Less Faith
by MIND PRISONER
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Leaning further into experimentation and also the goth/post punk vocals. A welcome progression of this band and something uncommon and genre defying. Sometimes creepy, sometimes catchy (see Memories), always a pleasure to listen to.
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Streaming + DownloadIncludes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Purchasable with gift cardDownload available in 24-bit/48kHz.
$6 USD or more
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumThe first pressing of Less Faith on blue vinyl with a black & white splatter, with only 100 copies available. Each copy features a gatefold sleeve and a bonus insert. This limited run was released by Violet Hour Transmissions, with 80 copies sold through the label/distros, and 20 sold by the band.
Includes vinyl-exclusive hidden track.
Includes unlimited streaming of Less Faith via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.shipping out on or around December 10, 2025Purchasable with gift card$26 USD or more
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumTest pressing limited to 10 copies featuring alternate art by Paul van Trigt and Isolation Club. Screenprinted cover art in metallic silver by Grim Graphics Gso.
Includes unlimited streaming of Less Faith via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.shipping out on or around December 10, 20253 remainingPurchasable with gift card$75 USD or more
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Cassette + Digital AlbumFirst pressing of hand-duplicated cassettes with red/black marbled shells. Made in-house by Hauntology Records. Includes cassette-exclusive hidden track.
Includes unlimited streaming of Less Faith via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.shipping out on or around December 10, 2025Purchasable with gift card$8 USD or more
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Funeral
00:58
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Years Gone
04:44
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Years gone, I am unwell
Distant past, I can’t escape
Fractured identity
I seek hope
I long for more
Does it exist?
I see no peace
I hear no call
I feel only the dread
There is no peace
There are no answers
There is only the pain of reality
There is no peace
There are no answers
There is only the pain of reality
Drown in grief
No escape from the past
I long for more
Drown in grief
No escape from the past
Drown in grief
I seek peace for myself
Drown in grief
I am unwell
Drown in grief
I can’t escape
Drown in grief
I am unwell
Drown in grief
I seek peace for myself
I feel the past right in front of me
I saw the light sucked right out of me
I’m seeking hope wherever that may be
The years, they pass me by
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Nether
06:33
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Stuck in a hurricane
The black abyss without a name
Moving forward, I'm stuck in reverse
I'm in a hearse
Specters watching over me
I think they're haunting me
The endless nothing is all that I see
I'm longing to be free
Endless nothing consuming me
Stuck in the void again
Never to be seen again
Suffer cold nights endlessly
I'm lost again
Stuck in the void again
Never to be seen again
Suffer cold nights endlessly
I'm lost again
Taste of sulfur
On my breath
Fabricating the lie
Stuck in the void
I lost myself
I’m falling
Through the cracks of the void
I’m falling
Never to be found
I’m falling
Losing sight of the light
Fading out of sight (ever out of sight)
Feeling - I feel (I’m feeling)
My bones burst from the weight
Crushing (It’s crushing)
I think that it’s too late
Falling
The never-ending void (never-ending void)
It’s calling
Me to come back home (me to come home)
Fearing
That which is not known (that which is unknown)
Hearing the calling of the faceless
Demon watching over me
I’m longing to go home
I’m longing to go home
Losing sight of the light
It's fading out of sight
I'm feeling - I feel
My bones bursting from the weight
I lost my sight (losing sight of the light)
It’s fading out of sight (ever out of sight)
I’m feeling - I feel (my bones burst from the weight)
Out of my mind (it’s crushing)
I think that it’s too late for me
Pour my remains in the lake of fire
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Wound
02:36
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I feel the pressure
As it cracks beneath my skin
And I’ve never felt so alone
You took a part of me
And it’s never coming back
I feel so cold
I feel so alone
I feel the past looking back at me
The mask begins to crack
All this time I’ve been living a lie
I’m about to snap
I feel the pressure
As it cracks beneath my skin
And I’ve never felt so alone
All this time I’ve been living a lie
I’m about to snap
Watch you die again
Watch you bleed forever
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Gradient
05:43
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I’ve withered into nothing
I see no horizon
I journey to find a home
Seeking to rid my shame
I track the light ahead
I follow
Letting go of what once was
Bury the past
I found a way out
Desperate to rid my guilt
Bury the thought of the plague
It was always you
And I’ve tried to let go
Bury the past
I’ll find my way out
Desperate to rid my shame
Bury the past
It’s always been my plague
I feel a weight pass over me
I see the sun
It’s calling me
Leave the past behind for good
The burden of you means nothing now
This endless burden
Beneath the grave
I journey through the smoke of memories
Walking into light
It’s calling to me
I seek to find peace in better days
I seek to find hope in the gradient light
Peace will one day be mine
Ascending
Letting go of what once was
Bury the past
I found a way out
Desperate to rid my guilt
Bury the thought of the plague
It was always you
And I’ve tried to let go
Bury the past
I’ll find my way out
Desperate to rid my guilt
Bury the thought of the plague
This endless burden
Beneath the grave
I journey through the smoke of memories
Walking into light
It calls to me
I seek to find peace in better days
I seek to find hope in gradient light
Finding peace
That I’ve always wanted
Like bliss in the sun
Your whispers keep me warm
Bury the thought of yesterday
It’s always been you
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Memories
04:06
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Watch as I fall victim to the lie of memory
A thinly veiled illusion of truth
Trapped in the thought of what could be
Or what was
I often think of you
I picture my mistakes and where I went wrong
And where I went wrong
Pictures of the past are all I see
I cannot find a way to leave
Oh, the room is cold and beginning to shrink
And I feel the past catching up to me
Pictures of the past are all I see
I cannot find a way to leave
Oh, the room is cold and beginning to shrink
And I feel the past catching up to me
I often wonder who I’m supposed to be
Am I disillusioned?
