Spoil Engine

Spoil Engine
Spoil Engine live at Masters at Rock festival
Background information
Origin Roeselare, West Flanders, Belgium
Genres Melodic death metal, metalcore
Years active 2004–present
Labels Nuclear Blast, Roadrunner Records, Universal
Website
Members Steven 'gaze' Sanders
Bart Vandeportaele
Matthijs Quaars
Iris Goessens
Dave De Loco
Past members Niek Tournois
Nick Vandenberghe
Steven Demey
Kristof Taveirne

Spoil Engine is a five-piece metal band from Belgium, formed in 2004. The band plays a mix of melodic thrash metal and groove metal, influenced by bands such as Pantera, In Flames, Lamb of God and Soilwork. They have released one demo and three full albums and were the first Belgian band to sign with Roadrunner Records.

Spoil Engine directly supported bands such as Megadeth, Motörhead, Killswitch Engage, Arch Enemy and Prong. Major festival appearances include Graspop Metal Meeting (4x),[1] Pukkelpop (2x),[2] Masters at Rock (2x) and Suikerrock (2x). 2 singles have appeared in the national charts; videoclips and songs have national airplay.

In 2017 and 2018, the band gained international visibility through tours in Europe and Asia, with tour supports for Prong and Papa Roach. Major appearances included MIDI festival in China and Wacken Open Air.

Discography

  • The fragile light before ignition (2006, demo)
  • Skinnerbox v.07 (2007, Apache Records)
  • Antimatter (2009, Roadrunner Records)
  • The art of imperfection (2012, Universal)
  • Stormsleeper (EP, 2015, Daily Sin Entertainment)
  • Stormsleeper (album, 2017, Arising Empire/Nuclear Blast)

Members

  • Steven 'gaze' Sanders – lead guitar (2004–present)
  • Bart Vandeportaele – rhythm guitar (2011–present)
  • Matthijs Quaars – drums (2011–present)
  • Iris Goessens – vocals (2015–present)
  • Dave De Loco – bass (2017–present)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Graspop band database
  2. ↑ Pukkelpop band database Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine.
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