The MASSIVE 2016 Soundwave Lineup Has Been Announced

Just when we thought things were wrapping up for the week, Soundwave have gone ahead and dropped a massive first lineup announcement on us. We’re not complaining, this thing is off the charts.

The annual festival is known for drip feeding fans with act announcements which often include some of the biggest and loudest names in music stretching rock, punk, metal, dance, hardcore and hip-hop.

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In one fell swoop, they’ve already unleashed a huge selection for 2016 that’s shaping up to be one of the biggest lineups to date. That includes ‘Down With The Sickness’ rockers Distrubed alongside Deftones, NOFX. Bullet For My Valentine and British ‘Firestarters’ The Prodigy.

Soundwave Festival will kick off on 23rd of January in Brisbane, 24th of January in Sydney, and 26th of January in Melbourne. Fingers crossed this means a tonne of sideshows around the country.

The full first round of artists announced for Soundwave 2016 are below.

Soundwave 2016 Lineup: First Announcement

Disturbed
Bring Me The Horizon
The Prodigy
Deftones
NOFX
Bullet For My Valentine
Public Enemy
Refused
Metal Allegiance
Hatebreed
Soulfly
Northlane
Dead Letter Circus
L7
frnkiero andthe cellabration
Nothing But Thieves
Frenzal Rhomb
Failure
Lordi
Devil You Know
Moose Blood

+ more to be announced