A couple of days ago Unify The Gathering confirmed the first act on their 2019 lineup – Newcastle’s alt-rock trailblazers Trophy Eyes. In response, the emos of this office have conjugated together to bring you our speculations on who we think could headline the festival. Here are all our theories:
Attack! Attack!:
A couple of days ago we celebrated the 10th anniversary of the generation-defining anthem “Stick Stickly” and the birth of the beloved crabcore movement. It’s only just that such a cultural phenomenon be celebrated with a headlining slot at Australia’s largest heavy music gathering.
Watch: Attack Attack! – Stick Stickly
Underoath:
This year has been a massive year for Underoath. The band reformed with their original lineup, released a stellar new album and signed to Fearless.
Watch: Underoath – On My Teeth
A Michael Crafter 10 year retrospective:
This year marks the ten-year-anniversary of Carpathian’s Isolation and next year will be the ten-year-anniversary of Confession’s Cancer. It’s also been ten years since Crafter was on Big Brother. That’s all I have to say about this.
Watch: Confession – This Is A War
From First To Last:
Yeah look, we know Skrillex is already coming to Australia this year, but we’re dreamers of the golden dream. All I want in this life of sin is to hear Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has A Body Count in full.
Watch: From First To Last – Ride The Wings Of Pestilence
Asking Alexandria:
2019 will be 10 years since Asking Alexandria’s career-defining debut record Stand Up and Scream. Danny Worsnop rejoined the band last year and they released a new album. We can’t help but imagine the pandemonium that would be a congregation of sunstroke afflicted heavy fans moshing their hearts out to ‘A Prophecy’.
Watch: Asking Alexandria – A Prophecy
The Used
It’ll be fifteen years since The Used released In Love And Death and they dropped their epic seventh studio album The Canyon last year. A career-spanning headline set doesn’t feel like too much of a reach.
Watch: The Used – I Caught Fire
Saosin
Saosin dropped their behemoth debut EP Translating the Name fifteen years ago. With Anthony Green rejoining the band back in 2016 we’re not ruling out an appearance from the smexy emo legends.
Watch: Saosin – Voices
Unify have already dropped a bunch of juicy hints about their festival lineup, the whole thing will be announced tomorrow morning.
