Ottawa, Canada's Marble Ghosts' sophomore EP "The Greatest Divide" is now available as of May 23rd, 2025, via Self-Made Records L.L.C. with digital distro from Earache Records.
The band is a boundary-pushing ensemble known for its distinctive blend of metal, grunge, and punk influences. Emerging in 2023 onto the Canadian music scene with a distinctive sound and a fierce commitment to challenging societal norms, Marble Ghosts is a band with a message.
Their second EP, "The Greatest Divide," is inspired by our reality, from the ultra-rich and the shrinking middle class to widening gaps in political and religious ideologies that are beginning to challenge and even erode fundamental human rights. Similar to their first EP, these next five songs in their catalog highlight their diverse influences and styles and seek to lift the marginalized through powerful messaging.
With this release, the band asks, “Are you ready to cross the greatest divide?” It is the type of divide that has splintered friendships and even families, where viewpoints differ so greatly, that we can see one another as enemies- traitors. While this seems bleak, some of the stories told through the lyrics are inspired by people who have crossed the greatest divide. But this wasn’t without hardship, as it was often the threat of losing their loved ones, their mental health, and even their own identity that forced the change.
For the EP's release day, Marble Ghosts is sharing their new music video for their track "Trafficked (The Devil Inside)". Featuring one of the band’s signature earworm guitar riffs and as close to a pop chorus as the band will likely ever get, Trafficked’ would be radio-friendly except for the disturbing and dark lyrics.
The song addresses a very serious topic, human trafficking in Canada, a growing problem with no part of the country untouched by this horrendous crime. The majority of the victims are young women between the ages of 18 and 25, but some can be as young as twelve years old. It is a crisis in indigenous communities, who make up 50% of all human trafficking victims in Canada.
The band comments:
"The lyrics and pieces were brought by Paul, our bassist. He wanted to write a song that flowed musically in the same way as “Alone” from our first EP. The song is inspired by human behaviour and how inherently cruel and sadistic our species can be. It’s basically a story about how our worst fears can come true- a child disappears and is never found.
In reality, some of these missing children are circulated in human trafficking rings, and they are subjected to the most horrific conditions. The song details the plight of one of these children, capturing how the child is being broken physically and emotionally, but at the same time, there is a singular voice in the night, asking for the child to have courage and show strength, that there will be someone to bring them home. The great divide for most is to simply acknowledge that this shadowy problem exists. The song aims to create awareness to fight this vile practice that is quickly becoming a global pandemic."
Watch and listen to the music video for "Trafficked (The Devil Inside)" below!
Recommended for fans of Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown, Saint Asonia, and Three Days Grace, Marble Ghosts' sophomore EP "The Greatest Divide" is available at the following links:
Digital pre-save (all platforms)
https://earache.lnk.to/TheGreatestDivide
Track Listing:
1. Distance Between (3:38)
2. Eat the Rich (4:16)
3. Trafficked (The Devil Inside) (4:19)
4. Gloom (4:24)
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