Solace (band)
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Solace is a heavy metal
band hailing from the Jersey Shore
, United States
.
Formed in 1996 by the remaining members of Atlantic Records
artist Godspeed
, Solace is most well known in the stoner rock
genre, but as guitarist and founding member Tommy Southard has said "We're not a stoner band, we're a rock 'n' roll
band—a hard rock
band, a metal
band." This idea was reaffirmed by iTunes.com in 2010 when they voted the band's third studio album A.D.
"2010 Metal Album of the Year". However, the comparison of their music to that of Black Sabbath
, Queens of the Stone Age
, and Kyuss
, as well as their live performances at Stoner Rock festivals such as America's Emissions from the Monolith
and Europe's Roadburn Festival, have rooted them just as deeply in that genre.
rockers Godspeed
went to Electric Lady Studios
to record their Atlantic Records
debut album Ride
. Featuring future Solace members Tommy Southard and Rob Hultz, Godspeed's major label run included a cover of "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" for Nativity in Black: A Tribute to Black Sabbath
with Iron Maiden
's Bruce Dickinson
, tours of the United States and Europe with Black Sabbath
, Dio
, Cathedral
, and Sugartooth
, as well as a music video for their single "Houston Street" featured on MTV
's Headbanger's Ball and Beavis and Butt-head
.
dissolved after just one album, but following stints as lead guitarist for both Sugartooth
and Slap Rocket, Southard reformed the band in 1996 with Hultz and former Glueneck singer Jason, naming the revamped outfit Solace. After a 1997 demo, Solace released their self-titled 7" debut in 1998, followed by 1999's Distanced from Reality EP, a split with fellow New Jerseyans Solarized.
Soon afterwards, the band released its debut LP, 2000's Further. A cover by metal art veteran Wes Benscoter
(Slayer
's Divine Intervention
) hinted at darkness within the album, which was quickly considered a departure from the stoner rock pigeon-hole the band had already been put into.
. Artist, fan, and friend of Solace Paul Vismara created the album's cover. Considered by some to be musically superior to its predecessor, 13 helped Solace further define themselves as more than simply stoner rock, assisted by the vocals and guitar work of doom metal
legend Scott Weinrich
(also known as Wino, formerly of The Obsessed
, Saint Vitus, and Spirit Caravan
) on the track "Common Cause".
Soon after the release of 13, the song "Indolence" was used on the soundtrack of the popular video game Tony Hawk's Underground
. 2003 also saw the band tweak their line-up with former Lethal Aggression drummer Kenny Lund and the addition of second guitarist Justin Daniels. With this new line-up, they entered the studio once again in 2004 to record Black Market/Hammerhead, a split EP with Albany, New York
's Greatdayforup.
Solace's half of this split EP was re-released on vinyl
in 2006. In April of that year, Solace headed to Europe for Holland's Roadburn Festival. Upon their return, they strengthened their resolve further toward a new release. The band went into the studio to finish their third album A.D.
in time for their Summer 2007 European tour with British doomsters Orange Goblin
, only to realize that their creation was simply too vast for a single album. Four tracks were selected for release as The Black Black
, which was completed and pressed to coincide with the European tour.
On the heels of that successful tour, they were signed to independent label Small Stone Records
, after which they were asked by friends Orange Goblin
to play their annual Christmas show in London. Solace's set was capped by band friend and fellow New Jerseyan Ed Mundell
of Monster Magnet
joining them onstage for their infamous cover of Pentagram
's Forever My Queen.
2008 saw an interesting turn of events for Solace - drummer Kenny Lund took his leave to follow business pursuits and other projects. This, while being a seemingly negative turn of events, had in actuality quite a positive effect - it opened the door for Solace's original drummer Keith Ackerman to rejoin the band. Guitarist Daniels has stated: "This is the band's most dynamic lineup to date".
The band used this momentum to continue their upswing throughout 2009, completing their third studio LP A.D.
. The long-awaited album was released to critical acclaim in Spring 2010 and received such honors as "Album of the Year" at The Obelisk, and was voted by iTunes "Best Metal Album of 2010". The band finished out the year touring Europe with Orange Goblin and once again playing their annual Christmas show.
