The UK outfit are the seventh band confirmed for the festival.
UK metalcore heavyweights Bring Me The Horizon are the latest act to be added to the Soundwave bill as announced by triple j today.
Announced via triple j this morning, the band will bring their new record, That’s The Spirit, to Australia in January and join the six bands already announced for the festival.
The drip-feed has already confirmed Lordi, Northlane, Refused, Failure, Dead Letter Circus and Bullet For My Valentine who will perform on Saturday 23 January in Brisbane, Sunday 24 January in Sydney, and Tuesday 26 January in Melbourne.
Australia! We're coming, see you at @soundwavefest '16 http://t.co/Btb6Pf8C3O pic.twitter.com/UduLwPUlUO
— Bring Me The Horizon (@bmthofficial) September 11, 2015
The band’s fifth record sees them take a different direction, which has been met with numerous reactions from fans. We spoke with frontman Oli Sykes about the change of pace leading up to its release.
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“This record could tank, it could bomb, but we'll never go back to what we used to do," he said.
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