Discoveries (Northlane album)

Discoveries
Studio album by
Released11 November 2011
StudioElectric Sun Studios, Arndell Park, New South Wales, Australia
GenreProgressive 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.

Background

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

Promotion

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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

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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

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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

  • "I Shook Hands with Death" is printed as "Ishookhandswithdeath" on physical releases.[7][8]

Personnel

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Northlane

Additional personnel

  • Shane Edwards – production, engineering
  • Dave Petrovic – production, engineering
  • Will Putney – mixing, mastering

Chart performance

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

References

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  1. ^ "Discoveries - Northlane | Releases | AllMusic". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Press Release". Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  3. ^ "We are Northlane, and we're here to hang" (Reddit AMA). 2 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  4. ^ Hohnen, Mike (9 November 2011). "Blessed Are The Obsessed: Northlane 'Discoveries' Review + Interview". Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  5. ^ a b ALLSHALLPERISH (9 November 2011). "Northlane - Discoveries". KillYourStereo. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  6. ^ a b Radojcin, Sam (4 November 2011). "Northlane - Discoveries". Loud Mag. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  7. ^ Northlane (2011). Discoveries (CD). UNFD.
  8. ^ Northlane (2012). Discoveries (Vinyl). UNFD.
  9. ^ "The ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 21 November 2011. pp. 2, 6, 10, 13, 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2015.