Northlane Announce New Album Alien, Release First Single Bloodline

Aussie metalcore crew Northlane have announced details of their upcoming album Alien.

The band's fifth full-length is the follow-up to 2017's Mesmer and will be released on August 2 via UNFD.

To mark the announcement, Northlane have released brand new single Bloodline.

“Bloodline was one of the first songs that came about in the writing process for the album. When we were trying to decide what we wanted to write about, we decided early on that we wanted to keep the album pretty personal. I wanted to tell the stories of my upbringing and the ups and downs that come along with that,” says vocalist Marcus Bridge.

"It talks about that idea of growing up in a broken home despite all odds and what might be expected of someone who grows up like that. You are able to be what people think of you and break out of that spiral, that terrible world. For me, that’s a mix of telling the story simple, but then it also tells some parts of my story in really fine detail. For example, the second verse goes into a lot of moments that I actually remember growing up and these landmarks – all these things I remember seeing. This song is a perfect way to sum up the album and also be the first toe in the water to be able to tell this story."

The video for Bloodline shows an abusive relationship between a father and son, and was directed by Jason Eshraghian, who the band have been working with since 2014.

“We’ve grown as a band together with Jason," says Marcus. "He understands the stories we’re trying to tell through our videos. When it came down to the more personal subject, I don’t think it would have been possible to do it with someone we hadn’t worked with before because I don’t know if I would have felt comfortable having someone that we hadn’t worked with before telling this story and someone that doesn’t really know me and know how I want to tell this story.

“Jason delivered again, and this video is one of my favourite videos that I have ever done. It goes into some fine detail once again about that environment of growing up around parents who use drugs, violent parents and all that stuff that a lot of people do deal with that maybe don’t feel comfortable talking about. This video is going to make you feel pretty uncomfortable, but I think it’s a story that isn’t really told often enough.”

Northlane return to the UK later this year at the following dates:

Northlane 2019 UK tour

November

26 Southampton, Engine Rooms
27 Manchester, Academy 2
29 Glasgow, Garage
30 Birmingham, O2 Academy 2

December

01 London, Electric Brixton

Tickets go on sale Friday May 3 at 9am.

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