<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img width="173" src="https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/production-api-file-upload/uploads%2Fclient-15799%2Fevent-description%2F1765846179957-1765846179957.png" alt="A black background with a black square AI-generated content may be incorrect." class="fr-fic fr-dii" style="width: 330px; height: 236.532px;"></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 24px;">SHRED FEST // Australia 2026</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br></p><p style="text-align: center;">September 2026 – Prepare your necks and brace your ears — <strong>SHRED FEST 2026</strong> is coming! The renowned travelling metal festival will storm across Australia and New Zealand, delivering an unmatched celebration of technical excellence, intensity, and musical precision.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br></p><p style="text-align: center;">This year’s edition features two of the most acclaimed names in modern extreme metal Obscura (GER) & Fallujah (USA):</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>OBSCURA (GER)</strong> – Progressive death metal pioneers and masters of technical virtuosity. Following two successful Australian tours along with a return to New Zealand, OBSCURA are back to present their latest album <em>A Sonication</em> as part of their ongoing world tour.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>FALLUJAH (USA)</strong> – The visionary force of progressive and atmospheric technical death metal, set to unleash their transcendental soundscapes across southern shores.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br></p><p style="text-align: center;">Joining the international lineup are some of Australia’s most formidable local acts:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>ASHEN (Perth, AUS)</strong> – Delivering crushing death-doom steeped in atmo