“We like to party a lot so we will be looking forward to that.  I think we are just going to try and embrace the diversity of the festival and see what happens.” With their recent album Night Shades and hit singles such as You Make Me Feel and Middle Finger blazing a trail on the charts worldwide, Cobra Starship […]

“Come with an open heart, that’s the main thing.  A lot of people often laugh and joke when they are confronted with something that is too much for them, and that’s fine, that’s a human thing to do, but I mean try.  Come to a Watain concert and try to take it for what it is, it’s a ceremony and […]

“We’ve been writing for the new album since our last album pretty much, we just kinda never stop.  We have a bunch of material that we’re going to need a whole frickin year to go back and listen to, but hopefully we’ll be done by July or August and get that album released this year” A Day To Remember have […]

” The thing is when we’ve got new material out we want to play nothing but the new material, but obviously a lot of our older fans are gonna want to hear the bigger old songs that they know and love as well, so it’s always a difficult one, especially at a festival where you only get a relatively short […]

A ROCKET TO THE MOON has never had an interest in pigeonholing themselves into one genre. With a penchant for monstrous sing-along choruses A ROCKET TO THE MOON has firmly established themselves as one of pop rocks most exciting acts. A ROCKET TO THE MOON’s debut album “On Your Side” showcases their versatility from heartfelt piano ballads to dance floor […]

Hailed as the British flag bearers for the post hardcore movement ATTACK! ATTACK!  is the latest act from the UK blowing away audiences and creating a feverish buzz across the globe. ATTACK! ATTACK! is set to continue their rapid rise on the back of their sophomore album ‘The Latest Fashion’ with Rock Sound declaring the album to “Blow the cobwebs […]

Soundwave Festival is thrilled to announce the launch of ‘SOUNDWAVE PIRATE RADIO’. An online radio station streaming 24/7 packed with exclusive interviews, daily news updates and fist pumping tracks from all your favourite Soundwave artists. Exclusive to Soundwave Pirate radio will be ‘HAUGMETAL’ a weekly 2-hour metal show hosted by none other than Andrew Haug, every Thursday night from 8pm […]

COBRA STARSHIP’s front man Gabe Saporta once said, “No band can ever make more than three good records.” He couldn’t have been more wrong. Nor could he have predicted just how much of his owns band’s career would defy that philosophy. COBRA STARSHIP’s 4th studio album ‘Night Shades’ has spawned some of their most acclaimed work to date and “screams […]

Custom-Made Touring Proudly Presents  THE SISTERS OF MERCY **First Headline Show Sold Out** Second Headline Australian Show March 1, Corner Hotel, Melbourne “There was no place for us then, and there’s no place for us now. It didn’t stop us then, and it doesn’t stop us now. We’re everywhere.” Andrew Eldritch Following the announcement that their first show at the Corner Hotel […]

“HYRO DA HERO Is an undoubted star in the waiting” – Kerrang! “Traditional rap fare bumps against raging Bad Brains-esque hardcore with a power few are currently harnessing” – 4/5 Rolling Stone There are cycles in everything.  Seasons come and go. Trends pop and deflate. Careers rise and fall. Genres of music live and die. Once in a while, an […]

Don’t miss your chance to farewell one of metals’ greats! Closing the curtain on a stellar career spanning two decades, doom metal legends CATHEDRAL announce their last ever headline shows as part of two exclusive sidewaves in Sydney and Melbourne, giving Australian fans an opportunity to be a part of metal history. Twenty years, in which they’ve proved themselves to […]

The first single off the highly anticipated new album from The Used has been released today via iTunes. The song originally premiered in Australia on January 11th on Triple J’s punk and hardcore show, Short. Fast. Loud. and Blunt Magazine said “’I Come Alive’ sees the one time kings of the emo movement returning for their crown.”With almost 3 Million albums sold worldwide, […]

This time last year, L.A based, teenage all girl band Cherri Bomb hadn’t even released their EP, so probably the last thing they expected to be doing in 2012 was travelling to the other side of the world and playing Australia’s biggest rock and metal festival, Soundwave! 2011 was definitely a huge year for the band, releasing their EP Stark, […]

JACK’S MANNEQUIN SET TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM PEOPLE AND THINGS FEBRUARY 10 TOURING AUSTRALIA IN FEBRUARY / MARCH WITH SOUNDWAVE Jack’s Mannequin is back. Andrew McMahon and his crew return with a new record, People and Things available in Australia on February 10.  The album debuted in the USA at #1 on Billboard’s alternative rock albums chart and in the […]

Tom DeLonge needs no introduction. Forming ANGELS & AIRWAVES during Blink 182’s hiatus, they have gone on to reach critical success leading an army of die-hard fans. Combining epic melodies and monstrous arena rock choruses ANGELS & AIRWAVES debut album ‘We Don’t Need to Whisper’ had Kerrang! calling it “bold and brilliant…with some stunning moments of perfection…euphoric”. ANGELS & AIRWAVES […]

