PREMIERE: Part Paladin - 'Koedal'

Sydney-based Indigenous instrumentalist and producer Part Paladin is today unveiling his new single, Koedal, premiering exclusively via The Music.

The track's name is an ode to his father's clan, Aith Koedal. The clan originates on Saibai Island in the Torres Strait between Queensland, Australia's north-eastern-most tip and Papua New Guinea - and is associated with a Crocodile Totem.

Dux Newton, the engine room and creative force behind Part Paladin, said of the new single and his music in general: "Being of Indigenous (Torres Strait Islander) background but growing up and living away from that part of my heritage, Koedal speaks to my struggles with identity, and an existence with knowledge and experiences only of my western heritage.

"It calls on an urge to discover it and explores the concept of becoming whole once I find and am at peace with the missing parts of my bloodline."

As a songwriter, Newton sits between the realms of post-metal, modern progressive metal and alternative rock, wrapped in melodic metal characteristics and distinct pop sensibilities. 

You can watch the lyric video for Koedal above before its official release on the 21st of January.