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Listen to metalcore heroes Loathe’s first new song in three years, Gifted Every Strength

The Liverpudlians have returned to their metal roots in teeth-gnashing fashion

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Megan Thee Stallion returns with fiery new single, Whenever

Megan Thee Stallion has released her first solo song of 2025.

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Watch UK metalcore firebrands Loathe play an apocalyptic-sounding new song live, with help from Code Orange’s Jami Morgan

The Liverpudlians haven’t released a metal album in five years but seem to have new music ready

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Watch Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante join Megan Thee Stallion onstage at Coachella to sing their team-up track, TYG

LaPlante was one of a number of guests who performed with Megan Thee Stallion during her Coachella set this weekend

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The best metal albums of 2025 (so far)

From Cradle of Filth to Whitechapel, Bloodywood to Spiritbox, these are some of the best metal releases of 2025 so far.

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Babymetal, Sleep Token and Machine Head lead the best new metal songs this week.

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Babymetal announce new album Metal Forth, featuring collaborations with Poppy, Spiritbox, Tom Morello, Polyphia, and more

The Fox God has big plans for Babymetal's 15th anniversary year

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“People think we were manufactured by the music industry to make them loads of money. That would be one of the worst investments ever”: How Spiritbox’s Mike Stringer went from reluctant hometown hero to metal’s new seven-string phenomenon

Spiritbox guitarist Mike Stringer dispels the illusion of the band’s “overnight success”, detailing their 12-year struggle just to pay rent – and why James Hetfield and John Mayer are both guitar GOATs in his eyes

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Courtney LaPlante on the sense of "existential dread" that fuelled new Spiritbox album Tsunami Sea

Hailing from a sea-level Canadian island, Spiritbox singer wakes up every day hoping it won't be swallowed up by the ocean

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Spiritbox have released two new live tracks only available until tomorrow

Songs recorded at recent live shows in London and Paris are available on an expanded edition of new album Tsunami Sea, which can be downloaded until 11:59pm on Thursday

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"I hate so many people!" Spiritbox give us a track-by-track guide to Tsunami Sea

Spiritbox's immense new album Tsunami Sea is finally here - so we got Mike Stringer and Courtney LaPlante to talk us through every track on the record

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Spiritbox: Tsunami Sea review – cataclysmic throat-shredding with a side serving of soul

The Canadian metal band’s second album is an adventure in songcraft, from boulders of invective to ruminative, poppy grooves

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"I was emotionally moved watching Megan Thee Stallion interact with her fans." From surprise collabs with rap superstars to playing with Bring Me The Horizon and explosive new album Tsunami Sea, inside Spiritbox's incredible year

How Spiritbox have taken steps to world domination

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"A band who could contend with Bring Me The Horizon and Sleep Token as the next zeitgeist-setting metal act." Spiritbox have unleashed another absolute stunner with Tsunami Sea

Spiritbox's second album doesn't just match the instant-classic status of their debut: it surpasses it

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George Harrison's amazing career as a guitarist, during and after the Beatles – only in the new Guitar World

Also starring Dhani Harrison, Dream Theater's John Petrucci, Spiritbox's Mike Stringer, Warren Haynes, Buck Dharma, X's Billy Zoom, Jinjer, Paul Gilbert, Cobra Kai's guitar guys, 60 years of Peavey and more

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“He fell about laughing with glee as he tried them”: Spiritbox’s Mike Stringer has been honored with signature Bare Knuckles – the same pickups from his new Aristides offset

The high-output Halcyon humbuckers promise the power of active pickups with the benefits of passive designs

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Spiritbox, Babymetal, Gojira, Architects and more announced for the most metal WWE videogame soundtrack in years

“The WWE 2K25 soundtrack slaps harder than a finishing move!”

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“I cannot think of another guy that has been so tuned in with his instrument. I’m like, ‘How the hell is that even possible?’” Mike Stringer is one of the hottest metal guitar talents right now – and he has an unlikely hero

The celebrated Spiritbox riffer has singled out one of his biggest non-metal inspirations, and he’s dished out some serious praise

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Listen to Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante guest on re-recording of Pvris’ My House

The team-up comes as Spiritbox build up to the release of their much-anticipated second album, Tsunami Sea, next month

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"I feel like crying, that was beautiful." Spiritbox's Alexandra Palace show is the end of an era: where they go from rising stars to metal's next big thing

With live debuts, old favourites and stunning visuals, Spiritbox's headline show at Alexandra Palace is nothing short of magic

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“It reminded me of Charli XCX”: Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante responds to THAT red carpet Poppy mix-up

Spiritbox’s singer has revealed what went through her head when an interviewer confused her for Poppy at the Grammy Awards

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear this week

Spiritbox, Arch Enemy and Rivers Of Nihil are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Even Spotify is getting in on the Spiritbox jokes, calling Courtney LaPlante ‘Poppy’ on its Kickass Metal playlist

Spiritbox’s singer got confused for Poppy on the Grammys red carpet, and the streaming giant seems to be poking fun

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"The goal is world domination." Spiritbox are on the cover of Metal Hammer as one of the most exciting bands in modern metal prepare to unleash Tsunami Sea

Rising Canadian metalcore stars Spiritbox talk about the year ahead, only in the new issue of Metal Hammer

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“A modernized take on an iconic shape”: Spiritbox’s Mike Stringer wowed metalheads with a custom offset Jackson. Now he’s turned to Aristides for his first signature guitar – a brutal, space-age take on the Jazzmaster

Soon to be available in six-, seven-, and eight-string formats, the STX brings the offset hype to Aristides’ range of custom builds for the first time

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