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Battlesnake Are Killing It In The UK & Europe

+ Announce Triumphant Homecoming Tour

The Year Of The Snake Australian Album Tour For Sept/Oct

‘Battlesnake are killer, what a band’ – Kam Haq – Live Nation / Download Fest UK

The rising titans of Australian heavy metal, Battlesnake, are returning home in thunderous fashion this September and October for their long-awaited The Year Of The Snake Australian Album Tour, celebrating the release of their ferocious third album, Dawn Of The Exultants and The Hunt For The Shepherd.

The band will be fresh from their blistering three-month run across the UK and Europe, which kicked off in early June and saw them…

Dominate at Download
Kill it at Copenhell
Get a little wild at Rock For People
Go to another level at Pinkpop
and
Eviscerate with the Eagles of Death Metal

With 2 more months of mayhem to go!!!

Now, Battlesnake are coming back to where it all began. This is more than a tour. It’s a homecoming celebration. A reckoning. A resurrection.

The tour marks the Australian unveiling of their most ambitious work to date. Dawn Of The Exultants and The Hunt For The Shepherd sees the band reach new creative heights, melding face-melting riffs, operatic grandeur, and apocalyptic storytelling into a sonic experience unlike anything else in modern metal. Drawing from the mythic influences of Queen, Judas Priest, and Black Sabbath while carving out a sound uniquely their own, Battlesnake have once again raised the stakes.

The album’s singles, The Fathers Of Iron Flesh, Shepherd Hunter and Murder Machine were instantly added to playlists around the world including All New Metal and Local Noise on Spotify and Breaking Hard Rock & New Music Daily on Apple Music making a huge impact.

Debuting at #8 on the ARIA Album Charts and #1 on their AIR Independent Charts – their best results on both, ever, Dawn Of The Exultants And The Hunt For The Shepherd marks a new chapter in Battlesnake’s ever-expanding saga.

A number of incredible high rating reviews the world over are claiming this as they year of the Snake too!
Distorted Sound 8/10, GBHBL 9/10, Metal Digest 8/10, Musipedia of Metal 9/10 and many more!

Expect a full-force live show of epic proportions, a night of sweat, steel, and serpentine chaos, driven by the band’s legendary theatricality, monstrous musicianship, and an unrelenting wall of sound. From underground clubs to festival main stages, Battlesnake have built their reputation on pure, undiluted energy and they’re bringing it all home.

With a rapidly growing legion of fans and critical acclaim from both sides of the hemisphere, Battlesnake’s 2025 Australian Album Tour is set to be their most explosive yet. The Exultants are rising and the Shepherd is on the run.

The Year Of The Snake Australian Tour Dates

Friday, September 19: Soap Box, BRISBANE
Saturday, September 20: Blacken Open Air Festival, ALICE SPRINGS
Friday, September 26: Red Rattler, SYDNEY
Friday, October 3: Chopped Festival, CARISBROOK
Saturday, October 4: The Nightcat, MELBOURNE

REMAINING UK/EU YEAR OF THE SNAKE TOUR DATES

1 July: L’Aeronef, Lille, FR+
3 July: Bootleg Social, Blackpool, UK*
4 July: The Grand Social, Dublin, UK*
7 July: Bodega – Nottingham, UK+
8 July: Chalk – Brighton, UK+
9 July: Clwb Ifor Bach – Cardiff, UK+
10 July: 2000Trees, UK
11 July: MadCool, ES
14 July: Valkhof Festival, NL
15 July: DB’s – Utrecht, NL*
16 July: Altstadt – Eindhoven, NL*
17 July: Zwarte Cross, NL
18 July: Rockland Festival, ES
20 July: Ilosaarirock, FIN
23 July: Lark, Berlin, DE
24 July: Molotow, Hamburg, DE
25 July: Rock In Wald, DE
29 July: Free & Easy – Munich, DE
1 August: Open Air Graenichen, CH
3 August: Multitude Festival, UK
5 August: Voodoo Daddy’s, Norwich UK*
6 August: Underworld – London, UK*
8 August: Boomtown, UK
9 August: Rebellion – Manchester, UK*
11 August: Cluny 2, Newcastle UK*
12 August: Hug & Pint – Glasgow, UK
13 August: Lending Room – Leeds, UK
14 August: ArcTanGent, UK
16 August: Hoflärm – Marienthal, DE