Northlane have unveiled “CUT_it”, the second single from their forthcoming seventh album, Anemoia, due out October 30th via Independent / Immortal Music Group.
The new track finds the Australian heavy music trailblazers channelling the physical and mental toll of burnout into one of the album’s most punishing moments. Built around a low-end groove that seems to buckle under its own weight, “CUT_it” pushes Marcus Bridge into a more menacing corner of his vocal range before exploding into full-scale heaviness.
“CUT_it is about burnout – the feeling of grinding through things when you’re completely spent, mentally and physically,” said Bridge. “The imagery is deliberately visceral, painting a picture of that exhaustion rather than analysing it.”
Anemoia follows Northlane’s No. 1 2022 album, Obsidian, and was executive produced by Jordan Fish. The album’s initial spark came after guitarist and songwriter Jon Deiley watched a set by UK producer and DJ Evian Christ, inspiring him to explore how trance’s emotional intensity and physical scale could sit alongside guitars and the catharsis of heavy music.
Across the record, Northlane’s electronic metal shifts between euphoric trance, seismic breakdowns, drum-and-bass, jungle, pop and brain-bending grooves. Its title refers to the feeling of nostalgia for a time or place never personally experienced, a concept that gives the album room to move between escapism and the harsher realities of the present.
That tension runs through tracks such as first single “Evian”, where a freer, more carefree energy collides with anger, despair and some of Northlane’s heaviest material since their first EP.
“There’s darkness here, but it’s not nihilism – and there’s hope, but it’s not naivety,” said Bridge.
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More than 15 years into their career, Northlane have amassed multiple chart-topping albums, awards and more than 500 million streams while repeatedly reshaping their sound.
Anemoia brings those different sides together, pairing the band’s instinct for innovation with a more hopeful and human perspective.
Northlane will celebrate the album with the biggest Australian headline tour of their career this November, joined by After The Burial, Cenobia and Above, Below.
Pre-sale begins Wednesday, August 12th at 11am AEST, with general tickets on sale Thursday, August 13th at 11am local time via Destroy All Lines.
Northlane ‘Anemoia’ Australian Tour
Thursday, November 5th
Metro City, Perth (18+)
Saturday, November 7th
Festival Hall, Melbourne (LIC AA)
Sunday, November 8th
Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide (LIC AA)
Wednesday, November 11th
Enmore Theatre, Sydney (LIC AA)
Friday, November 13th
Bar on the Hill, Newcastle (18+)
Saturday, November 14th
Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane (LIC AA)
