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Moose Blood Announced For Soundwave 2016

By Tom Williams

UPDATE 17/12/15 5.50pm: Soundwave 2016 has been officially cancelled.

Now in its seventh week, the Soundwave drip feed has revealed English rockers Moose Blood are the ninth act to be officially confirmed for the festival’s 2016 lineup.

Moose Blood’s Soundwave 2016 jaunt will see the band play their first-ever Aussie shows, backed by a handful of EPs, their 2014 debut album I’ll Keep You In Mind From Time To Time and their experiences touring as part of the 2015 Vans Warped Tour.

Taking to Twitter today, Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah prefaced the announcement of Moose Blood’s spot on the Soundwave 2016 lineup by saying the young band are from Kent, are “definitely going places” and that he “would be very impressed if any of you have heard of this band”.

Moose Blood join the eight previously announced Soundwave 2016 acts: heavy as hell supergroup Devil You Know, British metalcore heroes Bring Me The Horizon, Finnish metal outfit Lordi, local lads Northlane, Swedish hardcore act Refused, LA alt-rockers Failure, Brisbane rockers Dead Letter Circus and Welsh metal outfit Bullet For My Valentine.

AJ Maddah today confirmed that Soundwave has locked in a date for its first full lineup announcement (which is expected to include 22 acts), but he did not announce the exact date.

Maddah said earlier this week that Soundwave would only make its first full lineup announcement after he had confirmed the plans of two potential Soundwave 2016 acts — one of which he has actually revealed.

Maddah has also assured fans that Soundwave will go ahead in 2016, despite news breaking that the festival’s former operating company is going into voluntary administration over unpaid debts.

Catch Soundwave 2016’s confirmed acts and festival dates below, and stay up to date with all the latest lineup rumours over at Music Feeds’ Soundwave 2016 Lineup Rumours And Info page.

Watch: Moose Blood – Gum

Soundwave Festival 2016 Lineup

Moose Blood

…joining

Bring Me The Horizon

Devil You Know

Lordi

Northlane

Refused

Failure

Dead Letter Circus

Bullet For My Valentine

+ more to be announced

Gallery: 11 Unforgettable Soundwave Festival Moments

Soundwave Festival 2016

Saturday, 23rd January 2016

Brisbane

Sunday, 24th January 2016

Sydney

Tuesday, 26th January 2016

Melbourne

Very happy to announce our first trip to Australia for Soundwave Festival next year! See you in January! Posted by Moose Blood on Tuesday, 29 September 2015

11 Unforgettable Soundwave Festival Moments

  • Gwar - Soundwave 2014

    Gwar - Soundwave 2014
    Interstellar gods of metal GWAR well and truly made their mark on Australian audiences at Soundwave 2014 when front-thing Oderus Urungus used his mighty sword to decapitate an effigy of our widely-loathed PM Tony Abbott and soak the cheering crowd in his blood. Not even Napisan Plus could remove those pink stains which, for many, would soon become a sweaty memento from one of the last performances Urungus would ever give. His human alter ego, Dave Brockie, died tragically just weeks later from a heroin overdose.

  • Mike Patton - Soundwave 2010

    Mike Patton - Soundwave 2010
    Nothing like a bit of mid-set nudity to make Faith No More’s headlining slot at Brisbane Soundwave in 2010 even more, uh, Epic. Frontman Mike Patton proved he was Just A Man by unleashing Mike Jr. from his trousered hideaway and literally rocking out with his cock out.

  • Bloodhound - Soundwave 2009

    Bloodhound - Soundwave 2009
    An honourable mention must go to the Bloodhound Gang, who took the stage in 2009 to effectively reduce the throng of adult metalheads into sexually frustrated 13-year-olds. They did it like they did on the Discovery Channel, with healthy dose of Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo. Nostalgia was everywhere. As were bewbs.

  • Alexisonfire - Soundwave 2010

    Alexisonfire - Soundwave 2010
    As anyone who was on the scene for Sydney Soundwave 2010 can attest, that was the hottest fucking day in the history of the earth. The festival, then-held out near Eastern Creek Raceway, was one giant dustbowl, and those who withstood the 40+ temperatures were coughing up dirt for the next three days. Alexisonfire must have pre-empted this outcome and decided: fuck it. Frontman George Pettit jumped into the crowd mid-set and gave himself a dirt-bath in the middle of the pit. Who needs sunblock when you’re covered in a 2-inch thick layer of dust anyway? Epic.

  • All Time Low - Soundwave 2015

    All Time Low - Soundwave 2015
    When the sky opened up and unleashed a rainstorm of hell upon Sydney Soundwave earlier this year, right in the middle of All Time Low’s set, the Baltimore pop punk’s gear got wrecked, and the band were unable to play on. However, instead of letting the storm beat them, frontman Alex Gaskarth ploughed onward, leading fans in an a cappella singalong of his band’s track Weightlessas well as some of Queen’s We Will Rock You. Many people became All Time Low fans that day.

  • Dallas Green – Soundwave 2008

    Dallas Green – Soundwave 2008
    Dallas Green performed a musical screaming eagle in ’08 when he appeared as the frontman of both Alexisonfire and City + Colour. Crushing skulls and melting hearts. All in a day’s work.

  • Fucked Up - Soundwave 2011

    Fucked Up - Soundwave 2011
    The spirit of punk was alive and well at SW11 when Fucked Up gave an expectedly insane performance, complete with hair-ripping, sweaty hugging, and beast frontman Damien force-feeding the mic to members of the crowd. This set will probably go down in Aussie festival history.

  • Killer Be Killed – Soundwave 2015

    Killer Be Killed – Soundwave 2015
    After a hurricane of hype leading up to their global live debut at Soundwave 2015, metal supergroup Killer Be Killed – featuring Max Cavalera, Greg Puciato, Troy Sanders and Ben Koller – did not disappoint, delivering an absolutely pulverising set.

  • Blink-182 – Soundwave 2013

    Blink-182 – Soundwave 2013
    A Travis Barker-less Blink-182 shot their love all over the crowd during their headlining set at Soundwave 2013. With Bad Religion drummer Brooks Wackerman filling in on the skins, the pop punk trio capped off their first show in Australia since 2004 by wheeling out a massive confetti canon and opening fire on a sweat-drenched mosh pit, absolutely smothering fans in the coloured stuff. Many shower drains got clogged, that fateful night.

  • Slash – Soundwave 2012

    Slash – Soundwave 2012
    Alter Bridge pulled a rabbit out of their hat during their Sydney set in 2012, and by hat we mean top hat and by rabbit we mean guitar legend Slash, who was wearing the hat. The ex-Guns N’ Roses icon wasn’t even known to be in the country at the time, but he majestically appeared to claim an unused Marshall stack and Gibson Les Paul and join his singer Myles Kennedy for a few choice AB jams. You really never can tell just when #wunterslaush is going to turn up somewhere.

  • Jane’s Addiction – Soundwave 2010

    Jane’s Addiction – Soundwave 2010
    Soundwave 2010 was bittersweet for Jane’s Addiction fans, marking the band’s last ever tour. As ladies danced onstage and punters tried to mask their lonely tears, Eric Avery’s words rang home: “That’s it. With equal parts regret and relief, the Jane’s Addiction experiment is at an end.”
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