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);
Genre	Metalcore; progressive metal; djent; alternative metal; post-metal;
Length	43:07
Label	Pale Chord; Rise;
Producer	Daniel 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 Spiritbox. It was released on September 17, 2021, through the band's label Pale Chord Records in partnership with Rise Records. Vocalist Courtney LaPlante and guitarist Mike Stringer formed Spiritbox in 2016 following their departure from Iwrestledabearonce. After revealing the project and releasing an extended play (EP) in 2017, Spiritbox began development on Eternal Blue in 2018. In the meantime, the band recorded several other singles that were compiled into a second EP in 2019. Their first full-length record was scheduled 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 songwriting for the album. Stringer and former Volumes guitarist Daniel Braunstein produced the project, and Braunstein finished the recording in early March 2021. Eternal Blue includes several metal genres and subgenres, and electronic elements, and LaPlante used both screamed and clean vocals on the album. The album showcases influences from Slipknot, Deftones, Depeche Mode, Tears for Fears, and several other artists. Once recording was completed, three more songs were released as singles prior to the release of Eternal Blue: "Circle With Me", "Secret Garden", and "Hurt You".

All five singles from the album reached the American Billboard charts, and the album charted in eight other countries and debuted at number thirteen on the Billboard 200, and numerous publications placed the album on their yearly best-of lists. Eternal Blue received universal acclaim from music critics, who praised its production, songwriting, and musicianship.
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