It will be metalcore mania all over again when Aussie hardcore heavyweights Northlane play at The Station on the Sunshine Coast next month.

The ARIA award winners, who shot to fame in the late-00s, are taking their All Over Australian Tour to regional towns across the country, including the Birtinya venue on August 1.

The Coast has been experiencing a resurgence in the heavy genre, with massive icons Malevolence, Alpha Wolf and SPEED all playing in recently weeks.

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Marcus says he will be staying in Noosa and catching up with friends and family when they play on the Coast.

“I spent like a year in high school growing up in Noosa so it’s always fun to go back. I’ve got family and stuff up there. It’s always a nice time.”

When asked who he dreams of playing live with, Marcus says: “Oh, that’s a big one. I feel like we haven’t done a proper tour with Slipknot… Also Linkin Park, I just love Linkin Park so much, they’re still killing it.”

Tickets available via northlaneband.com.

Bring on the regional ‘looser’ shows, frontman says

Marcus says the regional shows feel “a lot looser” and he can’t wait to get on the tour bus like “old days”.

“I feel like playing at home and especially the regional shows, it feels a lot more natural in a way,” he says.

“When you’re playing the big shows it feels like you’re almost playing a character or something, where you’re trying to appear larger than large as much as you can I guess.

“Whereas these kind of shows, they’re definitely more personal. And I feel like we’re cracking more jokes and stuff on stage, just because we know these kinds of crowds will get what we’re talking about.

“It’s always kind of fun to get back to that. It kind of feels like the old days in a way.”

Northlane Australian Tour Dates

Thursday 31 July
Harvey Road Tavern, Gladstone 18+
With Headwreck

Friday 1 August
The Station, Sunshine Coast 18+
With Headwreck

Saturday 2 August
Powerhouse, Toowoomba 18+
With Headwreck

Sunday 3 August
Coolangatta Hotel, Gold Coast 18+
With Headwreck

Thursday 7 August
King St Bandroom, Newcastle 18+
With Heists

Friday 8 August
Panthers, Penrith 18+
With Heists

Saturday 9 August
Uni Bar, Wollongong 18+
With Heists

Sunday 10 August
The Basement, Canberra 18+
With Heists

Friday 15 August
Shelters Brewing, Busselton 18+
With Darkmatter

Saturday 16 August
Magnet House, Perth 18+
With Darkmatter

Thursday  21 August
Beer Deluxe, Albury 18+
With Lune

Friday 22 August
Royal Theatre, Castlemaine 18+
With Lune

Saturday 23 August
Wool Exchange, Geelong 18+ 
With Lune

Sunday 24 August
Chelsea Heights Hotel, Chelsea Heights 18+
With Lune

Tickets available via northlaneband.com.

Northlane’s meteoric rise to heavy metal’s tippy top

It’s been an immense couple of years for Northlane that has seen them cement their status as one of the most innovative and influential bands in heavy music. In 2024, Northlane released their acclaimed EP, Mirror’s Edge, which explored their most vivid colours and textures, with bonus shades from Australian icons Winston McCall (Parkway Drive) and Ian Kenny (Karnivool / Birds of Tokyo). They backed it up with the single “Welcome to the Industry” released as part of the soundtrack for the forthcoming video game Fretless – The Wrath of Riffson.

In between it all, the band has been doing countless laps of the globe, thrilling crowds with their immersive live shows that take their signature fusion of metal and electronic music to another transcendental dimension. They’ve dominated festival stages here at Good Things and Bassinthegrass, supported Slipknot at their mammoth arena show in NZ and will return to Europe to leave their mark on Rock Am Ring, Download, Graspop and Resurrection – to name a few. After they wrap up the regional tour, Northlane will head back to the US for Louder Than Life Festival.

Northlane has assembled a stellar lineup of local heavyweights to join them all over Australia. First up eclectic trio of misfits Ocean Grove who recently dropped their fourth record, ODDWORLD. A triumph of innovation and ceaseless imagination, the album is the ultimate blend of chaos, charisma and craftsmanship. Next up is Gippsland natives Mirrors who have carved a space in the heavy community with their weighty atmospheric sound and deeply introspective lyrics. The band recently dropped their new single “Vestige” teasing a new album on the horizon. Also rounding out the bill is Headwreck in Queensland, Heists in New South Wales, Darkmatter in Western Australia and Lune in Victoria.

Tickets available via northlaneband.com.