Australian heavy hitters NORTHLANE has released their fifth full-length album ‘Alien’ through UNFD. Order here: https://unfd.lnk.to/A1ien 

This album started its life a very long time ago. When I think back to when it began for me, it was sitting with Marcus at his house listening to the first demo Jon had sent us to start working on. Jon was in a bad place at the time, and the mood of the music was dark, brooding and angry. We tried to write a vocal for it but nothing we came up with gave it any sort of justice. I suggested to Marcus we explore his past, it was the only thing I could think of that would possible be fitting. He said to me “I wouldn’t know what to say, and even if I did, I don’t think anyone would care”. He couldn’t have been more wrong. This album began for him two decades ago.

We dug deep, well beyond the realms of what we thought possible. We pulled every morsel of pain and frustration out of ourselves, and redirected it into a collection of songs that have made us prouder than anything that ever came before.

We wrote these songs without fear, without boundaries and without any restriction. We’ve shared a story so personal and painful it almost broke us in the process. It was the most cathartic exercise we ever undertook.
While everybody interprets music in their own unique way, we just have one thing to ask of you. When you listen to Alien for the first time, do it with an open mind and an open heart.

Josh Smith, guitars