My Antipodean friends! Here's a festival line up for ya, you lucky fucks. A strange mix of mind blowing music like FNM and Baroness, and kiddie Emo fodder like AFI and My Chemical Romance. Still, looks pretty cool!

FAITH NO MORE, JANE'S ADDICTION, HIM, TRIVIUM, MESHUGGAH, CLUTCH and ANVIL are among the confirmed bands for teh2010 edition of Austrlia's Soundwave Festival, which will kick off on February 20 in Brisbane.

The complete billing for the event is as follows:

FAITH NO MORE
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
JANE'S ADDICTION
AFI
PARAMORE
HIM
ALEXISONFIRE
TAKING BACK SUNDAY
TRIVIUM
SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE
EAGLES OF DEATH METAL
THE GET UP KIDS
REEL BIG FISH
MESHUGGAH
ALL TIME LOW
A DAY TO REMEMBER
IT DIES TODAY
ESCAPE THE FATE
CLUTCH
ANTI FLAG
ISIS
GALLOWS
A WILHELM SCREAM
THE WEAKERTHANS
EMAROSA
ANVIL
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
COMEBACK KID
THE ALMOST
DANCE GAVIN DANCE
FOUR YEAR STRONG
YOU ME AT SIX
WHITECHAPEL
THE AQUABATS
ROLO TOMASSI
BARONESS
RX BANDITS
MAXIMUM THE HORMONE
THE CREEPSHOW

The dates are as follows:

Feb. 20 - Brisbane, AUS - RNA Showgrounds
Feb. 21 - Sydney, AUS - Eastern Creek Raceway
Feb. 26 - Melbourne, AUS - Melbourne Showgrounds
Feb. 27 - Adelaide, AUS - Bonython Park
Mar. 01 - Perth, AUS - Bassendean Oval

I propose Therat be Baroness's tour manager for this run.

some good stuff, but too much emo and post hardcore or metalcore or whatever the fuck it's called. i really wish i could see an ISIS headline

alright so let's see if i can get a press pass here

ps all the kids in the forum are getting excited about the shit bands, hopefully they will have the decency to at least bring hot scene girls

Me second that

Actually Soundwave fest is a total wank and pretty much everyone I know who has gone to these in the past have said nothing positive about it at all.

I'm hoping that Baroness are doing some side shows, if not, I will have to endur floppy hair kids with their fucking attitudes instead of being in small sweaty pub filled with men with beards who have a knowledge and respect for all things heavy

I'm still hoping that there might be a Isis, Clutch, Baroness show somewhere...that's all I need to see and FNM of course

out of the decent bands i think faith no more would be the only one to have a sideshow....maybe meshuggah

there is a 5 day gap between melbourne and sydney, but a cluth or baroness show? fuggedaboutit

Pretty much all the bands do side shows so I know I will have no prob about seeing Isis, Clutch and Baroness in small venues somewhere

in truth?! i'd much prefer a small venue for some of them

early bird tickets are at $121 (plus booking), not even BDO costs this much. with the small timeslots and the likely clashes, there's no way i'm going without press, you could see 2-3 of the better bands in a sideshow for that money.

but the problem with sideshows is that, even if all the bands you want to see play, with the festival's tight schedule (bar that melbourne - sydney gap), you're still going to have to give some a miss

lineup for next year has been announced

http://www.thevine.com.au/music/news/sound...ed20100804.aspx

Iron Maiden, Queens of the Stone Age, Slayer, Primus among the headliners here's the full list at the moment.

Iron Maiden
Slayer
Queens of the Stone Age
Primus
Slash
Social Distortion
Rob Zombie
Avenged Sevenfold
30 Seconds To Mars
Stone Sour
Gang of Four
New Found Glory
Pennywise
Sum 41
Annberlin
The Gaslight Anthem
Third Eye Blind
Devildriver
Sevendust
Less Than Jake
The Bronx
Monster Magnet
Terror
MXPX
Protest The Hero
Melvins
30 Crazyfists
Ill Nino
The Ataris
The Starting Line
Bayside
Madd Caddies
The Maine
Trash Talk
May Day Parade
Foxy Shazam
Never Shout Never
The Blackout
Alesana
Asking Alexandria
All That Remains
High On Fire
Dommin
The Sword
Kylesa
A Skylit Drive
There For Tomorrow
Breathe Carolina
Taking Dawn
I See Stars
Rise To Remain
Nonpoint
Veara
Every Avenue

A very metal lineup, there seems to be less of the emo/hardcore acts that are usually scene at Soundwave. i look forward to High on Fire, Kylesa and the Melvins and The Gasligh Anthem will be great to see!