The Unify 2018 Lineup Is Here And It's Pretty Good!

Yep, 2018 is going to be another very big year for the rural Victorian music festival. 

Happening once more in Gippsland on January 12th, 13th, and 14th, the Tarwin Lower local community will see 7,500 punters flocking in for two days of heavy music, camping, and general but hopefully pleasant shenanigans.

Last night on Triple J's Short.Fast.Loud it was announced that Parkway Drive and The Amity Affliction would return to act as 2018's two main headliners; the former playing 2007's 'Horizons' in full as its past the ten-year mark and is also a damn fine record, while the latter will be celebrating their 15th year as a band and hopefully cycling out the post-'Chasing Ghosts' material for older, better tunes. Sydney's Polaris were also confirmed earlier this week for Unify 2018, so that made three bands out of 29 confirmed bands for 2018 secured before this morning's big news arrived.

So, who are the remaining 26 acts? Well, suss the full lineup below:

FRIDAY, JANUARY 12th:

PARKWAY DRIVE [A Decade of Horizons]

ARCHITECTS [Exclusive Australian Performance]

TONIGHT ALIVE

FOUR YEAR STRONG [Performing 'Rise Or Die Trying' in full]

BEHIND CRIMSON EYES

50 LIONS

WITH CONFIDENCE

POLARIS

KNOCKED LOOSE

BELLE HAVEN

SIENNA SKIES

MIRRORS

So... that's the lineup for Unify 2018. What do you guys think!?

Even with a lot of returning faces (Parkway, Amity, Hellions, Polaris) as well as the expected names (Cursed Earth, Void Of Vision), that's a pretty solid list with a couple surprises thrown in (namely Four Year Strong's set, 50 Lions getting back together and Behind Crimson Eyes, who are actually still a band). Also, I am very stoked to see Introvert, Dear Seattle, Outright, Young Lions, Arteries and Belle Haven on this lineup - they're all great local bands that are really coming up at the moment and such a festival spot is great recognition of their respective talents.

Now, the only things left to do is to make sure you've got the dosh for tickets ($219 for all 3 days) when they go on sale later today at 12:30pm; find out who you're gonna car pool with next year; decide whether or not you're going to drop $6.5K on that fucking ludicrous VIP/cabin house experience; and count down the minutes until Pedestrian run an article about the gender gap surrounding this lineup.

Missed 2017's installment or just want to relive it all over again? Here's our coverage of this year's Unify, all thanks to our own Matty Sievers and our good photo snappin' pal, Jordan Tan. For more info on Unify 2018, check the official website.