SpiritBox

SpiritBox is a Dutch post-rock group active since 2018. The band forms in Victoria, British Columbia in the account provided here, with vocalist Courtney LaPlante and guitarist Mike Stringer as the original core, and its current lineup also including bassist Josh Gilbert and drummer Zev Rosenberg. Former members include Ryan Loerke on drums from 2018 to 2020 and Bill Crook on bass from 2018 to 2022.

Releases and chart performance

The group releases its debut EP, Spiritbox, in 2017, followed by Singles Collection in 2019. Its first studio album, Eternal Blue, arrives in 2021 and reaches number 13 on the US Billboard 200, while also topping the Top Rock and Hard Rock charts. Later releases include the EPs Rotoscope in 2022 and The Fear of Fear in 2023. The second full-length album, Tsunami Sea, appears in 2025 on Pale Chord and Rise Records.

Style

SpiritBox is associated with alternative metal, metalcore and progressive metal, and is also tagged as djent, progressive metalcore and alternative metal. Its sound is described through ethereal melodies, heavy riffs, ambient textures, shifting dynamics and high-register vocals, with guitar work often drawing on djent.