Too Heavy To Hug #619
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Too Heavy To Hug #619

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It’s this time of year when the Soundwave rumour mill slowly begins to circulate; whispers and guesses which then ripple through the music community and music blogs. Being the type of guy who likes to start rumours and speculate, here’s a handful of bands who’ll be at the 2016 Soundwave shows. And forget impossibilities and improbabilities, as we know, anything can happen, including Soundwave bringing the same old bands back every second year. Next year’s Soundwave festivals will revert back to the one day format – according to rumour.
For the punk/pop blast from the past category I’m betting Bloodhound Gang, Primus, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, Presidents of The USA (lulz remember them) or Offspring, and am definitely going on record now saying TISM must be at SW2016. This is the category where everyone kinda goes ‘what the f*ck is that band doing on the bill?’ and then they become the joke band then they’re accepted. I can’t recall if Blink 182 have been here before but something tells me they have.
There’s only so many decent ’90s throwbacks that really stand up in 2015, I’m putting my money on Nine Inch Nails, Sepultura/Soulfly, Kyuss, Pantera with Zakk Wylde although that Pantera feat. Zakk Wylde, if it were to happen, I doubt strongly it would happen here in Oz.
For the headliners Soundwave is really going to have to mix this up, my money is on The Prodigy, Motorhead, Slayer and one of them f*cking Queensryche bands, Megadeth and Lamb Of God. Every other rock and metal festival out there gets The Prodigy so it’s definitely our turn to witness them as a part of a more rocking festival.
The random other bands due for a Soundwave appearance are Dethklok, The Ocean Collective, Tesseract, even though they’ll be here later this year, Within Temptation, Dead Letter Circus and or Karnivool as the local acts.
In other news
Ghost will release their third album Meliora on Friday August 21.
The Dillinger Escape Plan will be at the Prince Bandroom on Friday August 28.
Whoretopsy will be at the Bendigo Hotel in Melbourne on Saturday August 29 as a part of Living Death Fest. The band will also be at Melbourne’s Next on Thursday October 1.
Grave Pleasures (ex Beastmilk) will release their new album Dreamcrash on Friday September 4.
Atreyu will release their new album Long Live on Friday September 18.
TesseracT will release their new album Polaris on Friday September 18. The band will play Max Watts in Melbourne on Friday October 16.
Silent Knight will play Melbourne’s Bendigo Hotel on Thursday October 8.
Devin Townsend Project and Periphery have sold out their Sunday October 25 show at 170 Russell. Second and final show added is Monday October 26 at 170 Russell.
Nightwish will play only one show per capital city on their Endless Forms Most Beautiful Tour 2016 and the Melbourne show will be at The Forum Theatre on Monday January 11.
If you have any news about local metal bands, shows or albums, let THTH know by emailing to [email protected] or get in touch via Twitter at @TooHeavyToHug