Spiritbox - Tsunami Sea

 

Spiritbox — Tsunami Sea

Second studio album by Canadian heavy metal juggernaut Spiritbox!

Spirtbox are no longer the future of metalcore — they're its present, and Tsunami Sea is the undeniable proof, writes AntiHero Magazine online.  The Vancouver juggernaut's second full-length outing not only eclipses the already massive shadow cast by Eternal Blue, but does so with an effortless, unshakable confidence that turns expectation into obliteration.

Since detonating into the global spotlight with "Holy Roller" back in 2020, Spiritbox have existed in that rarefied air where genre constraints feel more like gentle suggestions. But while Eternal Blue was a polished and often stunning debut, its stylistic sprawl sometimes felt like a band still deciding what shape they wanted to take. Tsunami Sea answers that question emphatically: all of them, at once, and better than anyone else.

Where Eternal Blue sometimes hesitated, Tsunami Sea lunges forward without blinking. There's a wild, cohesive energy running through these 11 tracks that suggests a band finally unshackled from their own hype. They're playing their game now, fusing atmospheric balladry ("A Haven with Two Faces"), arena-ready anthems ("Ride the Wave"), and even liquid drum & bass ("Crystal Roses") into one continuous, oceanic swell.

Lyrically, too, Tsunami Sea digs deep. Water metaphors flood the record — waves crashing, tides pulling, depths dragging you under — all mirroring Courtney's introspections on depression, anxiety, and the currents that drag us where we don't want to go. But despite its often bleak themes, there's catharsis in every crashing chorus and whispered bridge.

By the time "Deep End" gently closes the album, you're left drenched, breathless, and absolutely certain of one thing: Spiritbox aren't just the standout band of modern metalcore anymore. They're the standard.

 

Side A

1. Fata Morgana

2. Black Rainbow

3. Perfect Soul

4. Keep Sweet

5. Soft Spine

6. Tsunami Sea

Side B

1. A Haven with Two Faces

2. No Loss, No Love

3. Crystal Roses

4. Ride the Wave

5. Deep End

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