2013, the Parkway Drive support date in Auckland in October 2015, the Powerstation in March 2017 and the Death Dealers tour of October 2018 in Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch.

No New Zealand show is listed after October 2018 and no New Zealand date is announced for 2027.

Thy Art Is Murder Australia Tour 2027: what to expect live

A Thy Art Is Murder headline set is short and intense, usually 12 or 13 songs. On the Godlike tour at the Metro Theatre in Sydney on 15 November 2024 they opened with 'Destroyer of Dreams', 'Blood Throne', 'Death Squad Anthem' and 'Make America Hate Again', played 'Join Me in Armageddon', 'Holy War', 'The Purest Strain of Hate', 'Godlike', 'Keres' and 'Everything Unwanted', and closed with 'Reign of Darkness' and 'Puppet Master'. The 2025 regional shows used the same running order.

The Decade of Hate shows of January 2023 were different: at The Tivoli in Brisbane on 12 January the band played Hate in full, from 'Reign of Darkness' to 'Doomed From Birth', before 'Death Squad Anthem', 'Holy War' and 'Puppet Master'. The Elwood show of 14 February 2026 was an eight-song set.

Across Australian and New Zealand shows in the archive, the most played songs are 'The Purest Strain of Hate', 'Reign of Darkness', 'Holy War', 'Puppet Master', 'Death Squad Anthem' and 'Make America Hate Again'.

Thy Art Is Murder Australia Tour 2027 tickets and presales

There are no tickets on sale for a 2027 Thy Art Is Murder headline tour of Australia or New Zealand, because none has been announced as of 9 October 2026. Any website offering seats or a 'presale code' for such a tour is not official. The Hellbound II cruise from Sydney is sold separately as cruise packages.

For past Australian tours, tickets were sold through the promoter and the venues' official outlets, and many regional shows sold directly through the venue. If a tour is announced, buy only from the official seller named in the announcement or the venue box office, keep your mobile ticket in your own name, and be careful with sellers on social media.

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Thy Art Is Murder Australia Tour 2027: questions and answers

Are Thy Art Is Murder touring Australia in 2027?

No headline tour has been announced as of 9 October 2026. Their only confirmed 2027 Australian date is the Hellbound II cruise from Sydney, 17 to 21 January 2027.

Who else is on Hellbound II?

Parkway Drive, The Amity Affliction, Alpha Wolf and I Killed the Prom Queen head the bill, with Ocean Grove, Gravemind, Mammal, RedHook, Banks Arcade and others.

When did Thy Art Is Murder last play in Australia?

The latest show in the archive is the Riviera Beach Club in Elwood, Melbourne, on 14 February 2026.

When did they last tour regional Australia?

On Brutality Across Australia, 16 dates from Cairns on 27 June to Hobart on 19 July 2025.

Will Thy Art Is Murder play New Zealand in 2027?

No New Zealand date has been announced. Their last New Zealand shows in the archive were in October 2018 in Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch.

Who is Thy Art Is Murder's singer?

CJ McMahon was dismissed in 2023 and replaced by Tyler Miller. In July 2026 Jerry Grimefeld performed as vocalist; it has not been made clear whether that is permanent.

What is their latest album?

Godlike, released on 22 September 2023. It reached No. 31 in Australia.

Where are Thy Art Is Murder from?

Blacktown in western Sydney, where they formed in 2006.

What was the Decade of Hate Tour?

A January 2023 Australian tour celebrating ten years of Hate, with the album played in full in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Fremantle.