This curse seemed to be lifted at least somewhat in 2003, but returned only a year later when drummer Kenny Lund was diagnosed with cancer. All of the band's plans were halted, including a new recording contract with independent label Century Media. This setback did not stop them from returning to the studio once Lund recovered in 2005 to begin work on tracks for A.D. Later that year, the band faced yet another hurdle—this time in the form of undisclosed personal problems and were forced to cancel a coast-to-coast US tour.
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band hailing from the Jersey Shore
Jersey Shore
The Jersey Shore is a term used to refer to both the Atlantic coast of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the adjacent resort and residential communities. . The New Jersey State Department of Tourism considers the Shore Region, Greater Atlantic City, and the Southern Shore to be distinct, each having...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Formed in 1996 by the remaining members of Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
artist Godspeed
Godspeed (band)
Godspeed were an American heavy metal band formed in 1994. Following the release of their debut album Ride, produced by Rachel Bolan of Skid Row, the band embarked on two high-profile tours as the opening act for Black Sabbath, Dio, and Cathedral...
, Solace is most well known in the stoner rock
Stoner rock
Stoner rock or stoner metal is a subgenre of heavy metal, combining elements of psychedelic rock, blues rock, traditional heavy metal and doom metal. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo and features a bass-heavy sound, melodic vocals, and 'retro' production...
genre, but as guitarist and founding member Tommy Southard has said "We're not a stoner band, we're a rock 'n' roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
band—a hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
band, a metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band." This idea was reaffirmed by iTunes.com in 2010 when they voted the band's third studio album A.D.
A.D. (album)
-Track listing:All tracks by Solace# "The Disillusioned Prophet" – 7:02# "The Immortal, the Dead and the Nothing" – 6:22# "Six-Year Trainwreck" – 7:26# "Za Gamman" – 5:12# "Borrowed Immunity" – 5:41# "Down South Dog" – 8:01...
"2010 Metal Album of the Year". However, the comparison of their music to that of Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
, Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. The band's line-up has always included founding member Josh Homme , with the current line-up including longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo , alongside Michael Shuman and...
, and Kyuss
Kyuss
Kyuss is a rock band, originally from Palm Desert, California. After forming in the late 1980s and releasing an EP under the name Sons of Kyuss in 1990, the band shortened its name to Kyuss. Over the next five years the band released four full-length albums, and one last split EP in 1997 with...
, as well as their live performances at Stoner Rock festivals such as America's Emissions from the Monolith
Emissions from the Monolith
Emissions from the Monolith is an annual heavy metal festival that showcases mainly doom metal and sludge metal bands, considered to be the premiere heavy/doom/sludge metal festival in the US...
and Europe's Roadburn Festival, have rooted them just as deeply in that genre.
Godspeed years
In 1994, east coastEast Coast of the United States
The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, refers to the easternmost coastal states in the United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. The term includes the U.S...
rockers Godspeed
Godspeed (band)
Godspeed were an American heavy metal band formed in 1994. Following the release of their debut album Ride, produced by Rachel Bolan of Skid Row, the band embarked on two high-profile tours as the opening act for Black Sabbath, Dio, and Cathedral...
went to Electric Lady Studios
Electric Lady Studios
Electric Lady Studios, at 52 West 8th Street, in New York City's Greenwich Village, is a recording studio originally built by Jimi Hendrix and designed by John Storyk in 1970...
to record their Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
debut album Ride
Ride (Godspeed album)
Ride is an album by the band Godspeed, released in 1994 on the Atlantic Records label.-Track listing:#Ride - #Not Enough - #Hate - #Abstract Life - #Stubborn Ass - #Downtown - #Born & Raised -...
. Featuring future Solace members Tommy Southard and Rob Hultz, Godspeed's major label run included a cover of "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" for Nativity in Black: A Tribute to Black Sabbath
Nativity in Black
Nativity in Black is the name of two Black Sabbath tribute albums that came out in the 1990s and 2000s. The albums were recorded with various heavy metal bands paying tribute to Black Sabbath for their influence on the heavy metal genre of rock music....
with Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...
