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Spirit of Iron is a black metal project from the Black Hills of South Dakota, formed in 2025, drawing on the stark and isolated landscape of the northern plains to inform a raw, atmospheric black metal sound.
Spirit of the Magus is a black metal and dungeon synth project from Omaha, Nebraska, formed in 2025, blending occult black metal aggression with the meditative, keyboard-driven textures of dungeon synth.
Spirit of the Night is a Michigan post-black metal project formed in 2016, fusing the rawness of traditional black metal with expansive, atmospheric arrangements characteristic of the post-black movement.
Spirit Possession is a Portland, Oregon black metal band formed in 2020, known for a frenzied, chaotic approach that recalls the most unhinged corners of second-wave black metal while incorporating dissonant, avant-garde sensibilities.
Spirit Ruiner bring Belfast's trademark heaviness to doom and sludge metal, dealing in ponderous riffs and suffocating atmospheres since 2019. Their Northern Irish perspective adds a distinct bleakness to an already crushing sound.
Spiritbox have become one of modern metalcore's most distinctive bands by making contrast feel precise rather than decorative. Courtney LaPlante and Mike Stringer carried a shared musical language into the project, building songs where glassy ambience, electronic restraint, low-tuned guitar violence, and sudden vocal transformations all serve the same emotional arc. The early EPs and singles established the approach, but "Holy Roller" turned the band's controlled brutality into a breakout moment. Eternal Blue then widened the picture with songs that moved between djent-like rhythm, alt-metal hooks, progressive pacing, and moments of near-weightless atmosphere. The Rotoscope singles and The Fear of Fear kept pushing the balance between industrial texture, melody, and crushing heaviness, while Tsunami Sea expanded the band's sense of space without removing the threat at the center. LaPlante's voice remains the defining instrument, able to shift from intimate clean lines to severe screams with no loss of character, and Stringer's guitar work gives those shifts a physical frame. Spiritbox's best songs feel carefully pressurized: beauty is held in tension until the exact moment it breaks.
Thrash metal band from Campinas, São Paulo, formed in 2013 by guitarists Joey Slaughter and Peter Possessed (who also handles vocals), with Tom Banisher taking over drums after several lineup changes. Their debut EP Morbid Thrash, a five-track release, came out on March 4, 2015, drawing on the aggression of Kreator and Slayer.
Spirits of Jigoku is a black metal project from North Carolina formed in 2025, taking its name from the Buddhist concept of hell and channeling malevolent, otherworldly hostility through raw black metal.
Spiritu is a stoner and doom metal band from Albuquerque, New Mexico, formed in 2023, fusing the sun-baked heaviness of the desert Southwest with the slow, hypnotic groove of stoner doom.
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