Discoveries (Northlane album)

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Discoveries
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Studio album by
Released11 November 2011
StudioElectric Sun Studios, Arndell Park, New South Wales, Australia
Genre Progressive metal, metalcore
Length41:11
Label
Producer
  • Shane Edwards
  • Dave Petrovic
Northlane chronology
Hollow Existence
(2010)
Discoveries
(2011)
Singularity
(2013)

Discoveries is the debut studio album by Australian heavy metal band Northlane. It was released on 11 November 2011 through UNFD. [2] It was produced by Shane Edwards and Dave Petrovic, and recorded at Electric Sun Studios in Arndell Park. It is the only album to feature their second bassist Simon Anderson before he was "fired" from the band.

Contents

Background

The cube featured on the album art is a "printed out, and origami folded, edited image from the Hubble Space Telescope". [3]

Promotion

To promote their debut studio album, Northlane performed an 18-date national tour. They performed in Sydney twice, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Nambour, Port Macquarie, Newcastle twice, Dubbo, Central Coast, Werribee, Melbourne twice, Bendigo, Warrnambool, Mount Gambier, Adelaide, and Geelong. [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
KillYourStereo90/100 [5]
Loud88/100 [6]

The album received generally favourable reviews. KillYourStereo called it the best Australian album of 2011. [5] Sam Radojcin of Loud, praised the band's unique take on the progressive genre, and claimed they had potential. [6]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Dispossession"3:43
2."Abrasumente"4:04
3."Comatose"4:13
4."Transcending Dimensions"3:43
5."Discoveries"4:56
6."Corruption"3:54
7."Exposure"3:41
8."Metamorphosis" (re-recorded version; original version from Hollow Existence)4:38
9."Solitude"3:23
10."I Shook Hands with Death"4:56
Total length:41:11

Notes

Personnel

Northlane

Additional personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Australian ARIA Chart [9] 85

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