Sometimes the light fades
In this sea of doubt
My life was set on fire
And with its blaze, smothered the past
But beneath the choking smoke
The ashes reek of you
Pictures of the past are all I see
I cannot find a way to leave
Oh the room is cold and beginning to shrink
And I feel the past catching up to me
Pictures of the past are all I see
I cannot find a way to leave
Oh the room is cold and beginning to shrink
And I feel the past catching up to me
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Bleed
05:10
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Breathe in deep
Yet feel no relief
Catching breath is a feat
In webs of lies and greed
I see what you see
Clearly
Clearly
From this stone
I will draw first blood
When you gaze in awe
I will show no love
The epitome of two-faced
Does this new politics save face enough?
They’ve come for the most vulnerable
They seek to rid this place and leave nothing in the wake
Show me who you really are (who you really are)
Show me why we bleed (why we bleed)
Further we descend (we descend)
Further we decay (we decay)
You’re not mighty
You lied and bribed to get here
Now we’re fighting
For what we took for granted
We stood for ominous reason
Now they redefined treason
The lies will end in blood
We’ll see you suffer too
You’re not mighty
You’re a cancerous version of the worst of us
You’re not mighty
Worship no one
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8. |
Less Faith
05:53
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Wounded spirits crying out
Mourning for the wounded spirits
We find less faith to live on
Every single day there’s less faith in my eyes
Peeling back the curtains of humanity
I watch it decay inside and out
These eyes see nothing but hate
In a world shaped by its grief
My faith left long ago
The constant sting of life
Has left me numb once too many times
I’ll bare the pain no more
Less faith for you and I
In this fucking hopeless world
Less faith for you and I
In this fucking hopeless world
Less faith for you and I
So I have discovered
I am not here living
Just an automated puppet
Fate determined from the start
I’m not living to see this world
Empty its insides all over the ground
I’m not living to see this world
Empty its insides all over the ground
I mourned the spirits long ago
It’s been so long since I saw the light
I never plan on coming out alive
To see your face again
Less faith for you and I
In this fucking hopeless world
Less faith for you and I
In this fucking hopeless world
Less faith for you and I
In this fucking hopeless world
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about
The second full-length from Portland-based MIND PRISONER arrives; a cathartic metal menagerie steeped in goth and post-punk influence.
Recorded in the long light of summer 2025, between Portland’s City of Roses and the foothills of Walhalla, South Carolina.
Guest vocals on “Memories” by Zenona Banks.
Guest vocals on “Bleed” by I See Satan Fall Like Lightning.
The song “Wound” was inspired by “Crawlspace” by Blessure Grave, original lyrics and melodies by Mind Prisoner.
MIND PRISONER IS:
Griffin Campbell - vocals, lyrics, guitars, drum programming
Thomas Night - vocals, lyrics, sound design, synth programming
Alan Brucke - bass, guitars, vocals, lyrics, drum programming, noise
Mixed and mastered by Alan Brucke at Hanging Puppet Audio. Produced by MIND PRISONER.
Album artwork by CVSPE. Layouts by CVSPE & ISOLATION CLUB.
"Through the interweaving of all these ingredients and stylistic textures Mind Prisoner create a mesmerizing experience that’s simultaneously tortured and heart-breaking, by turns pulse-pounding and meditative. The vocals seem to rage but also to mourn. The stratospheric melodies seem to provide glimpses of a better place, but everything else leaves doubt that it will ever be reached." - NO CLEAN SINGING
Recorded in the long light of summer 2025, between Portland’s City of Roses and the foothills of Walhalla, South Carolina.
Guest vocals on “Memories” by Zenona Banks.
Guest vocals on “Bleed” by I See Satan Fall Like Lightning.
The song “Wound” was inspired by “Crawlspace” by Blessure Grave, original lyrics and melodies by Mind Prisoner.
MIND PRISONER IS:
Griffin Campbell - vocals, lyrics, guitars, drum programming
Thomas Night - vocals, lyrics, sound design, synth programming
Alan Brucke - bass, guitars, vocals, lyrics, drum programming, noise
Mixed and mastered by Alan Brucke at Hanging Puppet Audio. Produced by MIND PRISONER.
Album artwork by CVSPE. Layouts by CVSPE & ISOLATION CLUB.
"Through the interweaving of all these ingredients and stylistic textures Mind Prisoner create a mesmerizing experience that’s simultaneously tortured and heart-breaking, by turns pulse-pounding and meditative. The vocals seem to rage but also to mourn. The stratospheric melodies seem to provide glimpses of a better place, but everything else leaves doubt that it will ever be reached." - NO CLEAN SINGING
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released November 28, 2025
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MIND PRISONER Portland, Oregon
Griffin Campbell
Thomas Night
Alan Brucke
discography
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Nov 2025
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Dec 2024
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Jan 2023