Introducing themselves at the tail-end of 2017 with one of the best independently released debut metal EPs of the year, Spiritbox seems to be setting this year alight by first releasing a video to accompany its opening track, ‘The Mara Effect, Pt. 1’.

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A few days ago, fresh faced metal duo Spiritbox, which is composed of former iwrestledabearonce vocalist Courtney LaPlante and guitarist Mike Stringer, dropped their self-titled debut EP. Now, they’ve dropped a video to accompany the song, ‘The Mara Effect, Pt. 3’, which sees LaPlante writhing around in a bath full of milk. That must’ve done wonders for the skin.

Release Date: October 27th 2017
Label: Unsigned
Website: None available
Facebook: www.facebook.com/spiritboxofficial
Twitter: www.twitter.com/spiritboxband

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Stepping down from their position in quirky and arguably avant-garde metalcore outfit iwrestledabearonce, who notably toned down on their obscurities and refined themselves with 2015’s ‘Hail Mary’, vocalist Courtney LaPlante and guitarist Mike Stringer have got themselves hitched in more ways than one, in both a marriage and unveiling their own project together: Spiritbox.

Due to an absence of an official statement from iwrestledabearonce themselves, it’s been uncertain as to the position of vocalist Courtney LaPlante and guitarist Mike Stringer in the band since they announced their brand new project together, Spiritbox.

Things have been a bit quiet in the iwrestledabearonce camp over the past year or so. However, it seems that vocalist Courtney LaPlante and guitarist Mike Stringer, who are also married to one another, have been working on a new project that has finally been revealed: Spiritbox.