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Spiritbox

Canadian heavy metal band

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 20, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Spiritbox is a Canadian heavy metal band, originally from Victoria, British Columbia, publicly established by guitarist Mike Stringer and vocalist Courtney LaPlante in October 2017. The band's full lineup comprises married couple LaPlante and Stringer alongside drummer Zev Rose and bassist Josh Gilbert. The band's style is rooted in metalcore and progressive metal, incorporates electronic elements and draws from a variety of influences, while LaPlante's singing is inspired by R&B. Their music is currently released through their label, Pale Chord, via a partnership with Rise Records.

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The public source identifies “Spiritbox” as canadian heavy metal band. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Spiritbox, Canadian and heavy.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2017—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Spiritbox, Canadian and heavy providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The first chronological checks are 2017.

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This entry incorporates text from “Spiritbox” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.