SPIRITBOX’s COURTNEY LAPLANTE Picks Toxicity As One Of The Albums That Changed Her Life

When you’ve delved into Spiritbox‘s dynamic and different discography, it turns into evident that the Canadian band pulls from a broad vary of influences.

That turns into extra evident in the event you learn a current interview with Metal Hammer the place Spiritbox‘s lead vocalist Courtney LaPlante highlighted the various inspirations behind her music for his or her 10 Albums That Modified My Life sequence. Among the many most vital? System Of A Down‘s Toxicity, a 2001 album that profoundly formed her method to songwriting.

“Toxicity got here out in 2001, nevertheless it was just a few years later after I began actually truly listening to how wild that album was,” LaPlante revealed. “It’s nonetheless to this present day one of many strangest albums I’ve ever heard. The best way all the pieces is recorded, it does not really feel tremendous tight and to a click on, it feels wild and like an precise band efficiency. It began to show me which you can have all of the totally different colours of your voice in a single tune. You’ll be able to have stunning singing, loopy yelling, after which aggressive quick speaking.”

LaPlante emphasised the band’s uncompromising method to their music. “System Of A Down are such an inspiration to me for by no means compromising on their sound. I first began on the singles and after I was older I heard ‘Jail Music,’ ‘Deer Dance’ and that stuff, and that is after I was beginning to make my very own materials. So these songs actually impressed me to begin toying with heavier music.”

Toxicity’s rawness and unpredictability left an enduring impression on LaPlante, inspiring her to experiment with the extremes of her vocal vary and including emotional depth to her efficiency.