Ghost Brigade for Tech / Extreme

Guided By Fire

Ghost Brigade http://www.ghostbrigade.net/ are a Finnish band usually billed as Progressive Death, and while there are plenty of Opeth style growls and atmospherics on the album I'm familiar with, there is also a significant post-sludge sound that references Neurosis and Cult of Luna too.  
The band has released three studio albums to date, the latest being last year's, "Until Fear No Longer Defines Us" on Season Of Mist who's site provides a good detailed biography http://www.season-of-mist.com/bands/ghost-brigade.

Guided By 
Fire, 2007 
Isolation 
Songs, 2009 
Until Fear No Longer Defines 
Us, 2011

The third album (along with their first two) can be streamed here - 

http://www.myspace.com/ghostbrigade/music/albums/until-fear-no-longer-defines-us-17900367

And here are some album reviews - 

https://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/artists-f-j-cdreviews-132/9930-cd-review-ghost-brigade-until-fear-no-longer-defines-us.html
http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=11110
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Ghost-Brigade/7922/

Many thanks.

Edited by Bosh66 - March 17 2012 at 18:29

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Bosh66 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Senior Member Joined: February 23 2009 Location: Bolton, Lancs Online Status: Offline Posts: 512	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bosh66 Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Ghost Brigade for Tech / Extreme Posted: March 17 2012 at 18:25
	Ghost Brigade http://www.ghostbrigade.net/ are a Finnish band usually billed as Progressive Death, and while there are plenty of Opeth style growls and atmospherics on the album I'm familiar with, there is also a significant post-sludge sound that references Neurosis and Cult of Luna too. The band has released three studio albums to date, the latest being last year's, "Until Fear No Longer Defines Us" on Season Of Mist who's site provides a good detailed biography http://www.season-of-mist.com/bands/ghost-brigade. Guided By Fire, 2007 Isolation Songs, 2009 Until Fear No Longer Defines Us, 2011 The third album (along with their first two) can be streamed here - http://www.myspace.com/ghostbrigade/music/albums/until-fear-no-longer-defines-us-17900367 And here are some album reviews - https://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/artists-f-j-cdreviews-132/9930-cd-review-ghost-brigade-until-fear-no-longer-defines-us.html http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=11110 http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Ghost-Brigade/7922/ Many thanks. Edited by Bosh66 - March 17 2012 at 18:29

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Andy Webb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum & Site Admin Group Admin / Heavy Prog Team / Math Rock Team Joined: June 04 2010 Location: Terria Online Status: Offline Posts: 11593	Post Options Post Reply Quote Andy Webb Report Post Quote Reply Posted: March 21 2012 at 16:30
	It's weak on the prog side, but I'll give it a go with the team.
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Andy Webb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum & Site Admin Group Admin / Heavy Prog Team / Math Rock Team Joined: June 04 2010 Location: Terria Online Status: Offline Posts: 11593	Post Options Post Reply Quote Andy Webb Report Post Quote Reply Posted: March 21 2012 at 16:33
	Oop, looks like they've been previously rejected, but the band also has released an album in the time since. Would like us to try a re-evaluation? It would require a unanimous yes vote, but it might be feasible.
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Bosh66 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Senior Member Joined: February 23 2009 Location: Bolton, Lancs Online Status: Offline Posts: 512	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bosh66 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: March 21 2012 at 16:48
	Mmm, I'll leave that to you, Andy. Seriously, I really enjoyed the album and while the prog certainly isn't in your face, the structures and references in the albuum made me think it would be a shoe-in. I'm suggesting I leave it to you as it would need your vote too. If you feel you can support it, it'll be worth pushing it back to the team. If you don't think you'll give it your vote, it fails at the first hurdle, doesn't it? Which would be a shame, but so be it. Thanks for listening anyway!

Andy Webb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum & Site Admin Group Admin / Heavy Prog Team / Math Rock Team Joined: June 04 2010 Location: Terria Online Status: Offline Posts: 11593	Post Options Post Reply Quote Andy Webb Report Post Quote Reply Posted: March 24 2012 at 12:28
	Hmm... I'll try to find the whole album and give it a listen, and if I think that I'd vote yes, I'll give it a go.
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yam yam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Collaborator Crossover Team Joined: June 16 2011 Location: UK (West Mids.) Online Status: Online Posts: 1886	Post Options Post Reply Quote yam yam Report Post Quote Reply Posted: March 24 2012 at 12:59
	The whole album is streamable on the myspace link given by Chris in the o.p. (In fact all their albums are streamable in full at myspace). This band was originally evaluated based solely on their first album by the look of it: http://progfreak.com/Ghost-Brigade-92977.html?path=pa/recent. They were rejected 4 years ago - before 'Isolation Songs' was released, but then UMUR added them back into the chart a year later (presumably because the new album had just been released) and voted 'yes'...but nobody else from the team at that time voted, so it seems to have just hung in mid-air ever since. Sounds like a mixed bag overall to me, but despite this I reckon there's definitely enough prog contained within these albums to get them in now.

Bosh66 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Senior Member Joined: February 23 2009 Location: Bolton, Lancs Online Status: Offline Posts: 512	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bosh66 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: March 24 2012 at 17:46
	Thanks Gents, I appreciate your input.

Bosh66 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Senior Member Joined: February 23 2009 Location: Bolton, Lancs Online Status: Offline Posts: 512	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bosh66 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: May 09 2012 at 11:24
	Andy, I take it you decided not to go with this one then?