Gotta love a week where we cover Roxette and the next night we’re all about the METALLLLLL at Lamb of God and Killer Be Killed for their Sidewave… As the show isn’t even close to starting, many people behind me are clearly peaking to early, they are pumped. It’s actually quite cute as they are shouting out lyrics and getting […]

Date: Tuesday February 24, 2015 Venue: The Forum, Melbourne Presented by: Soundwave Tours Photos by: Peter Coates – Inside Edge Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY  

What a pairing! This Sidewave is one for the rockers, when you take a band from day one of Soundwave and a band from day two of Soundwave and put them together, what have you got? Slash Panther! Well, that’s what I’m calling it… This one is going to be off the charts, so without further ado, it’s almost 7pm […]

Date: Monday February 23, 2015 Venue: 170 Russell, Melbourne Photos by: Eric ‘Chowie’ Chow – www.chowie.com.au Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY  

Date: Monday February 23, 2015 Venue: Cherry Bar, Melbourne Support: Black Aces, Massive Photos by: Peter Coates – Inside Edge Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY  

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS have landed and with them, the great news that their Australian set will feature the band’s most star studded incarnation yet featuring Brad Wilk of Rage Against The Machine on drums and The Killers’ Mark Stoermer on bass guitar. The group have been wowing audiences around the world and have noted that for their Australian shows they […]

When ANIMALS AS LEADERS burst onto the scene in 2009, few would have predicted the band’s meteoric rise to the pinnacle of the progressive rock/metal world. ANIMALS AS LEADERS is revered worldwide as a trailblazing pioneer of modern heavy music and the group’s genre-defying compositions have earned extensive praise as true innovators. This hard hitting, face melting band is not […]

ANNOUNCE MELBOURNE ONLY SIDEWAVES EXTRAVAGANZA FORGET SLEEP PEOPLE! In what promises to be a MASSIVE week, Soundwave announce a series of shows kicking off on MONDAY FEBRUARY 23 and continuing right through to FRIDAY FEBRUARY 27 with a kick arse band playing in Melbourne EVERY SINGLE NIGHT OF THE WEEK! CHERRY BAR MELBOURNE Monday 23 February – The Treatment Wednesday 25 […]

Enduring line-up shifts and a constant uphill battle to be heard, OF MICE & MEN are a band who embody the meaning of ‘unbreakable spirit’ and have emerged stronger than ever. Nowhere is this more evident than on their new album ‘Restoring Force’, which stands as a pivotal piece of work in what will be the band’s musical legacy. “Restoring […]

Rarely can a musical artist claim to be a true innovator, a creator of their own genre, a revolutionary amongst a sea of sameness…FEAR FACTORY is one of those rare cases. The pioneers of industrial-tinged extreme metal, FEAR FACTORY, wrote the book on industrial metal that has influenced the likes of Rammstein and Ministry. This is a band that knows […]

Not many alternative acts can claim to have a day officially named after them in their honour – GODSMACK can. In honour of their 20 million album sales and two decades of killer tunes, to mark the release of their new record 1000hp, the Mayor of Boston declared August 6 ‘Godsmack Day’. 1000hp debuted at No.3 on the Billboard 200 […]

Australia, be prepared as it’s a rare occurrence when two heavyweights of any genre agree to tour together. FALLING IN REVERSE and ESCAPE THE FATE join forces to bring two kick arse Sidewaves to Melbourne and Sydney ONLY with their BURY THE HATCHET tour. Joining them will be special guests THE COLOR MORALE. BURY THE HATCHET tour sold out in […]

In what promises to be a mammoth night, esteemed punk rock juggernauts MILLENCOLIN, THE VANDALS and THE INTERRUPTERS will take to the stage for two Sidewaves only in Melbourne and Brisbane! Australia’s much loved favourite Swedes MILLENCOLIN, will be returning to our shores bringing their immense catalogue of classic albums and playing all the fan favourites! With 11 studio albums […]

