Spoil Engine

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Spoil Engine
Spoil Engine at Wacken Open Air 2018
Background information
Origin	Roeselare, Belgium
Genres	Melodic death metal, metalcore
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Nuclear Blast, Roadrunner, Universal, Arising Empire
Members	Steven 'gaze' Sanders Matthijs Quaars Dave De Loco
Past members	Iris Goessens Niek Tournois Nick Vandenberghe Steven Demey Kristof Taveirne Bart Vandeportaele
Website	spoilengine.com

Spoil Engine is a four-piece heavy 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 (5x),^[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. They also performed on the 2020 70000 Tons of Metal festival during that year's cruise to Cozumel.

• Steven 'gaze' Sanders – lead guitar (2004–present)
• Dave De Loco – bass (2017–present)

• Skinnerbox v.07 (2007, Apache Records)
• Antimatter (2009, Roadrunner Records)
• The Art of Imperfection (2012, Universal)
• Stormsleeper (2017, Arising Empire/Nuclear Blast)
• Renaissance Noire (2019, Arising Empire/Nuclear Blast)

• Stormsleeper (2015, Daily Sin Entertainment)
• Unklock and Release (2021)

• The Fragile Light Before Ignition (2006, self-released)

• List of Roadrunner Records artists

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spoil Engine.

• Spoil Engine official website
• Spoil Engine at Encyclopaedia Metallum
• Spoil Engine at Last.fm