THE MENZINGERS BEGIN TOUR WITH RISE AGAINST IN THE U.S TOURING AUSTRALIA FOR THE FIRST TIME AS PART OF THE SOUNDAVE FESTIVAL New Track “Gates” Out Now Up and coming punk rock band The Menzingers are premiering a brand new song from their forthcoming Febuary 17th debut, On The Impossible Past as they begin a new tour in the U.S with Rise Against and A Day […]

DEVIN TOWNSEND; one of the most admired and lauded figures in the metal world will be bringing his astonishingly deep and varied catalogue of mind-blowing music to Sidewaves in Sydney and Melbourne. Devin Townsend has amazed, beguiled and occasionally baffled all comers in numerous incarnations spanning the extreme noise metal of Strapping Young Lad to the intricate melodies of Ocean […]

“My big thing with this album, and I know it doesn’t sound anything like this, but I wanted us to make our AC/DC record.  Which is basically, let’s strip it down and be a ROCK band.  Let’s get rid of all the pretence, let’s really focus in and make a really tight 10 track record.” Having spent the best part […]

It is with great disappointment that we announce DragonForce has been forced to cancel their scheduled appearance due to the delay in completing their new album. DragonForce guitarist Sam Totman comments:  “It’s bitterly disappointing for us not to be able to play our debut Soundwave in 2012 because we were so looking forward to it and were going to kick […]

ALTER BRIDGE TO RELEASE INTIMATE DOCUMENTARY & BONUS SONGS OUT ON ROADRUNNER RECORDS ON FEBRUARY 10 ALTER BRIDGE are pleased to unveil a limited edition of their October 2010 album AB III – to be titled AB 3.5. The special release will be available in Australia from February 10 to coincide with band’s appearance at the national Soundwave Festival and […]

“Zakk Wylde, One of the 100 greatest living rockstars” – Revolver Magazine A heavy metal immortal, Zakk Wylde has ridden the rock and roll rollercoaster having played alongside Ozzy Osbourne for more than 2 decades conquering the world’s biggest stages and releasing multi-platinum albums. Founding  ZAKK WYLDE’s LACK LABEL SOCIETY in 1999, the band has gone on to achieve phenomenal success […]

UNWRITTEN LAW inhabits the upper echelon of successful punk bands, bands whose substance and longevity overshadow the countless hordes of imitation, fly-by-night pop-punk operations riding a one-way train to anonymity.  UNWRITTEN LAW have reached unprecedented heights amassing a passionately loyal fan base and releasing 6 critically acclaimed albums including their genre defying breakthrough self titled album which spawned the hits […]

  “Soundwave is a great festival and the line up this year is huge and you’re going to see a lot of bands and you’re going to see Lamb Of God up there trying to take the stage every night.” Lamb Of God are as Metal as Metal can be, with over fifteen years as a band and six albums […]

FOUR YEAR STRONG have catapulted to the top of the pack as one of the premier pop punk acts in the world today. Returning with their latest studio album ‘In Some Way, Shape, or Form‘ sees FOUR YEAR STRONG at their most ambitious and experimental best. The album explodes with incendiary confluence of rock, hardcore and punk. “It’s moments like […]

If you’re going to be a doctor, you’ve gotta go to school and have a degree for that.  To be a plumber, or an electrician, you need to have a license.  But the music business it’s like, who’s your manager…”oh it’s my buddy Jeff, or my buddy Scott”.  So what did they do, go to Harvard or go to Yale…”no […]

Having formed in 2004, Circa Survive have certainly grown to be a remarkably adaptable band, having played with everyone from My Chemical Romance, Coheed & Cambria, Thrice and festivals as varied as Vans Warped to Coachella.  But that’s just all part of the appeal of Circa Survive and their much hailed live performances. Hitting Soundwave Festival next month, we chatted […]

As the Soundwave 2012 machine keeps on rolling, yet another monster Sidewave has just been announced!  Check out this one! HATEBREED. Respected by peers. Revered by fans. An unstoppable force. The hardcore legends have been annihilating mosh pits throughout the globe for over 17 brutal years. HATEBREED’S music is like a universal language that so many speak and comprehend. Architects […]

LAMB OF GOD FIRST SINGLE ‘GHOST WALKING’ TAKEN FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM ‘RESOLUTION’ Ghost Walking is the hard-hitting first single from Resolution, Lamb Of God’s seventh studio album. Resolution is out on January 20 through Roadrunner Records Resolution is the follow up to their Grammy nominated album Wrath. Produced by Josh Wilbur, the album will feature 14 songs and will come in a digipak with artwork by longtime art director […]

There is a new wave of artists that are constantly evolving and pushing the boundaries. A DAY REMEMBER are at the forefront of this uprising redefining a genre that was desperately seeking creativity, 2011 has been a monstrous year for the Florida quintet. From topping billboard charts and being crowned MTV’s breakthrough artist of 2011 to selling out arena’s across […]

“We haven’t played in Australia for I don’t know, thirteen years or so, apart from being a huge festival which is a great chance to come and visit your wonderful country and hopefully for our old fans to come and see us one last time.  They’ll be the very last shows, so Perth March 5th we finish is the very […]