Nicolas Cage Fighter is an Australian metallic hardcore/deathcore band from Ballarat, Victoria, built around vocalist Nick Moriarty and guitarist Justin Ellis. The band's name is a nod to actor Nicolas Cage, who revealed in a 2025 Guardian interview that he is genuinely a fan and praised the group's lyrics. After the EP Cast You Out (2021) and debut album The Bones That Grew From Pain (2022), the band released its second full-length, I Watched You Burn, in September 2025 via Bleeding Art Collective/Blood Blast Distribution.
The band released their second studio album I Watched You Burn on September 12, 2025 via Bleeding Art Collective and Blood Blast Distribution.
Actor Nicolas Cage confirmed in an interview with The Guardian that he is a fan of the band and called their lyrics empowering.
The debut album The Bones That Grew From Pain brought the band attention from renowned metal media such as Decibel Magazine.
Fight From Within and Nicolas Cage Fighter take the stage at Hall of Fame. Two bands in one night on 19 January.
Two international hardcore bands - Fight From Within from the US and Nicolas Cage Fighter from Australia - perform in Heerlen with Dutch support from Swanslaughter.
