Bullet For My Valentine First Act Confirmed For Soundwave 2016

They have today released their fifth studio album Venom and what can only be considered as an added bonus to fans and festival goers in Australia, Welsh heavy metal act Bullet For My Valentine have been announced as the first act to perform at next year's Soundwave festival. 

No strangers to the annual music event, the quartet last toured the country in support of the festival in 2013, and were also on the 2011 bill.

The band will appear at all stops of the festival — hitting the stage in Brisbane on Saturday 23 January, before moving on to Sydney the following day and then lastly in Melbourne for Australia Day on Tuesday 26 January. 

For more details, including further line-up announcements, head to the Soundwave website. 

Meanwhile, in anticipation of Bullet's first record since 2013's Temper Temper, theMusic sat down with frontman Matt Tuck to chat about the new album. Check out the exclusive interview here.

Venom is available now via Sony Music Australia/RCA.