Formed in Saarbrücken/Germany in 2015, THE SPIRIT have emerged from the depth of the German extreme metal void to spread their Cosmic Terror upon the world. With a magnificent mix of Black Metal and Death Metal, the bands music is defined by astonishing guitar riffs and melodies. Often circling around an astronomic leitmotif in their lyrics and concepts, the band is mixing a misanthropic view on the world with cosmic metaphors and the call to see our often narrow-minded and egocentric existence in the larger context of our whole universe.

For two years, they gathered their powers to record their debut album in 2017, and decided to found their own label, Eternal Echoes, in October of the same year, to release “Sounds From The Vortex”. Due to raving press reviews and having made waves in the underground, THE SPIRIT quickly caught the attention of the leading metal label Nuclear Blast and in spring 2018, the band partnered up with them in order to make their debut once again available to a wider audience after the Eternal Echoes edition being sold out already.

After a busy year of 2018, packed with release shows at the German Party.San and Summer Breeze festivals as well as an extensive European tour with Hypocrisy, the band once again entered the studio to push the boundaries of the genre and record their sophomore album. With several vinyl editions having been sold out within only a few hours, ”Cosmic Terror“ saw the light of day through AOP Records on February 7th and immediately hit #40 of the official German album charts.

On their third offering, “Of Clarity and Galactic Structures”, that entered the charts on a phenomenal #19 in Germany, the band that by now reduced its members to the two core musicians Matthias Trautes (vocals, guitars, bass) and Manuel Steitz (drums), hold on to their black/death metal roots yet take the progressive elements to a whole new level with the brain twisting rhythm changes and virtuosic instrumental performances.

In 2024, THE SPIRIT remain loyal to their policy to release every two years a new album. After their third offering “Of Clarity and Galactic Structures” from 2022 where the band hit a new high in terms of song complexity and depth, the new output “Songs Against Humanity” goes again into another direction. Despite containing the two longest tracks in the bands career, the songs on the new record are way more straight forward and catchy as hell. The bands fourth record shows how damn good The Spirit are in crafting songs that are aggressive, melodic, catchy and full of emotions.

The Spirit is:
Matthias Trautes, Guitar/Vocals
Manuel Steitz, Drums
Stanley Robertson, Guitar (Live)
Kevin Schautzer, Bass (Live)

Discography:
2017 Sounds from the Vortex, (Eternal Echoes, 2018 Re-Release via Nuclear Blast)
2019 Pillars of Doom 7" Vinyl EP (AOP Records)
2020 Cosmic Terror (AOP Records)
2022 Of Clarity and Galactic Structures (AOP Records)
2024 Songs Against Humanity (AOP Records)