Spiritbox

Spiritbox went public in October 2017 in Victoria, British Columbia, the work of guitarist Mike Stringer and singer Courtney LaPlante, a married couple who had both done time in Iwrestledabearonce and walked away frustrated with the parts they were given to play. This band was their chance to say it their own way, and they said it loudly: metalcore and progressive metal crossed with electronics, with LaPlante's singing taking its cues from R&B, of all places.

They did it backwards, too, building a following online and through their videos with a self-titled EP in 2017 and Singles Collection in 2019 before they had even played on tour, which only started in 2020. "Blessed Be" arrived that year, a run of singles reached the Billboard charts, and the debut album Eternal Blue followed in 2021, "Circle with Me" and all, landing at number 13 on the Billboard 200.

Zev Rose settled in on drums, Bill Crook played bass until 2022 and Josh Gilbert took over from 2023. The EPs Rotoscope and The Fear of Fear came in 2022 and 2023, and their second album, Tsunami Sea, arrived on March 7, 2025. These days they put their music out through their own label, Pale Chord, in partnership with Rise Records.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.