Each day this week Soundwave have made a new announcement each night to give “new bands a moment in the spotlight” before dropping the full Soundwave 2015 lineup later this month.
Following on from adding Japanese metal act Coldrain, pop punks Patent Pending, and twin-female fronted thrashers Butcher Babies to the bill, the next band to join the Soundwave 2015 lineup is UK five-piece Monuments. Rising stars of the djent and progressive metal scene, Monuments will be touring Australia for the first-time ever next February as part of Soundwave and its new two-day format.
Fronted by Chris Barretto (formerly of fellow djent forerunners Periphery), the band will arrive in the country off the back of their latest – and possibly best – record, The Amanuensis, which has seen the band play with scene favourites like Devin Townsend, Scale The Summit, and Animals As Leaders.
Monuments, Butcher Babies, Patent Pending and Coldrain will be joined by two more bands before the week is out, as a new Soundwave 2015 act is revealed each day. But don’t hold your breath for any of the “four headiners” to be among them.
This week’s trickle of announcements is about “about introducing bands that have never toured Australia before;” or as Maddah told one critic on twitter, “we are not really announcing the lineup. Just giving 5 new bands a moment in the spotlight.”
The full Soundwave 2015 lineup will feature around 90 bands, with Maddah already confirming a few artists that will show up on the announcement: namely Melbourne’s hardcore heroes Confession and prog metal crowdfunding record-holders: Ne Obliviscaris.
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Other bands rumoured for the Soundwave 2015 lineup include agit-rockers Rise Against strongly rumoured to be on the top of the bill, metal heroes Fear Factory, Slipknot, and two bands that pulled out of Soundwave this year – Stone Temple Pilots and Newsted.
Other lineup whispers have namechecked Lamb Of God, Social Distortion, Against Me!, Opeth, Papa Roach, Marilyn Manson, and Anvil. More ‘maybes’ according to Maddah’s twitter, include Melvins, Dream Theater,Dragonforce, Flogging Molly, The Pretty Reckless, Asking Alexandria, Motionless In White, Bayside, Four Year Strong, Yellowcard, New Found Glory, Machine Head and Chimaira, Royal Blood and DZ Deathrays.
All will be revealed in two lineup announcements later this month. First, in a single list with all bands to coincide with the sale of weekend tickets, then a second announcement splitting bands by day as single day tickets going on sale – as Maddahexplained of the new expanded format (inspired by Stereosonic).
“Putting the line-up across 2 days enables us to minimise clashes; give bands longer sets, better staging, production & infrastructure,” says the promoter. “In recent years we have lost great bands over too many bands wanting to play after dark … This new set-up also gives us twice the dark!”
Soundwave 2015 Lineup
Monuments
Coldrain
Patent Pending
Butcher Babies
& more to be announced
Soundwave 2015 Dates
Soundwave 2015 First Weekend
Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd February, 2015
Adelaide – Bonython Park
Melbourne – Flemington Racecourse
Soundwave 2015 Second Weekend
Saturday 28th Feb and Sunday 1st March
Sydney – Olympic Park
Brisbane – RNA Showgrounds
