Metal heads unite - Soundwave festival has come and gone but the Sidewaves reverberate throughout Sydney. Trivium and Slipknot joined forces to fill the Sydney Entertainment Centre, and Dave Roberts was there.

Heath Carney captured the sodden Soundwave Festival at the RNA Showgrounds!

Featuring a few of the cancelled Soundwave Revolution refugees and a slew of metal and rock bands (as well as one well-past-their-prime rap-rock band), the lineup for Soundwave 2012 has dropped and boy, it's a big one.

With songs such as "Asylum", "Ten Thousand Fists" and "Stricken", US Heavy-Metal outfit Disturbed are no stranger to playing large shows. How did the Acer Arena react? Dave Roberts investigates.

Highly acclaimed heavy metal icons Disturbed will be returning for their massive ‘Music As A Weapon 2011’ tour and are ready to annihilate arena stage