(written by Islander)
Mind Prisoner came together in Portland, Oregon, but their members are now continentally separated between Oregon and South Carolina. Following a handful of demos and an EP, the band released their debut album The Color of Ruin almost exactly one year ago. Our Andy Synn wrote here that it “made one hell of an impression” on him after finally hearing it, using “an array of Black Metal, Post-Black Metal, and Blackened Doom influences” to create experiences that were “dark and desolate,” “bleak yet beautiful,” “bitter” and “biting,” “terrifying” and “tormented.” He closed by suggesting “that Mind Prisoner haven’t even reached the peak of their powers yet, and we should all make sure to watch them very closely in the future!”
We’ve followed that advice, and what the future has now brought us is a new Mind Prisoner album named Less Faith that’s due for release tomorrow — November 28th. It displays a stylistic shift from their first full-length, accurately summarized by their label as “post-black metal with elements of doom, post-punk, and gothic rock,” but as you’ll discover for yourselves through our full streaming premiere of the new record, many of the adjectives that Andy used in describing the first album still apply. Continue reading »
