RItual Division returns for its fourth iteration, this year featuring some of the heaviest bands in Aotearoa and Australia. Co-headlined by Organectomy and Plague of the Fallen, also featuring the incredible Wallet Inspector and Glassblower. Support from Obligatory Fiend May 17th Churchills Tavern Doors 7:30 First Band 8:30 R18

Winter is upon us, and two titans of Aotearoa doom have joined forces to light the darkness across the motu this August. Tāmaki Makaurau occult doom sextet Demons of Noon and Ngāmotu groove doom trio Infinity Ritual will be piling in the van to play Ōtautahi, Ōtepoti, Pōneke, Tāmaki Makaurau, Kirikiriroa and Ngāmotu. Demons of Noon and Infinity Ritual both released albums that climbed the Doom Charts last year. The 13th Floor gave ‘Death Machine’ by Demons of Noon a…

Spawned in 2014, Vulvodynia is a South African slam juggernaut designed with one purpose: to make the heaviest, most absurdly heavy music possible, while attempting to define themselves as more than just “another slam band.” With former guitarist, Lwandile Prusent, now on vocal duties and their 6th album being release on the July 5th, Vulvodynia are making 2024 their own. If their mission was over-the-top heaviness, then consider it accomplished—from their debut release, Lord of Plagues, to their upcoming album…

Get ready for an epic night of music as two of the hottest bands in the country come together for 2 unforgettable shows. Donal & the Bucks are an incredible high energy rock quartet with catchy hooks that are sure to YOU on your feet. With a unique blend of folk, rock, and alternative influences, they create an atmosphere that feels both familiar and refreshingly original. BAD SCHEMATICS will have you singing along with lyrics laced with honesty, angst, and…

Founded in Germany in 2019, MONDERNTE is a one-person satanic musical entity based in Reykjavík, Iceland. The sole creatrix S.W.R. invokes music that oscillates between black metal, dark folk, occult rock and dark ambient, while deliberately dissolving genre boundaries in the name of Aural Luciferian Witchcraft. After having performed her musical offerings on stage in Iceland, Switzerland and Australia since 2022, MONDERNTEs first concert tour takes her to the Antipodean lands of Australia and New Zealand, countries that are both…