Year : 2000 (25th Anniversary Remastered Edition 2025)
Style : Stoner Metal
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 214 mb
Bio:
The New Jersey metal group Solace was formed in 1996 by bassist Rob Hultz and guitarist Tommy Southard, neither of them new to the heavy rock music world. Both were one-time members of the band and the metal thrash group known as Godspeed. With the release of only one album, Ride, Godspeed met an early demise, but Southard and Hultz weren't ready to give in.After placing the groundwork for Solace, Hultz and Southard added a singer named Jason to the group, along with drummer Kieth Ackerman. Other drummers have stepped in along the way, such as Matt Gunvordahl and Bill "Bixby" Belford. The group's heavy rock style has been compared to that of with heavy riffs and relentless guitar solos.In 1997, Solace released its first single for Taste Records, "Bright Side." After signing with Meteor City Records, Solace did a split EP, Jersey Devils, with the post-grunge metal group Solarized.On its own, Solace released another EP, Distanced From Reality, and finally recorded a superb debut album titled Further in 2000. The album is full of heavy doom-type tracks like "Black Unholy Ground," "Man Dog," and "Hungry Mother." ~ Charlotte Dillon.
Album:
25 years, a quarter of a century, is a very long time in the life of any human being. And maybe even more so, in the lifespan of a recording of music. Yet "Further" by American stoner metal band SOLACE, first released at the turn of the millennium, has stood the test of time. Its tracks feel just as contemporary and relevant as in the year 2000.A 25th anniversary is a great occasion for an enhanced, extended, and re-mastered edition of a timeless classic, but this much-deserved reissue was already decided upon when original SOLACE singer Jason L. sadly passed away in January 2025. This turns the new edition of "Further" into an unplanned but due tribute to his legacy and everything that Jason brought to the band during his formative years as their tortured and brilliant frontman. SOLACE are celebrated veterans of the American metal scene. Hailing from Asbury Park, New Jersey at the windswept shore of the Western Atlantic, the band was founded in 1996. Built on a solid foundation of classic metal, early doom and punk ethic, the original four-piece infused a healthy dose of hardcore fury into grooving, grinding sludge. SOLACE call their amalgamation of doom and heavy metal with hardcore elements dirt metal, while elsewhere it has been somewhat tongue-in-cheekily dubbed shorecore. Others file the New Jersey five-piece under stoner metal – and in truth, all these descriptions fit to an extent. Raise a glass to Jason's legacy and enjoy his outstanding performance on SOLACE's debut album "Further" that has been diligently and respectfully remastered to shine brighter than ever before!
Line Up:
Jason (R.I.P. 2025) - Vocals, Lyrics
Tommy Southard - Guitars - See also: The Disease Concept, ex-Robot Dicks, ex-Social Decay, ex-Sollubi, ex-Godspeed, 3 Input Woman, ex-Freak Theater, ex-Gallery of Mites, ex-Prunella Scales, ex-Slaprocket
Rob Hultz - Bass
Bill "Bixby" Belford - Drums
Tracklist:
01. Man Dog 07:11
02. Black Unholy Ground 07:30
03. Followed 08:29
04. Whistle Pig 04:15
05. Hungry Mother 02:26
06. Angels Dreaming 09:01
07. Suspicious Tower 04:40
08. Heavy Birth / 2-Fisted 16:23
09. Another Life (Bonus Track)
10. Another Life (Bonus Track)
11. On the Hunt (Bonus Track)
12. Heavy Birth/2-Fisted ("Distanced from Reality" Version) (Bonus Track)
13. Dirt (Bonus Track)
14. Funk #49 (Live in Tokyo '98) (Bonus Track)
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