Date: Sunday February 23, 2014 Venue: Olympic Park, Sydney Photos by: Annette Geneva & Peter Coates Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographers and MTRBWY Check out our review of Soundwave Sydney, HERE!  

Date: Sunday February 23, 2014 Venue: Olympic Park, Sydney Photos by: Annette Geneva Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographers and MTRBWY Check out our review of Soundwave Sydney, HERE!  

Date: Sunday February 23, 2014 Venue: Olympic Park, Sydney Photos by: Annette Geneva & Peter Coates – Inside Edge Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographers and MTRBWY Check out our review of Soundwave Sydney, HERE!  

Date: Sunday February 23, 2014 Venue: Olympic Park, Sydney Photos by: Annette Geneva & Peter Coates – Inside Edge Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographers and MTRBWY Check out our review of Soundwave Sydney, HERE!      

Date: Sunday February 23, 2014 Venue: Olympic Park, Sydney Photos by: Annette Geneva & Peter Coates – Inside Edge Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographers and MTRBWY Check out our review of Soundwave Sydney, HERE!  

Date: Sunday February 23, 2014 Venue: Olympic Park, Sydney Photos by: Annette Geneva & Peter Coates – Inside Edge Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographers and MTRBWY Check out our review of Soundwave Sydney, HERE!                      

Date: Sunday February 23, 2014 Venue: Olympic Park, Sydney Photos by: Annette Geneva & Peter Coates – Inside Edge Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographers and MTRBWY Check out our review of Soundwave Sydney, HERE!                                              

Date: Sunday February 23, 2014 Venue: Olympic Park, Sydney Photos by: Annette Geneva & Peter Coates – Inside Edge Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographers and MTRBWY Check out our review of Soundwave Sydney, HERE!  

Date: Sunday February 23, 2014 Venue: Olympic Park, Sydney Photos by: Annette Geneva & Peter Coates – Inside Edge Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographers and MTRBWY Check out our review of Soundwave Sydney, HERE!      

Date: Sunday February 23, 2014 Venue: Olympic Park, Sydney Photos by: Annette Geneva & Peter Coates – Inside Edge Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographers and MTRBWY Check out our review of Soundwave Sydney, HERE!  

Date: Sunday February 23, 2014 Venue: Olympic Park, Sydney Photos by: Annette Geneva Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographers and MTRBWY Check out our review of Soundwave Sydney, HERE!  

Date: Saturday February 22, 2014 Venue: RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane Photos by: Andrew Treadwell (Hang Me On Your Wall Photography) Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY Check out our review of Brisbane Soundwave HERE!  

Date: Sunday February 23, 2014 Venue: Olympic Park, Sydney Photos by: Annette Geneva & Peter Coates – Inside Edge Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographers and MTRBWY Check out our review of Soundwave Sydney, HERE!        

Welcome to day two, I just flew in from Brisbane and boy are my arms tired… thank you, I’ll be here all week, try the veal… but here we are, Sydney Olympic Park for a much more familiar vibe for me. Thought I’d change it up a little today and check out some different bands today (besides a couple of […]

This year I wanted to try something different, expand my Soundwave experience and see what it was like in a different city, so why not stop in on the first show of the tour, Brisbane… An unfamiliar lay out to me, but once in and with a map handy, it didn’t take long before I knew my way around and […]

“… I think the thing we’re kind of talking about right now is we’re just so into having fun, we’re having a good time playing and we’re still getting better as a band, we’re still although musically we fell right back in, but as far as finding an identity as to who we are, we’re kind of different people now […]

Indisputable metal gods, ILL NIÑO  with their infused bilingual lyrics, harsh and melodic vocals, flamenco guitars, tribal drums and salsa inspired bass lines will take to the stage for 2 monster Sidewaves with the undefinable and kick ass SKINDRED. In an industry of big egos and even bigger drama, it is seldom a metal band manages to stick together for […]

“The set will be very alive, we’re definitely eager to play for you people and we’re not taking it for granted, so we will give it everything we’ve got, we always do, we’re not there to slack off, we’re not there to be cool, we’re there to have fun, enjoy it and spread a message.” From Bio: INHEARTSWAKE began in […]

“… Australia is just a beautiful country to begin with and a great place to be, and the shows are just so massive and it’s just a tonne of fun being there with so many great bands, and being able to say that we’re on the Soundwave line-up as well.” From Bio: Having spent several years lauded as one of […]

“…when we came the first time we didn’t have any idea whatsoever and all of a sudden the clubs and a few other places were sold out and we didn’t know why and we were like kids in a candy store, we were so giddy about it, and that’s the cool thing about music, you never know how it’s going […]

“… I think Jim is an authentic, honest front man who isn’t full of shit and he gives off a lot of energy and I think it starts with him and everyone in the band just wants to play the best show possible and I think it’s just the mentality of wanting to play the best show that we can.” […]

Prepare to go ape-shit as three banging, heavy hitting and all together powerful bands collide for Sidewave shows guaranteed to get you in the pit! Ten years, nonstop relentless worldwide touring and five albums under their belt, TERROR are heading to Brisbane and Perth so be prepared to be pulverized. ‘Live By The Code’, the band’s latest album and their most loved Vogel claims […]

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 […]

Metalcore fans beware: the following lineup may cause dizziness, dilated pupils and increased heart rate as A DAY TO REMEMBER, THE GHOST INSIDE and I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN announce Sidewave shows Florida’s pop-mosh lords, A DAY TO REMEMBER are back and they will be bringing their crushing live show to Sidewaves in Sydney and Melbourne. With 5 albums under their belt, each one further […]

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 […]

Celebrated American rock icon RICHIE SAMBORA will play just 2 intimate Sidewave shows while in the country for Soundwave Festival 2014! For the first time since his first Australian solo tour in 1998, Australian fans will have the opportunity of a lifetime: To see one of the greatest musicians and singer-songwriters of our time performing material from his solo records with a few surprises thrown […]

Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to see the mighty AVENGED SEVENFOLD harken back to their club days, before they became one of hard rock’s premier headliners, and perform in a club setting for the first time in Australia since 2008. This is an incredible and rare opportunity created especially for Australian fans to experience the band up close and personal […]

BE PREPARED FOR THE MONSTER OF ALL NIGHTS! The Dillinger Escape Plan have merely one prerogative: to go forward in ALL directions simultaneously. Following on from their ground-breaking 1999 debut full-length, ‘Calculating Infinity’ and the near-perfect pileup of craft and chaos on 2007’s “Ire Works”, The Dillinger Escape Plan have unveiled their latest masterpiece, ‘One of Us is the Killer’. It is consider by many the bands […]

GET READY FOR A NIGHT OF FLAMBOYANT GLAM METAL ROCK WITH BLISTERING GUITAR SOLOS, MUSCULAR RIFFS AND DEEPLY KOHLED EYES AS BLACK VEIL BRIDES TAKE TO THE STAGE IN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE Black Veil Brides kicked off 2013 confidently with the release of their third full-length album, Wretched and Divine. This massive opus sees the Los Angeles quintet deliver a […]

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 […]