It’s finally here, after so many leaks and dribbles, dates changes, court cases and just general uncertainty we have a Soundwave line-up for the 2016 festival, with heavy hitters such as Disturbed, Deftones and NOFX joining the previously announced acts like Bring Me The Horizon and Bullet For My Valentine.
Live streaming the announcement, Music Feeds broke the news with the first full Soundwave announcement just after 8pm this evening, with media outlets such as triple j and others soon following suit.
Another announcement is expected in the following weeks.
Soundwave is set to kick off in Brisbane on the 23rd of January, with Sydney and Melbourne following on the 24th and 26th respectively.
Tickets are on sale now , with details below the full line-up below.
Stay tuned for more news on the second announcement of artists.
Soundwave 2016 First Lineup Announcement
Bring Me The Horizon
NOFX
Bullet For My Valentine
Public Enemy
Refused
Metal Allegiance
Hatebreed
Soulfly
Northlane
Dead Letter Circus
L7
frnkiero and the cellabration
Nothing But Thieves
Frenzal Rhomb
Failure
Lordi
Devil You Know
Moose Blood
Saturday, 23rd January 2016
Brisbane
Tickets: Soundwave
Sunday, 24th January 2016
Sydney
Tickets: Soundwave
Tuesday, 26th January 2016
Melbourne
Tickets: Soundwave
Anyway if that isn’t enough to get your Soundwave juices flowing, you can froth on this clip for Disturbed’s latest single “The Vengeful One” off their post hiatus sixth studio album Immortalized.
Disturbed – The Vengeful One