Northlane: Mirror's Edge North American Tour

Northlane are a chart topping, award-winning metal band from Sydney, Australia. Through fearless evolution and unmatched innovation, Northlane have become vanguards of heavy music across the globe, entirely on their own terms. The band have released six acclaimed albums, including ARIA Chart #1 records Obsidian (2022) and Node (2015), alongside Singularity (2013), Mesmer (2017) and Alien (2019) which all debuted at #3. Northlane have also won three consecutive ARIA Awards for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album, as well as two AIR Awards for Best Independent Heavy Album. 2024 see’s the release of the Mirrors Edge EP, including singles Dante, Afterimage and Miasma featuring Parkway Drive’s Winston McCall.

Amid a generation gripped by loneliness, fear, and a desperate concern for the state of the world, Invent Animate are grabbing fans by the hand and choosing to walk with them. There’s a sense of duty among the band – comprising vocalist Marcus Vik, bassist Caleb Sherradan, writing member Trey Celaya, drummer Brody Taylor Smith and guitarist Keaton Goldwire – to bare their own pain and tragedy for their listeners, indeed creating a safe, familiar place for listeners to process their own. It’s this deeply empathic and concerned approach to their output that sets Invent Animate apart, and has seen the band develop a close knit, cult-like following over their 10 years together. “I think what’s really important to our generation of music consumers is finding something beautiful out
of all the chaos,” shares bassist Caleb. “It’s important to us – we’ve got a lot on our plate, life is weird, life is hard – but we’ve come to understand how important it is as artists to be there with our listener, to be vulnerable ourselves so they might be able to say, ‘thank you, you guys helped me articulate this’ or, ‘you guys helped me walk through this journey’ because of what we’ve created.” Stationed across Texas, Colorado and Sweden (following Vik’s recruitment in 2019), Invent Animate are
now in prime position to break new ground on their new label address. Now rubbing shoulders alongside a plethora of previous touring partners including Silent Planet and ERRA, and Spotify “sounds like” mates such as Like Moths To Flames, Void Of Vision and Thornhill, the four-piece perfectly complement the UNFD roster with their blend of ambient metalcore, djent and prog.

Fresh from their sold-out US arena tour supporting Sleep Token, Thornhill will return in May 2026 for their biggest North American headline tour to date, proudly presented by Revolver. In support of their acclaimed, ARIA Award-winning album 'BODIES' and recent single 'Mercia', Thornhill will bring their unique blend of powerful, energetic groove, heavy attack and soulful, haunting melody to rooms across the nation. Support on all shows comes from fast-rising metalcore act 156/Silence, hardcore crossover heaters Fox Lake and German metal-fusion sensations vianova, making their US debut.

"We're so very keen to get back to the US and put on a similar live performance that we would in our home country. We have been given the privilege to play bigger rooms and create a closer live representation of the world we built through our music, sharing that same stage with amazing bands that are thriving in their own worlds is part of the reason we do what we do."

Shattering all restraint, Windwaker tear at the seams of their sonic boundaries, refining and finessing their craft into something truly unique. Concocting an unsuspecting recipe of electro-charged violence, sickly sweet pop hooks, bouncing hip hop moments and slick riffage, the charismatic quintet move towards exciting new territory with each new release. 

Emerging out of Melbourne, Victoria, the Australian outfit— Liam Guinane [vocals] Jesse Crofts [guitar], Indey Salvestro [bass], Chris Lalic [drums, programming], and Connor Robins [synths and samples] —have grown a dedicated and passionate fanbase, amassing millions of digital streams since their inception, with over 6 million streams garnered in the US alone. Last July’s release, “SIRENS”, has been their highest performing track to date, cracking over 1.5 million Spotify streams in just a few months —and counting! The band toured the single across Australia with Caskets (UK) and sold out nearly every date along the way. 

Windwaker’s debut album ‘Love Language’ released in 2022 via Fearless Records, demonstrating an unpredictable and undeniable exploration of love across 12 tracks. The album picked up praise from NME, Distorted Sound, Hysteria Magazine, New Noise and more, with mxdwn reviewing, "The effort put into this album makes it clear that the band put their best foot forward, and in turn, they left their audience wanting more", and Sonic Perspectives raving, “There's a huge party happening over here, and I promise that you'll be kicking yourself hard if you miss out".

Windwaker translate their electric and eclectic energy on record to the live stage, carving their name into the core of modern metal. The four-peice have toured alongside some of alternative music’s most favoured acts— Beartooth, I Prevail, Motionless In White, Enter Shikari (UK), Caskets (UK), Creeper (UK), Northlane (AUS) and more.

Heartfelt confession, organic collaboration and aggressive catharsis bubble up towards the surface as Windwaker’s next release takes shape. The new year welcomes Windwaker with open arms as they gear up to play Knotfest Australia alongside Pantera, Lamb of God, Disturbed, SPEED and more this March.