Schkeuditzer Kreuz announces 21-date tour of Japan and Southeast Asia
Australian industrial synth crust artist Schkeuditzer Kreuz tours Japan, Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines in October 2026.
Schkeuditzer Kreuz Live, Yokohama, Japan, 30 August 2024 (Photo by Photoyunist, edited by Eroding Designs)
Australian industrial synth crust artist Schkeuditzer Kreuz, the solo project of Kieren Hills, returns to Japan and Southeast Asia in October 2026 for a 21-date run across seven countries in 24 days: Japan, Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Ticket details are handled by the individual venues and promoters; several Southeast Asian stops are listed with the venue still to be announced.
The tour opens in Tokyo on 2 October and works through Nagoya, Shizuoka and Osaka before crossing into Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, closing in Dasmariñas, Cavite, on 22 October, with three further Indonesian dates following on 23 to 25 October. Stops include the Visayas Hardcore Punk Fest in Bacolod City and a Bali date at Gimme Shelter.
Tour dates for Schkeuditzer Kreuz
- 2 October – Tokyo, Japan – Earthdom
- 3 October – Tokyo, Japan – Ochiai
- 4 October – Nagoya, Japan – Duct
- 6 October – Shizuoka, Japan – Sougen
- 7 October – Osaka, Japan – Hokage
- 8 October – Siem Reap, Cambodia – Atlantis Metal Bar
- 9 October – Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Distortion
- 10 October – Chiang Mai, Thailand – Yoda Gallery
- 13 October – Bangkok, Thailand – Live Haus BKK
- 14 October – Singapore – venue to be announced
- 15 October – Batam, Indonesia – Loka Suara
- 16 October – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Moutou
- 17 October – Bacolod City, Philippines – Visayas Hardcore Punk Fest
- 18 October – General Santos City, Philippines – venue to be announced
- 19 October – Davao City, Philippines – venue to be announced
- 20 October – Cebu City, Philippines – venue to be announced
- 21 October – Quezon City, Philippines – venue to be announced
- 22 October – Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines – venue to be announced
- 23 October – Bali, Indonesia – Gimme Shelter
- 24 October – Jogjakarta, Indonesia – venue to be announced
- 25 October – Purworejo, Indonesia – venue to be announced
About Schkeuditzer Kreuz
Schkeuditzer Kreuz is the solo project of Kieren Hills, who was born in New Zealand and is based in Lawson, in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. The project combines electronic body music and industrial with crust and d-beat punk, a sound Hills has described with terms such as “industrial synth crust” and “d-beat raw synth punk”. The debut release was the five-song 12-inch EP “Give Me Nothing”, launched with a 15-date tour across eastern Australia in March 2021.
The discography includes the albums “Isolated and Alone” (2021) and “No Life Left” (2023), the latter later repressed on Bad Habit Records. Schkeuditzer Kreuz first toured Japan in June 2024, a run Side-Line covered at the time. In November 2024 the project released a split 7-inch with Decide Today, and the following year issued the split EP “State Violence State Control” with Sydney act Low Life on Winter Garden Records.
The third album, “Swan Grinder“, mastered by Martin Bowes of Attrition, followed on 30 August 2025 and was supported by a European tour that September and October. The single “Keep Dancing”, a remix from “Swan Grinder”, was released in June 2026. The October 2026 dates return Schkeuditzer Kreuz to Japan and Southeast Asia with the widest regional spread of the “Swan Grinder” campaign, adding Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines to the itinerary alongside Japan.
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