Metallica, Stone Sour and A Perfect Circle have been confirmed to appear on the bill at next years Soundwave Festival in Australia.

The three bands join Linkin Park, Danko Jones, Garbage, Paramore, Vision of Disorder and US punks The Lawrence Arms on what is already shaping up to be an impressive bill.

2012’s event featured appearances by System of a Down, Slipknot, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Trivium, Devin Townsend, Unwritten Law and the reformed Coal Chamber.

So far, those confirmed for the 2013 Soundwave Festival are as follows:

A PERFECT CIRCLE
ANTHRAX
BLINK-182
CANCER BATS
CHUNK NO CAPTAIN CHUNK
DANKO JONES
DEAF HAVANA
DRAGONFORCE
DUFF MCKAGAN’S LOADED
FLOGGING MOLLY
FOZZY
GARBAGE
KINGDOM OF SORROW
KYUSS LIVES!
LINKIN PARK
MADBALL
MEMPHIS MAY FIRE
METALLICA
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK
OF MICE AND MEN
PARAMORE
PIERCE THE VEIL
RED FANG
SIX FEET UNDER
SLEEPING WITH SIRENS
STONE SOUR
SUM 41
THE BLACKOUT
THE LAWRENCE ARMS
THE OFFSPRING
THE WONDER YEARS
TOMAHAWK
VISION OF DISORDER