Northlane have put out Crucified, the third song released ahead of Anemoia. The album is out on 30 October and it is their seventh.
Three singles from one record before release is a lot, and for this band it is also a statement of confidence: the two albums either side of the pandemic, Alien in 2019 and Obsidian in 2022, both moved the sound further from the metalcore the band started in, and both worked. Anything that gets given away early is something they are sure of.
Northlane formed in Sydney in 2009 and have released seven albums in seventeen years without a gap long enough to be called a hiatus. Whether Crucified pulls back towards the heavy end or pushes further into the electronics is the question the release date answers.