| Discoveries | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Northlane |
| Cover: | Discoveries by Northlane.jpg |
| Released: | 11 November 2011 |
| Studio: | Electric Sun Studios, Arndell Park, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genre: | Progressive metalcore |
| Length: | 41:11 |
| Prev Title: | Hollow Existence |
| Prev Year: | 2010 |
| Next Title: | Singularity |
| Next Year: | 2013 |
Discoveries is the debut studio album by Australian heavy metal band Northlane. It was released on 11 November 2011 through UNFD.[1] 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.
The cube featured on the album art is a "printed out, and origami folded, edited image from the Hubble Space Telescope".[2]
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.[3]
The album received generally favourable reviews. KillYourStereo called it the best Australian album of 2011. Sam Radojcin of Loud, praised the band's unique take on the progressive genre, and claimed they had potential.
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