Published on Tuesday, 14 August, 2018 - 22:58
In the long Scandinavian winter nights of the 1990s, the harshness of (melodic) death was combined with the icy attitude of black metal and created a suffocating darkness that has lasted until today. The soul of this musical fusion lives on in the passionate songwriting of The Spirit, and finally the day has arrived: the band's debut album, "Sounds From The Vortex", is now available.
Many people have lauded the debut of The Spirit including some of our favorite metal reviewers. Based on their comments, that you can read below, it's definitely worth a listen.
- "Sounds From The Vortex may just be the most exciting black metal album of 2018."- DISTORTED SOUND MAG 9/10 points
- "A chaotic love letter to both the frostbite of Norwegian black metal and the fire of Gothenburg melodic death metal." - KERRANG!
- "With 'Sounds From The Vortex', THE SPIRIT have created a gem of an album. A band that can recapture that old traditional death metal sound is something that we have been waiting for over the years… and now they have arrived… this is a band that you just have to get excited about." - HEAVYMAG (5/5 points)
The Spirit live
- 15-08-18 to 18-08-18 D Dinkelsbühl - Summer Breeze
- 22-09-18 D Schwerin - Metal Invaders Vol. 2
- 08-12-18 D Münster - Wintermelodei
"Death… Is just the beginning" tour
with Kataklysm and Hypocrisy
- 18-10-18 D Wiesbaden - Schlachthof
- 19-10-18 D Stuttgart - LKA Longhorn
- 20-10-18 D Munich - Backstage
- 21-10-18 CZ Zlín - Masters of Rock Café
- 23-10-18 H Budapest - Barba Negra
- 24-10-18 A Vienna - Arena
- 25-10-18 PL Wrocław - Zaklęte Rewiry
- 26-10-18 D Geiselwind - MusicHall
- 27-10-18 I Milan - Live Music Club
- 28-10-18 CH Pratteln - Z7
- 29-10-18 F Lyon - Ninkasi Kao
- 31-10-18 E Madrid - Sala Mon
- 01-11-18 E Barcelona - Razzmatazz 2
- 02-11-18 F Limoges - CC John Lennon
- 03-11-18 F Paris - La Machine du Moulin Rouge
- 04-11-18 BE Antwerp - Trix
- 05-11-18 D Hamburg - Docks
- 06-11-18 S Gothenburg - Trädgår'n
- 07-11-18 S Stockholm - Fryshuset
- 09-11-18 FIN Helsinki - The Circus
- 10-11-18 FIN Tampere - Pakkahuone
- 12-11-18 DK Copenhagen - Pumpehuset
- 13-11-18 NL Leeuwarden - Neushoorn
- 14-11-18 D Berlin - Kesselhaus
- 15-11-18 D Dresden - Eventwerk
- 16-11-18 D Oberhausen - Turbinenhalle 2
- 17-11-18 D Leipzig - Hellraiser
- 26-04-19 to 27-04-19 D Lichtenfels - Ragnarök Festival