A Spectre Is Haunting Europe was a Canadian deathrock band from Vancouver, British Columbia.

A Spectre Is Haunting Europe was formed in 2002, during the height of Vancouver's post-punk revival, and was initially billed as Decora.

It was not until 2004 that the band found a niche with its brand of politicized post-punk and subsequently changed its name to A Spectre Is Haunting Europe.

Through a succession of different drummers, the band stretched this material in a few different directions at once, culminating in a caustic 2004 appearance at the Drop Dead Festival in New York City.

With their 2006 album, Flames, the band broadened its appeal to include a more general indie rock audience.