There are metal bands and then there is LAMB OF GOD. Hitting with the force of an invading apocalyptic army, LAMB OF GOD will be storming the stages on Soundwave this summer. The Virginian natives are back to inject Australia with a crippling dose of pure metal and will be performing two Sidewaves in Sydney and Melbourne. It’s the live […]

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS have created one of the most acclaimed bodies of work in musical history having sold more than 30 million albums, and won multiple Grammy Awards in the process. The release of the critically acclaimed Siamese Dream in 1993 saw the band break into the mainstream but it was the release in 1995 of the hugely ambitious double […]

There are few heavy metal bands that can match the sheer brilliance, aggression and stature that JUDAS PRIEST have in a career spanning nearly 40 years. With over 46 million album sales, a Grammy award and seventeen studio albums at their disposal – including last year’s brilliant ‘Redeemer Of Souls’ – there’s no doubt Birmingham’s most famous godfathers of metal […]

Date: Thursday February 27, 2014 Venue: The Espy, Melbourne Photos by: Eric ‘Chowie’ Chow Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY      

Date: Thursday February 27, 2014 Venue: The Palace, Melbourne Photos by: Peter Coates – Inside Edge Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY  

Date: Wednesday February 26, 2014 Venue: Arrow on Swanston, Melbourne Photos by: Peter Coates – Inside Edge Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY      

Date: Wednesday February 26, 2014 Venue: The Enmore Theatre, Sydney Photos by: Gwendolyn Lee – Gwendolyn Lee Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY  

Date: Tuesday February 25, 2014 Venue: The Factory, Sydney Photos by: Annette Geneva Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY

Date: Tuesday February 25, 2014 Venue: The Forum, Melbourne Photos by: Peter Coates – Inside Edge Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY

Date: Monday February 24, 2014 Venue: The Manning Bar, Sydney Photos by: Gwendolyn Lee – Gwendolyn Lee Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY          

Date: Monday February 24, 2014 Venue: The Hi Fi, Melbourne Photos by: Peter Coates – Inside Edge Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY

A sold out crowd in Sydney tonight pretty much says it all, this is going to be one amazing musical laden evening. A subdued opening to the Living Colour set tonight with Corey Glover looking more like he’s up for a round of golf than here to rock out, even with this slower opener, a cover of the Robert Johnson […]

Tonight is going to be fun! I arrive what I thought was early, but find Mushroomhead already halfway through their set, but in watching this band, they are the perfect choice to open tonight’s show and as per their set at Soundwave they are getting the crowd going early and are heavy as all hell. This almost rap rock metal is […]

Richie Sambora announces an ADDITIONAL Sidewave Show with all profits going to THE STARLIGHT FOUNDATION Celebrated American rock icon RICHIE SAMBORA has announced he will play an additional and incredibly intimate Sidewave show whilst in Melbourne for Soundwave Festival 2014 with all profits going to The Starlight Foundation. For the first time in over ten years , Australian fans will have the opportunity of a […]

INDUSTRIAL METAL ROCK FANS PREPARE FOR AN AURAL ASSAULT AS VOLBEAT, FILTER, AND HACKTIVIST ANNOUNCE SIDEWAVE SHOWS After being catapulted into the spotlight following an invitation to tour with Metallica in 2009, their fifth album has done nothing to stop the band’s ever-growing domination of the genre. VOLBEAT has been touring worldwide, taking inspiration from death, the dark arts and other terrifying […]

GET READY FOR TWO OF AMERICA’S HEAVY WEIGHT METAL HERO’S TO TAKE TO THE STAGE FOR ONE EXPLOSIVE NIGHT! – 2 SHOWS ONLY! TESTAMENT is the quintessential heavy metal band. They have undisputedly been the flag bearers and garnered huge influence over a whole new generation of aural aggressors. Reaching this lushest of creative fields has been quite a journey […]

Firmly established as one of the biggest bands in the UK following the amazing success of their current album Opposites – which debuted at #1 in the UK and #22 in Australia – BiffyClyro have announced two side-shows ahead of their appearance as part of the 2014 Soundwave Festival. Biffy Clyro’s live chops are well established internationally, the band having headlined the infamous Leeds […]