Windwaker cancels their appearance at Hellbound Cruise due to a temporary lineup change

Australian metalcore ensemble Windwaker has declared that their keyboardist and production manager, Connor Robins, has temporarily departed from the band for the remainder of the year. This apparent hiatus has rendered the group incapable of performing at this year’s ‘Hellbound Cruise’ event. A formal statement regarding the situation was issued on October 12th.

important update regarding our upcoming touring schedule:

We’re sorry to announce that we will no longer be performing at Hellbound Cruise this year.

After two years of consistent and demanding touring, our Synths & Samples player and Production Manager, Connor Robins, has made the difficult decision to step away from performing for the remainder of the year to prioritise his health.

Connor plays a significant role not only on stage, but behind the scenes as part of our live production team.
This means we need to make some changes to our touring and production setup to ensure we can continue delivering the shows we have planned for the rest of the year.

We’re genuinely sorry to everyone who was looking forward to seeing us at Hellbound.
We know a lot of you have already made plans around the cruise, and we don’t take the disappointment of a change to the lineup lightly.
Thank you for your understanding and continued support while we work through this.

Our remaining touring schedule is continuing as planned.

Robins himself stated:

I’ll have more to say soon, and I’m not going anywhere — I just need a second to catch my breath.

Ultimately, Windwaker’s music effectively results from a chemical reaction between multiple genres. The band serves as the common denominator on an endlessly rotating carousel of styles, splicing stadium-size hooks, swaggering rhythms, gnashing guitars, and jaw-droppingly dynamic vocals into one unpredictable sound. The band has constantly pushed the envelope, taking flight into rarified air as an outlier. They already made a hyperspace-size jump musically from “Love Language” [2022] to “Hyperviolence” [2024]. The latter spawned “Sirens”, which gathered 9 million Spotify streams and counting. In response to the highlight “Fractured State of Mind”, OnesToWatch raved, “Simultaneously brutal and beautiful, the ferocious new track explores the aftershocks of lost love and is sure to be an instant hit for those in need of a therapeutic rage session.”

Windwaker are:
Liam Guinane – Vocals
Justin Keurntjes – Guitar
Indey Salvestro – Bass
Chris Lalic – Drums