SPIRITBOX SNAG TWO NOMINATIONS AT THE 2022 JUNO AWARDS FOR “BREAKTHROUGH GROUP OF THE YEAR” AND “METAL/HARD ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR”
DEBUT ALBUM ETERNAL BLUE OUT NOW VIA RISE RECORDS / BMG CANADA – LISTEN HERE!
Today, Spiritbox are incredibly excited to announce their double nomination at the 2022 Juno Awards – Canada’s premier music awards! The group themselves are nominated for “Breakthrough Group of the Year” alongside Black Pistol Fire, Monowhales, Cleopatrick and Ocie Elliot and their debut album Eternal Blue released in September 2021 via Rise Records/BMG Canada, is nominated for “Metal/Hard Rock Album of the Year” alongside Danko Jones, Brand of Sacrifice, The Agonist and Archspire. For the first category, the nominations are based on sales and streams while the second category is based on artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence. The award ceremony will take place on May 15th, 2022 at Toronto’s Budweiser Stage. All info on the Junos and nominees in all categories can be found HERE. Listen to Eternal Blue HERE!
“I’m very excited and honoured to be nominated for two Juno awards this year. Growing up, and watching my favourite Canadian bands be represented at the Junos always inspired me, and for us to be a part of it now is a full-circle moment,” says guitarist Mike Stringer.
Hailing from Victoria, British Columbia, Spiritbox amassed a staggering 66 Million Streams before they even dropped their debut album. Now, only six months after the release of Eternal Blue, they’ve reached a whopping 163 Million streams worldwide and close to 5 Million in Canada alone. The album debuted on the Canadian Billboard charts at #1 Rock, #1 Hard Rock, #1 Top Canadian Albums, #3 Digital Albums and #17 at Billboard Canada.
Gracing the cover of esteemed rock outlet Kerrang! – who, in a perfect 5/5 review, labelled Eternal Blue “the debut of the year” – Spiritbox are spreading their unique brand of metal far and wide, also appearing on the covers of Revolver, Poll Star, Metal Hammer and Rock Sound, and garnering support from the likes of Exclaim Magazine, The Vancouver Sun, Next Magazine, Rue Morgue, Loudwire, Forbes, Billboard, AltPress, Spin and more!
On March 11th, the band will playing a show in Toronto at History as direct support for Underoath. They are also embarking on a UK/EU tour later this year. All tour dates and info can be found HERE!
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Named after a device some believe is capable of communicating with the dead, there’s a gleeful sense of the paranormal running through all that Canadian metallers Spiritbox do, but this is a group of artists who are very much brimming with life and creating something remarkable with their music. Their hit single “Holy Roller” scored the band – vocalist Courtney LaPlante, guitarist Michael Stringer, bassist Bill Crook and drummer Zev Rosenberg – the No. 1 song of 2020 on Sirius XM, with the trio having amassed a staggering XXX million streams across their catalogue. With ambitious and intelligent debut full-length Eternal Blue now out in the world, successes continue to roll in for Spiritbox, with their first LP topping the U.S. and Canadian Rock and Hard Rock charts, breaking the top 20 in the U.K., Germany and Australia, and peaking at #13 on the Billboard 200.
Spiritbox’s music is characterised by fierce intensity, unwavering emotion and technical splendour. Architects frontman Sam Carter is a notable fan, and features on Eternal Blue song “Yellowjacket.” Elsewhere, single “Circle With Me” blends the light-and-dark, soft-and-heavy facets of the band’s sound effortlessly, while on “Secret Garden,” Spiritbox thrillingly mix pop with prog-rock. The cumulative result is a band who have “delivered a staggeringly brilliant record that resoundingly delivers on the hype” (Metal Hammer), and with an unbreakable connection between themselves and their fans firmly in place, Courtney, Mike, Bill and Zev remain determined that the Spiritbox phenomenon continues to usher in more and more followers who identify with Eternal Blue’s imaginative and universal messaging.
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