Ghost Of The Machine for Neo-Prog

Ghost Of The Machine formed in January 2021 when five former members of This Winter Machine — Graham Garbett (guitars), Mark Hagan (keyboards and piano), Stuart McAuley (bass, Moog pedals and Mellotron), Andy Milner (drums) and Scott Owens (guitars) — joined forces with Charlie Bramald (flautist for Nova Cascade, and former vocalist for prog tribute Harmony of Spheres).

Taking the best elements from their previous endeavours and key influences such as Rush, Marillion and Genesis, while pushing forward in a heavier, adventurous and exciting direction, Ghost Of The Machine spent its first year writing and recording its debut album Scissorgames. With the album released, Ghost of the Machine is now ready to bring its powerful six-piece sound and thrilling, theatrical live show to a stage near you.

There's no doubting the pedigree of Ghost Of The Machine; its respective members achieved critical acclaim with their contributions to The Man Who Never Was (2017) and A Tower Of Clocks (2019) under the This Winter Machine banner, and Nova Cascade's releases such as A Dictionary Of Obscure Sorrows (2019) and Back From The Brink (2021) were warmly received by the progressive music community. Scissorgames is similarly finding favour with fans both old and new, being described as "one of the best debut progressive rock albums of 2022" (Progradar) and "neo-prog gold" by Prog magazine (Issue 131).

Collectively, the band members' live résumés are impeccable, having supported the likes of Marillion and Magnum over their music careers, and appearing at popular prog festivals and headlining popular venues while with This Winter Machine. A curious footnote to add is that the exact Ghost Of The Machine line-up appeared as This Winter Machine at The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton on 7 December 2019, with Bramald stepping in on vocals for one night only. 

Ghost Of The Machine made their live debut at the Corporation, Sheffield on 12 May 2022, supporting IT. On 16 May 2022, the debut single Mountain was released, ahead of Scissorgames which launched on 3 June 2022.