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Yahoo
14-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Spiritbox have released two new live tracks only available until tomorrow
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Spiritbox have shared two new live tracks that will be available for less than 48 hours. The Canadian metalcore heavyweights have released live versions of Fata Morgana and Perfect Soul, recorded during their February shows at London's Alexandra Palace and Paris' L'Olympia respectively, as part of a limited deluxe edition of new album Tsunami Sea. Download Tsunami Sea: Live Bonus Edition, which features the songs, before the link expires on Thursday (March 13) at 11:59pm. Spiritbox toured Europe in February and released Tsunami Sea on March 7. They released a video recording of Fata Morgana at Alexandra Palace on Tuesday (March 11). Watch it below. Tsunami Sea was released to critical acclaim, including a glowing nine-out-of-10 review from Metal Hammer. Journalist Rich Hobson wrote: 'Tsunami Sea feels like the moment Spiritbox firmly step into their own as a band who could contend with the likes of Bring Me The Horizon and Sleep Token, as the next zeitgeist-setting act.' Spiritbox were recently on the cover of Metal Hammer and talked extensively about the story behind Tsunami Sea. Vocalist Courtney LaPlante spoke about the band's insistence to evolve musically and not repeat themselves. 'Statistically, if I was to look at the song that broke us out, [2020 single] Holy Roller, it would be more financially stable to just continue only making that,' she said. 'I love an identity crisis, because it helps me not feel like I'm trapped in a box where I have to do this or that.' She added: 'Each record is a small time capsule; maybe the next album will lean more into the melodic stuff or maybe we'll have more electronic sounds or whatever. I think it just comes down to whatever we're interested in at the time. And if that means that we're genre-less or we just are unpredictable in that way, so be it.' Spiritbox will tour North America from April, but are set to return to the UK for Download festival in June. They will then support Linkin Park at London's 90,000-capacity Wembley Stadium on June 28.
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Hope for modern metal: Spiritbox's new album
No longer an insider tip in the metal community, the Canadian band Spiritbox have made a name for themselves beyond the scene. The group was recently nominated for a Grammy for the second time, standing at February's ceremony alongside other nominees such as Metallica, Judas Priest and Gojira. Spiritbox is now releasing their sophomore album, "Tsunami Sea" With their heavy metalcore, peppered with electronic influences and djent riffs, Spiritbox have seen a rapid rise. Their debut album "Eternal Blue" (2021) was a hit with critics and brought the band, which was only established in 2017, legions of new fans. Grammy nominations followed for "Jaded" and "Cellar Door", both singles from the EP "The Fear of Fear" (2023). Spiritbox opened for a number of major artists, such as Ghost and at different festivals, and a European tour in February this year is already sold out. Enter "Tsunami Sea", Spiritbox's second album. In the eleven new songs, the band once again relies on its greatest asset: the extremely impressive and versatile voice of Courtney LaPlante. The 36-year-old manages to switch between crystal-clear singing and bitter screams with apparent ease. And as Spiritbox's live performances show time and time again, she can also call on these registers outside of the recording studio. The first track "Fata Morgana" opens the album with Spiritbox's much-loved combination of harsher and melodic elements. The middle of the album features more melodic songs such as "Keep Sweet" and the title track "Tsunami Sea", before building atmosphere with "A Haven With Two Faces", which is high in both anger and volume. The album's lyrics are as intense and dark as the riffs and melodies. "No Loss, No Love" is about the painful side of love, while "Perfect Soul" depicts a forgotten world where creatures lurk in the darkness. Guitarist Mike Stringer once again worked on the album as a producer. The songs represent the feeling of wanting to make something of your life but "feeling trapped," Stringer told Fuze magazine, pointing to feelings of being stuck in your hometown or not making progress in life. The beauty of lyrics, however, is that everything is open to interpretation. "I feel like we'll always be trying to figure out our identity," the guitarist told Rock Hard magazine. The band recently went through some tough times. They organised a fundraiser for people affected by wildfires in Los Angeles and Southern California after bassist Josh Gilbert lost his house in the fires. On the back of their new album, Spiritbox are now preparing for a North American tour starting in April. They will accompany Linkin Park on part of their European tour this summer.
The Guardian
07-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Spiritbox: Tsunami Sea review – cataclysmic throat-shredding with a side serving of soul
To become one of the biggest bands in metal, you have to unite the genre's various warring factions: these Canadian metallers have pulled it off by being cataclysmically loud and garishly poppy, and scored back-to-back Grammy nominations and a support slot with Linkin Park later this summer. Spiritbox's versatile frontperson Courtney LaPlante can throat-shred with the best of them, yet suddenly dip into a croon. Take the two equally terrific singles from their second album. Soft Spine is a jagged boulder of invective hurled at the fakes and sickos in her industry, smashing into a punkish chorus of screamed contempt; Perfect Soul is soulful, reflective hard rock with a cleverly multitracked LaPlante cleanly singing of the gulf between her public and self perceptions. Elsewhere, the aptly titled Keep Sweet is their poppiest song yet, with liquid drum'n'bass verses giving way to a groove-metal chorus, while LaPlante bobs on a gentle, ruminative melody through the otherwise stormy title track. Their adventurous songcraft occasionally gets the better of them. Another foray into drum'n'bass on Crystal Roses is tepid and – weirdly, considering the heaviness elsewhere – lacks the ferocity and instability of true jungle, while the proggy experiment No Loss, No Love feels unkempt. The production throughout is heavily compressed, sometimes to the detriment of the low end. But Spiritbox often make a virtue of that glutted sound, especially on the apocalyptic opener Fata Morgana, which feels like crawling snow-blind through an avalanche of noise. Listen on Apple Music or Spotify This article includes content hosted on We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as the provider may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'.
