UPDATE 17/12/15 5.50pm: Soundwave 2016 has been officially cancelled.
Like a music festival version of the riotous D-Grade horror classic The Blob, The Soundwave 2016 lineup is slowly and steadily growing in size, power and delicious pink goo until it will surely soon devour us all.
And today, helping it along, are newest additions Devil You Know.
The heavy AF supergroup – which combines the metal powers of former Killswitch Engage vocalist Howard Jones, machine drummer John Sankey (Devolved, Divine Heresy, Fear Factory), guitarist Francesco Artusato (All Shall Perish) and bassist Ryan Wombacher – are Soundwave alumni, having already graced the festival bill back in 2014.
The US metalcore trio are the eighth official act to be announced for next year’s festival, joining British rock juggernauts Bring Me The Horizon, Sydney metal champs Northlane, Swedish hardcore act Refused, Los Angeles alt-rockers Failure, Brisbane riffsters Dead Letter Circus, Welsh metal outfit Bullet For My Valentine and 2006 Eurovision winners, Lordi.
We’ve also been given a massive hint about the SW16 headliner, with festival boss AJ Maddah recently revealing that the monster act in question has never played the festival before, which really only leaves a handful of viable possibilities.
The Soundwave 2016 lineup, which already seems to be living up to Maddah’s pledge of being “heavier than usual”, will be more fully unveiled once early bird tickets are taken off sale, with a set of 22 bands to be announced.
Check out SW16’s official festival dates and confirmed lineup so far below, and stay up to date with all the latest lineup rumours over at Music Feeds’ Soundwave 2016 Lineup Rumours And Info page.
Watch: Devil You Know – Stay of Execution
Soundwave Festival 2016 Lineup
Devil You Know
…joining
Bring Me The Horizon
Lordi
Northlane
Refused
Failure
Dead Letter Circus
Bullet For My Valentine
+ more to be announced
Gallery: Devil You Know @ Soundwave 2014, Sydney / Photos By Olivia Hadisaputra
Soundwave Festival 2016
Saturday, 23rd January 2016
Brisbane
Sunday, 24th January 2016
Sydney
Tuesday, 26th January 2016
Melbourne
Want it heavy? DEVIL YOU KNOW have got it covered for #SW16! Ahead of the 'They Bleed Red' release we've locked em in pic.twitter.com/vTufOkd1Pm
— Soundwave Festival (@soundwavefest) September 18, 2015
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