The Ladder

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Electro-Industrial Electro-industrial is a music genre that emerged from industrial music in the early 1980s. While EBM (electronic body music) has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial tends to have a grittier, complex and layered sound ...

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act, Formed in 2004 by Addz 'Vindicare' Milner to be later joined by Danny Dellamorte & Katarina to complete the line-up, The Ladder fuses various electronic genres to create multi-timbrel soundscape's somewhat different from similar artists within the Industrial and EBM music genre. In 2013 The band has released a 6-track E.P. named Charade. The name 'The Ladder' is a reference to the film ''

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'' in which 'The Ladder' is a fictional experimental drug used in the Vietnam war to enhance a soldiers fighting ability by inducing the primeval rage of man. The Ladder

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group. The band is composed of three past members of the group FM, Steve Overland, Pete Jupp and Bob Skeat along with former Dare/ Ten guitarist

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. The band has released two studio

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Future Miracles ''Future Miracles'' is the debut album by the British group The Ladder. All of the songs on the album were former FM songs that were never recorded by that band. Track listing # "Like Lovers Do" – 4:38 (Steve Overland/Chris Overland) # "Clos ...

'' in 2004 and ''Sacred'' in 2007. Originally thought to be an FM reunion, the group decided not to use that name for what was termed "political reasons", as well as seeking a fresh approach.MelodicRock.com

Personnel

The Ladder (Industrial act) *AddZ Vindicare (synths & vocals) *Danny Dellemorte (lead vocals) *Katarina Ängst (synths) The Ladder (hard rock band) *

Steve Overland Steve Overland is a British singer/musician who was the lead vocalist and songwriter for the bands Wildlife, FM, The Ladder, Shadowman, and his own group, Overland. History Overland's nearly 30-year career began in his home region of East An ...

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*Bob Skeat –

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s - 2004 *Gerhard Pichler - guitars - 2007

Discography

The Ladder (industrial act) *The Ladder EP (2008) *Charade (2013) Remixes by The Ladder (industrial act) *Flesh eating Foundation - Godless (the ladder mix) *Global Citizen - Teatime (the ladder mix) *State of Union - Dancing In The Dark (the ladder remix) *Solitary Experiments - Rise and Fall (the ladder remix) *Ext!ze - Electronic Revolt (the ladder remix) *Surgyn - Sharp as Stars (Acidic Lobotomy Remix by the Ladder) The Ladder (hard rock) *''

'' (2004) *''Sacred'' (2007)

References

External links

Heavy Harmonies pageThe Ladder Bandcamp (industrial)The Ladder Facebook (industrial)The Ladder Soundcloud (industrial)The Ladder Reverbnation (industrial)
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