While the recently concluded Melbourne and Adelaide legs of Soundwave Festival 2015 are now just a memory for those that attended, for others they may prove a little more than that for those caught up in this ridiculous wall of death orchestrated by Aussie metal squad King Parrot.

As readers can see in the videos below, a few punters may have walked away from the Melbourne Showgrounds with a concussion or perhaps a broken bone or two. While one would expect the occasional wall of death, circle pit, or good-hearted mosh to go down at Soundwave, we can’t overstate the magnitude of this one.

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Better yet, we must say it warms our hearts to see such a great turnout of enthusiastic punters during a performance by one of the great local acts that scored a place on this year’s Soundwave lineup. If you read our wish list of Aussie bands we’d like to see at Soundwave, you’ll know we’ve been KP fans for some time.

If you’re one of the unlucky few that missed out on this past weekend’s Soundwave festivities or you’re one of the lucky ones who’s eagerly awaiting the arrival of Soundwave in Sydney and Brisbane, check out what you’re in store for with our review of the greatest moments from the first weekend of Soundwave 2015.

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