The Soundwave Festival 2013 lineup may have already had more leaks than a sinking ship, many of them from the festival’s own boss and serial tweeter AJ Maddah; but that hasn’t stunted anticipation for Australia’s leading hard and heavy rock festival.

We already knew that Californian punks THE OFFSPRING and BLINK 182 (complete with drummer Travis Barker) were part of the 2013 lineup, along with a bill that had already leaked the likes of CANCER BATS, Corey Taylor of Slipknot’s other band, STONE SOUR, sludge metal act KINGDOM OF SORROW, post-hardcore act THE BLACKOUT and Cannibal Corpse side-project SIX FEET UNDER.

This morning’s official announcement now adds a heaving lineup of equally high-profile acts – previously rumoured and otherwise – that will be joining the already impressive bill for the touring festival, now established as one of Australia’s biggest festivals.

SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL 2013 // LINEUP

Metallica

Linkin Park

Blink-182

A Perfect Circle

The Offspring

Paramore

Garbage

Tomahawk

Stone Sour

Kyuss Lives

Anthrax

Sum 41

Dragonforce

All Time Low

Flogging Molly

Ghost

Duff McKagan’s Loaded

Motion City Soundtrack

Lawrence Arms

Kingdom Of Sorrow

Fozzy

Sleeping With Sirens

Cancer Bats

Madball

Vision of Disorder

Pierce the Veil

Periphery

Shai Halud

Of Mice & Men

Miss May I

Danko Jones

Woe Is Me

The Wonder Years

While She Sleeps

Such Gold

Lucero

Six Feet Under

Deaf Havana

Red Fang

Chunk! No Captain Chunk!

Memphis May Fire!

SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL 2013 // DATES

Saturday 23rd February – Brisbane

Sunday 24th February – Sydney

Friday 1st March – Melbourne

Saturday 2nd March – Adelaide

Monday 4th March – Perth