Eternal Blue (album)

Eternal Blue
Eternal Blue
	Original art without slipcase
Studio album by Spiritbox
Released	September 17, 2021
Recorded	February–March 1, 2021
Studio	Old Heard Ranch (Joshua Tree); Magenta Studios (Victoria); Hallway Studios (Woodland Hills); Fascination Street Studios (Örebro);
Genre	Metalcore; progressive metal; djent; alternative metal; post-metal;
Length	43:07
Label	Pale Chord; Rise;
Producer	Dan Braunstein; Mike Stringer;
Spiritbox chronology
Alternative cover
	Slipcase for physical editions of the album
Singles from Eternal Blue
	"Holy Roller"; Released: July 3, 2020; "Constance"; Released: December 4, 2020; "Circle With Me"; Released: April 30, 2021; "Secret Garden"; Released: May 25, 2021; "Hurt You"; Released: August 20, 2021;

Eternal Blue is the debut studio album by the Canadian heavy metal band Spiritbox. It was released on September 17, 2021, through the band's own Pale Chord Records in partnership with Rise Records. Courtney LaPlante and Mike Stringer privately formed Spiritbox in 2016 following their departure from Iwrestledabearonce. After revealing the project and releasing an extended play in 2017, the earliest development on what would become Eternal Blue commenced in 2018. The band recorded several other singles in the meantime, which were compiled onto a second extended play in 2019. Their first full-length record was initially slated for an April 2020 release, but development and promotion were initially halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

After releasing "Holy Roller" and "Constance" as singles in the latter half of 2020, Spiritbox relocated to Joshua Tree, California in early 2021 and completed the songwriting process for the album, which guitarist Stringer and former Volumes guitarist Dan Braunstein produced. The recording was finished by Braunstein in early March 2021. Eternal Blue contains an array of metal genres and subgenres with electronic elements as part of Spiritbox's dynamic, while singer LaPlante employs both screamed and clean vocals. The project is the only studio album released while bassist Bill Crook was a member of the band, though he did not play any bass parts on the album. He left the band in May 2022.

In advance of Eternal Blue's release, three more songs were released as singles: "Circle With Me", "Secret Garden", and "Hurt You". All five singles from the album recorded entries on the American Billboard charts. The record received universal acclaim from music critics, who praised its production, songwriting, and musicianship. Eternal Blue recorded entries in eight countries and debuted at number thirteen on the Billboard 200.
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