NPCEDE-"gabber crossed with industrial dread"
NPCEDE-"gabber crossed with industrial dread"
AS PART OF:
BLACK PLANET
25TH JULY TWO VENUES THREE STAGES 21 BANDS
O come, creatures of the night!
Bear witness to BLACK PLANET: A Celebration of Australian Dark Music.
Descending for the first time as a full-spectrum gathering of darkness, Black Planet hosts 3 stages across two iconic venues: The Bendigo Hotel & Nighthawks. Built for devotees of sonic extremity and shadow culture, this inaugural edition transforms the night into a living cathedral of sound, atmosphere, and chaos.
The night will be separated into 3 spaces:
The Ossuary (Bendi Main Room) - A shrine to brutality and all things heavy
The Void (Bendi Upstairs) - A chamber devoted to noise, ambient, drone and experimental
The Black Hearts Lodge (Nighthawks) - A sanctuary of goth, darkwave, post-punk and nocturnal romance
Headlining Black Planet 2026 is THE AMENTA - One of metal's most uncategorizable acts, THE AMENTA have been synthesising the ugliest aspects of death, black, and noise into a unique maelstrom for over 25 years. Well-known across the world for their intense live shows, THE AMENTA combine speed, anger, and a weird sound with smoke and strobes to create a brutal, overwhelming experience.
Joining them across the 3 stages are: Mammon’s Throne, Hybrid Nightmares, Victoria K, Küntsquäd, Bentham’s Head, Knife, Npcede, Živa, Inaugural, Chiffon Magnifique, Blood In The Champagne, Dystropolis, Palliative, Blood of a Pomegranate, Military Position, Anocht, AnnaBortionist, Serene Ailment, Angellis Taliuu, and Koolooz.
The Black Hearts Lodge closes Black Planet's night the way it opens it — on its own terms, distinct from the two Bendigo rooms across the road. That's the real substance behind "celebration of Australian dark music": three separate scenes, each allowed to run its own trajectory across the night rather than being folded into a single homogenous bill.
Artist: Npcede are a Naarm trio — brothers Victor and Roy Moore plus childhood friend Zac Hellyer — who by their own account formed almost by accident, out of a DJ set that turned into a live show. Their 2025 self-titled EP for Chapter Music fuses 80s industrial with modern electronic, rap and noise influences into something reviewers have struggled to pin down — Nitzer Ebb by way of Sigur Rós, by way of King Krule, was one attempt. Live, they've been described as gabber crossed with industrial dread, an unrelentingly physical, high-impact set. Closing the Lodge at 23:00 puts one of Melbourne's most talked-about young live acts in the night's final stretch.
NPCEDE WERE UNABLE DUE TO OTHER COMMITMENTS ABLE TO SCHEDULE A INTERVIEW, BUT THEY WILL TEAR YOUR SOUL APART ON SAT NIGHT...REST ASSURED.
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SO GRAB A TICKET ASAP AND START WORKING OUT HOW YOU CAN SEE EVERY BAND...SOMEHOW
KILLER PRICES TO BE HONEST;
Both venues: $75+BF
The Bendigo Hotel Only: $45+BF
Nighthawks Only: $35+BF
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