Spiritworld

A metallic hardcore outfit with a rhinestone fetish, Spiritworld's neck-snapping metal has its roots in punk, outlaw country, and spaghetti Westerns. Founded by Las Vegas-based vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Stu Folsom, the band issued a four-song demo in 2017 that leaned hard into open-road outlaw punk. Three years later, they unleashed their first full-length effort, Pagan Rhythms, a blazing nine-song set that paired the kinetic speed of Slayer with the chugging, palm-muted attack of Pantera. Spiritworld continued to explore their apocalyptic vision of the American West ...