Ocean Sleeper 'My Forever Drug' Regional Tour 2027 w/ RedHook // Mirrors // Nightlight

<p style="text-align: center;">Gippsland&#39;s metalcore kings, <strong>Ocean Sleeper</strong>, are going back to their roots with their biggest regional Australian tour yet.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br></p><p style="text-align: center;">2026 was a breakout year for the band. Their second album, Peace When I&#39;m Dead, debuted at #2 on the ARIA Australian Albums Chart (#7 on the national ARIA Albums Chart), they signed a global record deal with BMG / Rise Records, and they toured the world. Back home, the Peace When I&#39;m Dead national tour sold out every city, and it was the band&#39;s biggest and most ambitious run to date. Now they&#39;re taking the album to regional Australia.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br></p><p style="text-align: center;">Since forming in 2016, Ocean Sleeper have built their platform on honesty, authenticity and a DIY attitude. Their sound blends crushing metalcore intensity with deeply personal lyrics and huge melodies. From their debut album Don&#39;t Leave Me This Way (2019) through to the Maybe Death Is All I Need EP (2024), the band have kept pushing the boundaries of modern heavy music.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br></p><p style="text-align: center;">The years leading into 2026 saw Ocean Sleeper build a growing global audience the hard way. They played multiple sold-out headline tours at home, headlined across the USA, and made debut appearances in the UK, Europe and Japan. Sharing stages with genre leaders and delivering unforgettable festival sets, they&#39;ve proven themselves a commanding force on record and live.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br></p><p style="text-align: center;">Peace When I&#39;m Dead captures the weight of grief, guilt and regret. It shows the band&#39;s willingness to explore the darker corners of the human experience, confronting inner turmoil, depression and deep emotional lows head-on. Acknowledging, expressing and releasing those feelings gives Ocean Sleeper&#39;s music its powerful sense of catharsis and connection.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br></p><p style="text-align: center;">&quot;This band has never been afraid to dive into the darker parts of our lives, and this album is no exception,&quot; says vocalist Karl Spiessl. &quot;At its core, the record explores the ongoing battle we have with ourselves &ndash; that constant inner struggle that can feel endless. It&#39;s about coming to terms with the idea that this conflict may always be part of the human experience, and learning to accept that reality.&quot;</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br></p><p style="text-align: center;">Ocean Sleeper&#39;s 2026 has been relentless, at home and abroad: Froth &amp; Fury Festival, Polaris&#39;s Life&#39;s A Beach in Melbourne, a sold-out capital city tour, and Parkway Drive&#39;s Hellbound Cruise. They followed three back-to-back sold-out capital city headline tours with international runs across the UK and Europe, Japan and the USA. Now Ocean Sleeper brings Peace When I&#39;m Dead to regional Australia on their longest Australian headline tour yet, bigger and stronger than ever.</p>