Spiritbox guitarist Mike Stringer has had the metal guitar community salivating throughout the fall. You can chalk some of that up to how the Vancouver Island-formed, California-based combo just dropped The Fear of Fear, a juddering, progressive-but-pop-friendly next step from 2021 breakthrough Eternal Blue.
Standout single Jaded – a veritable sizzle reel of Stringer’s pedal-based loop work, syncopated chunking, and anthemic finesse – amazingly nabbed the band their first Grammy nomination.
