Albinobeach releases New Single: "The Ladder"

“The Ladder” is Albinobeach’s new single and title-track from the South African instrumental band’s upcoming album (which will be released on the 6th of November 2020).

The track was written and recorded alongside eight other compositions that make up the album. The Ladder will be the band’s second full-length release after the improvisational, ensemble-driven Cacophonic in 2015.

For the upcoming album, Albinobeach returns as a power trio comprising the group’s founding members – Ian Finch (guitars), Kalin Pashaliev (bass) and Garrick Van Der Tuin (drums and sound design) – who started the group in 2005.

More info about ‘The Ladder”

With the single, the trio revisits their long-time affinity with experimental progressive metal and plays with the idea of cycles or seasons: beginnings and endings that possess their own degree of intensity in the construction and dynamic narrative of the composition. The eight-minute track meanders through subtle verses and screaming choruses to arrive at an improvised apex laden with distorted synths and effected guitars.

The track complements the concept of ‘The ladder’, which the members of Albinobeach envisioned during the album’s making, beginning with an image of a metaphysical pathway leading to an awakening and ultimately rebirth. This is also illustrated by the album’s cover art: a cosmic journey to an energy source that both decimates and invigorates the traveler.

I have to admit that I’m liking what I’m hearing. It was actually what the doctor ordered on this Friday afternoon. I’m curious to find out what the rest of the album is going to sound like. Keep an eye out for it on Spotify and all the other major music streaming platforms.

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