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Metallica - could you ask for a better headliner?
So Soundwave finally kicks off this Saturday in Brisbane and we wanted to make sure you were all well equipped to know who is on this epic lineup - there are shitloads of bands so it would be near impossible for you guys to know it off by heart. We've been covering all the artists on the bill, from the controversial news bits to the sit-downs with your favourite frontmen. Here's what they've all been up to in theMusic sphere.
METALLICA
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LINKIN PARK
Our take on Linkin Park's 2012 effort Living Things.
BLINK-182
They announced a few sideshows and their support bands.
A PERFECT CIRCLE
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
Ahead of their Soundwave appearances, returning vocalist Jesse Leach and guitarist/producer Adam Dutkiewicz told Brendan Crabb his days are numbered.
SLAYER
THE OFFSPRING
We reviewed The Offspring's Days Go By album back in June.
PARAMORE
GARBAGE
We also reviewed their fifth album Not Your Kind Of People.
They then released a best of album – the Absolute Collection, which we had a listen to.
TOMAHAWK
Here's our take on their latest album Oddfellows, which was released in January.
STONE SOUR
Our Brendan Crabb reviewed their 2012 release House Of Gold & Bones Part 1.
KYUSS LIVES
All controversy aside, the rockers announced they would team up with Red Fang for some sidewave shows.
And Kris Swales tried to get us to understand Kyuss. The guy is a big fan, incase you haven't noticed.
ANTHRAX
SUM 41
CYPRESS HILL
B-Real got real with Lochlan Watt ahead of their Soundwave appearances.
Lucky for Aussie fans, the hip hop icons announced a couple of sidewaves for their upcoming tour.
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
BRING ME THE HORIZON
BME did endure some controversy ahead of the Soundwave tour, with Australian guitarist Jona Weinhofen being replaced in January.
Crowd funding platform PledgeMusic launched a pre-order campaign for the new Bring Me The Horizon album, the first international pre-order partnership for the company in Australia.
BILLY TALENT
Long before their appearances at Soundwave were announced, the boys from Billy Talent made a quick trip to Oz to promote their latest single.
AMITY AFFLICTION
Getting back to the music, we did review the album after all the controversy seemed to fade away.
The guys were also announced as part of the Live It Up Festival in Brisbane that's happening in April.
DRAGONFORCE
Earlier in the year, we reviewed Dragonforce's album The Power Within.
ALL TIME LOW
Frontman Alex Gaskarth gave Daniel Cribb the lowdown on the album, which was nine years in the making.
FLOGGING MOLLY
DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK
We reviewed the band's latest album Go back in June.
Sidewaves were announced for the punk rockers, with The Early November and Deaf Havana set to join them.
THE VANDALS
THE SWORD
We reviewed the “pure stoner awesome” album from The Sword, Apocryphon.
Then vocalist-guitarist JD Cronise told us about Apocryphon, which he described as a “Sasquatch of a record”.
CHELSEA GRIN
SHARKS
NORTHLANE
MILESTONES
MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE
SICK OF IT ALL
Sick Of It All will join fellow stalwart rockers Madball and Vision Of Disorder for a few sidewaves.
THE BLACKOUT
We reviewed The Blackout's most recent release Start The Party.
GALLOWS
Guitarist Laurent 'Lags' Barnard told our Daniel Cribb that Gallows still like “fuckin' with people”.
THIS IS HELL
The band chose Metallica over another rock icon in a recent interview with us.
CEREBRAL BALLZY
POLAR BEAR CLUB
THE EARLY NOVEMBER
VERSUS THE WORLD
The band announced back in May that they had signed a deal with Soundwave's record label 3Wise.
CONFESSION
LAWRENCE ARMS
KINGDOM OF SORROW
FOZZY
While the guys are here, lead singer (and pro-wrestler) Chris Jericho will sit down for a special Q&A show with Anthrax pal Scott Ian.
SLEEPING WITH SIRENS
CANCER BATS
In early 2012, the Cancer Bats announced they were postponing their July tour and they would be here for Soundwave.
We reviewed the band's latest album Dead Set On Living.
MADBALL
VISION OF DISORDER
PIERCE THE VEIL
PERIPHERY
OF MICE & MEN
MISS MAY I
DANKO JONES
WOE IS ME
WHILE SHE SLEEPS
This Is The Six was released by the guys in 2012. Here's our take on the record.
LUCERO
theMusic also reviewed their most recent record Women And Work.
SIX FEET UNDER
Just this week, Six Feet Under announced that their drummer Kevin Talley would not be visiting for Soundwave after a nasty dirt bike accident.
DEAF HAVANA
RED FANG
CHUNK! NO CAPTAIN CHUNK!
MEMPHIS MAY FIRE!
THE DEAR HUNTER
PUSCFIER
Awesome last minute announcement for Soundwave, Puscfier will play at the Sydney and Adelaide legs.