# Karnivool Announce Biggest Headline Shows of Their Career **Tour Announcement** — On Your Markus **Venues:** AEC Theatre **Published:** 8 April 2026 **Author:** Markus Hamence **Source:** https://onyourmarkus.au/tour-announcements/karnivool-announce-biggest-headline-shows-of-their-career/ --- **KARNIVOOL ANNOUNCE IN VERSES AUSTRALIAN TOUR** **With Very Special Guests TesseracT (UK) and Car Bomb (USA)** ![Five musicians in dark clothing stand on a dimly lit stage with dramatic overhead lighting casting long shadows.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/40629/Karnivool.jpg) **Perth icons Karnivool are thrilled to announce they are taking their number one album, *****[In Verses](https://deathproof.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b075832a252dd785e2fbb4e2f&id=828143a00c&e=d98b684971)*****, on the road for the first time, delivering the biggest headline shows of their career. To celebrate, Karnivool will be joined by special guests TesseracT (UK) and Car Bomb (USA) for an unmissable night of heavy excellence.** Kicking off with a hometown show at the Ice Cream Factory in Perth on July 18, Karnivool will deliver a career spanning set across five capital cities, winding up at Riverstage in Brisbane on July 25. Landing 13 years after its predecessor, *In Verses *is a heavy prog masterpiece that stunned critics and fans who were both quick to forgive the band for the agonisingly long wait. A meticulously crafted, richly layered yet welcoming journey, the album is a rare chart-topper that wasn’t built for algorithms or respectable release cycles, yet it soared straight to #1 on the ARIA Chart, becoming the first local album to do so in 2026. Behind the album’s success is a deeper story about resilience and perseverance. When the bagpipes swell on the album closer [Salva](https://deathproof.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b075832a252dd785e2fbb4e2f&id=d2a1f6299f&e=d98b684971), it’s a real triumphant celebration ([and quite the tear jerker online](https://deathproof.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b075832a252dd785e2fbb4e2f&id=287fac4440&e=d98b684971)) for the band and fans who have waited 13 years for this moment. Karnivool’s next challenge: learning how to deliver live the songs they’ve spent the better part of a decade wrangling into existence. Joining Karnivool are fellow masters of their craft **TesseracT**. The UK metal titans are widely regarded as pioneers, expanding metal’s vocabulary beyond all measure with off-kilter riffs, soaring melodies, bending grooves and disorientating atmospherics. Over the course of their career, the band have built a formidable reputation for powerful, mind-altering live shows and Australian legions came out in force to experience their landmark record, *War of Being*, in 2024. Rounding out this outstanding line-up is New York innovators **Car Bomb**, bringing their elite chops and maniacal arrangements to Australia for the very first time! 25 years in with a discography almost as lean as Karnivool’s, Car Bomb mines the depths of extreme metal to create a signature sound that is as confounding as it is cathartic with evolving polyrhythms, shifting tempos and deconstructive guitars designed to pulverise all senses live. It’s been over a decade since Karnivool have toured a new album and they’ve assembled an elite suite of boundary shattering virtuosos to mark the occasion. Don’t miss this very rare and extraordinary event. **Presale begins Tuesday 14 April 9am local time** **Tickets on sale: Thursday 16 April 9am local time** **More info from ****[destroyalllines.com](https://deathproof.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b075832a252dd785e2fbb4e2f&id=42d5f372b5&e=d98b684971)** ![Karnivool In Verses Australian tour poster featuring bare tree against grey landscape with support bands Tesseract and Chon.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/40624/ec395d6a-7a37-17a9-503f-5c266e681d86.jpg) ### KARNIVOOL  *IN VERSES* AUSTRALIAN TOUR **With Special Guests TesseracT (UK) and Car Bomb (USA)** **Presale begins Tuesday 14 April at 9am local time. Sign up for access ****[here](https://deathproof.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b075832a252dd785e2fbb4e2f&id=ac0f53a1b7&e=d98b684971)** **Tickets are on sale Wednesday 15 April at 9am local time via ****[destroyalllines.com](https://deathproof.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b075832a252dd785e2fbb4e2f&id=542e951b58&e=d98b684971)** **Saturday July 18** Ice Cream Factory, Perth **Tuesday July 21** AEC Theatre, Adelaide **Thursday July 23** Hordern Pavilion, Sydney **Friday July 24** Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne **Saturday July 25** Riverstage, Brisbane ![Barren landscape with bare tree and distant smoke under stormy sky, promoting Karnivool's album Inverses.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/40625/626872413_1457531662395710_3166400985365056836_n.jpg) ![Band performing on stage bathed in bright green stage lighting during a tour concert.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/40628/525995821_10163412160831163_6591923140357850848_n.jpg) **Praise for Karnivool** *“In Verses is spectacular.”* – **The Australian** *“Another thoroughly rewarding album experience that cements Karnivool’s status as one of Australia’s most important and revered heavy acts.” – ***Double J** *“A Karnivool tour is never less than a full-bodied experience — equal parts cerebral, visceral and spiritual.”* – **The Note Magazine** *“Karnivool will march to the beat of their own drum and indulge their musical whims without any care for the demands of the mainstream. In return, they will deliver a masterful show like this.”* – **Sydney Morning Herald** *“A monumental work of art.” *– **Wall of Sound** *“The bar for progressive metal in 2026 has been set, and it’s hard to think of* *another band who can raise it.”* – **Metal Hammer** * “In Verses returns Karnivool to the top of the prog-metal mountain.”* – **Kerrang!** * “Karnivool have not forgotten how to leave a bruise or two.”* – **Classic Rock** ![White geometric logo featuring an interlocking K and R letter design with sacred geometry pattern on black background.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/40627/252903559_431636398318580_8439021103408879905_n.jpg)