BLACKWATER HOLYLIGHT have announced their debut in Australia in June 2026.

They will bring their ethereal psych-doom-rock to Hobart’s Dark Mofo Festival at the grandiose Odeon Theatre, as well as headline shows at Sydney’s Crowbar & Melbourne’s Corner Hotel.

Their extensive touring has generated a reputation as a pummeling live act, sharing stages with the likes of Russian Circles, Elder and gracing festival stages including Roadburn, Desertfest and A Colossal Weekend.

The band have released four full-length albums since 2018, including this year’s ‘Not Here Not Gone.’

As with their previous work, ‘Not Here Not Gone’ explores the duality of light and dark—menacing riffs provide the bedrock to beguiling melodies; dense walls of shoegaze guitars pair with lighter-than-air synths; and heavy subject matter is delivered by siren song vocals.

Even in their heaviest moments, like the sludgy psychedelia of “Bodies” and “Spades,” Blackwater Holylight masterfully sculpt the thunder and grime into something that feels transcendental. Lead single “Heavy, Why?” is perhaps the apex of the band’s masterful duality and an appropriately titled examination of the ensemble’s methods. Mikayla Mayhew’s low, dirge-like riff and Dorsay’s propulsive drums could easily find a home in the catalog of an amp-worshipping Roadburn act, but Faris’ fragile vocals transform the composition into a question, a pointed and probing examination that uses beauty and grace to offset the threatening instrumentation.