Northlane have shared an expansive new single, Dante.
The first piece of new music since the release of their #1 album Obsidian (2022), Dante signals a new era for the four-piece.
Dubbed by the band as ‘4D on steroids’, Dante was originally written by guitarist/songwriter Jon Deiley as a pure dance track not intended for Northlane. The band spent a year developing the song to fit their signature sound, resulting in an emotionally heavy track carried by a compulsive beat that opens up to a panoramic chorus.
The striking lyrics carry a lot of weight, as frontman Marcus Bridge explains: “Dante is a song about losing someone close to us. As we try to process our grief, we are constantly asking ourselves questions, memories clouded with reminders of our loved one’s pain, wondering if there’s anything we could have done."
Recorded with revered heavy producer, Will Putney before the Monsters of Oz US tour with Parkway Drive in August this year. Dante is Northlane's first time working with Putney since they did so on back-to-back albums Singularity (2013) and Node (2015).
Speaking to Maniacs ahead of their appearance on Knotfest Australia, earlier this year, the band revealed it hasn't always been smooth-sailing in pursuit of their dream, with the bandmembers having to work in a variety of oddjobs to keep their metalcore dreams alive.
The band will celebrate the release with the Dante tour. The tour will see the Aussie metalcore heavyweights joined by ERRA (USA), Landmvrks (FRA) and Banks Arcade (NZ) on a five-show run that'll see them hit Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
The summer tour will cap off what has been a blockbuster two years for Northlane. Emerging from the pandemic with their ARIA #1 award-winning album, Obsidian (2022), which has been streamed over 30 million times and climbing, the band set their sights on the stage where they’ve dominated ever since. Thanks to their signature fusion of metal and electronic music, their 2022 album tour saw Northlane perform some of the most mind-blowingly spectacular shows Australian venues have seen in recent years. Since then, they've wowed crowds at Knotfest AU, toured Europe with Architects and Sleep Token and played Parkway Drive's mammoth Monsters of Oz tour across the USA.
Tickets for the Dante tour are on sale now via Northlane's website.
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