Counterparts

Counterparts are bringing their emotionally charged and unrelenting live performance to Australia in 2025! Following the success of their surprise EP Heaven Let Them Die, the Canadian melodic hardcore powerhouse will embark on their "Heaven Let Them Die" tour, accompanied by rising metalcore stars Dying Wish."Heaven Let Them Die represents Counterparts at our most intense — musically, lyrically, and visually," shares frontman Brendan Murphy. "The EP builds on where A Eulogy for Those Still Here left off, capturing how I’ve come to terms with everything foreshadowed in the last release and how it has shaped where I stand today. It’s our most genuine work to date — raw, uncompromising, and unfiltered."This four-show tour will see Counterparts light up stages across Australia, beginning in Melbourne on June 11 and continuing with stops in Adelaide, Sydney, and Brisbane. Fans can look forward to an emotional and powerful setlist, featuring tracks from the band’s extensive seven-album discography, including highlights from their critically acclaimed 2022 release, A Eulogy for Those Still Here.Tickets go on sale at 1pm (local), Friday, January 31.Live Nation pre-sale runs from Thursday, January 30, 12noon local time to Friday, January 31, 12noon local time. For complete tour & ticket information, visit: livenation.com.auCOUNTERPARTSHEAVEN LET THEM DIE AUSTRALIA TOUR 2025 with special guests DYING WISHWEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 170 RUSSELL, MELBOURNETHURSDAY 12 JUNE THE GOV, ADELAIDEFRIDAY 13 JUNE LIBERTY HALL, SYDNEY SUNDAY 15 JUNE THE TRIFFID, BRISBANELive Nation pre-sale runs from Thursday, January 30, 12noon local time to Friday, January 31, 12noon local time. General public onsale begins on Friday, January 31, 1pm local time.Tickets and more information at livenation.com.au.ABOUT COUNTERPARTSSince forming in 2007, Counterparts have gone from the Hamilton, Ontario, underground to touring the world as one of Canada’s most important and impactful musical exports. They’ve released seven full lengths, with A Eulogy for Those Still Here landing in 2022. They’ve also released four EPs and a live album. Now, they have delighted fans with the surprise EP, Heaven Let Them Die, out via Pure Noise. The band has sold 250,000 albums through the course of its career and their most recent headliner in support of AEFTSS was almost entirely sold out.FOLLOW COUNTERPARTSWebsite | Facebook | Instagram | X | TikTok | SpotifyABOUT DYING WISHWe actively choose to survive. We don’t passively wait for it. Instead, we make the choices we need to in order to navigate life's most treacherous terrain with our bodies, minds, and souls intact. Dying Wish both survey and soundtrack this struggle on their second full-length offering, Symptoms of Survival [Sharptone Records]. The Portland, OR quintet—Sam Reynolds [guitar], Pedro Carrillo [guitar], Emma Boster [vocals], Jeff Yambra [drums], and Jon Mackey [bass]—strike a balance between evocative melodies awash in pain and soundscapes born from a chaotic collision of heavy metal and hardcore. Amassing millions of streams, selling out shows, and earning widespread acclaim from Brooklyn Vegan, Revolver, Stereogum, Consequence of Sound, and more, the group expand their vision thematically and sonically on these 11 tracks.  Dying Wish have continued to strengthen an unbreakable bond with audiences since emerging in 2018. Their full-length debut, Fragments of a Bitter Memory [2021], yielded fan favorites such as “Cowards Feed, Cowards Bleed,” which amassed 2.1 million Spotify streams. Inciting widespread critical applause, KERRANG! rated the album “four-out-of-five stars” and raved, “Fragments of a Bitter Memory is an album you need in your life, with songs as catchy as they are human.” Revolver hailed it as “one of our favorite albums of the year.”  In the end, Dying Wish might just encourage you to keep going.FOLLOW DYING WISHWebsite | Facebook | X | Instagram | TikTok | Spotify