's Bruce Dickinson
Bruce Dickinson
Paul Bruce Dickinson is an English singer, songwriter, airline pilot, fencer, broadcaster, author, screenwriter, actor and marketing director, best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden....
, tours of the United States and Europe with Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
, Dio
Dio (band)
Dio was an American heavy metal band from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Formed in 1982 and led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, after he left Black Sabbath with intentions to form a new band with fellow former Black Sabbath member, drummer Vinny Appice. Naming the band Dio made sense from a commercial...
, Cathedral
Cathedral (band)
Cathedral are a doom metal band from Coventry, England. The group forged a link between early doom metal and a 1990s extreme metal aesthetic, making doom slower and heavier. Their debut album, Forest of Equilibrium, is considered a classic of the genre. They later on changed their doom style,...
, and Sugartooth
Sugartooth
Sugartooth was an alternative rock band that was formed in the early 1990s.Marc Hutner and Josh Blum formed the group after meeting each other on the California band circuit . They worked with two different drummers over time...
, as well as a music video for their single "Houston Street" featured on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's Headbanger's Ball and Beavis and Butt-head
Beavis and Butt-Head
Beavis and Butt-head is an American animated television series created by Mike Judge. The series originated from Frog Baseball, a 1992 short film by Judge. After seeing the short, MTV signed Judge to develop the concept. Beavis and Butt-head originally aired from March 8, 1993 to November 28, 1997...
.
The birth of Solace
GodspeedGodspeed (band)
Godspeed were an American heavy metal band formed in 1994. Following the release of their debut album Ride, produced by Rachel Bolan of Skid Row, the band embarked on two high-profile tours as the opening act for Black Sabbath, Dio, and Cathedral...
dissolved after just one album, but following stints as lead guitarist for both Sugartooth
Sugartooth
Sugartooth was an alternative rock band that was formed in the early 1990s.Marc Hutner and Josh Blum formed the group after meeting each other on the California band circuit . They worked with two different drummers over time...
and Slap Rocket, Southard reformed the band in 1996 with Hultz and former Glueneck singer Jason, naming the revamped outfit Solace. After a 1997 demo, Solace released their self-titled 7" debut in 1998, followed by 1999's Distanced from Reality EP, a split with fellow New Jerseyans Solarized.
Soon afterwards, the band released its debut LP, 2000's Further. A cover by metal art veteran Wes Benscoter
Wes Benscoter
Wes Benscoter is an American artist who is best known for his work album covers, especially heavy metal albums. He also has made covers for magazines and books, and shirt designs, and his art is featured in many galleries around the world. Most of his work is done using airbrush...
(Slayer
Slayer
Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...
's Divine Intervention
Divine Intervention (album)
Divine Intervention is the sixth studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer. Released on September 27, 1994 through American Recordings, it was their first album featuring Paul Bostaph, replacing the band's original drummer Dave Lombardo. Several of the songs on the album were inspired by...
) hinted at darkness within the album, which was quickly considered a departure from the stoner rock pigeon-hole the band had already been put into.
13 and beyond
In 2003, the band released the follow-up to Further, its second full-length album 1313 (Solace album)
13 is the second album from New Jersey heavy metal band Solace.Considered heavier, angrier and musically more aggressive than its predecessor Further, 13 continued to raise Solace above their Stoner rock stereotype with its Heavy metal and Doom metal influences, this time with help from genre...
. Artist, fan, and friend of Solace Paul Vismara created the album's cover. Considered by some to be musically superior to its predecessor, 13 helped Solace further define themselves as more than simply stoner rock, assisted by the vocals and guitar work of doom metal
Doom metal
Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...
legend Scott Weinrich
Scott Weinrich
Robert Scott "Wino" Weinrich is a doom metal guitarist and vocalist. Active since 1976, when he started his first band War Horse, Weinrich is best known for being the frontman and guitarist of the doom metal bands The Obsessed and Saint Vitus...
(also known as Wino, formerly of The Obsessed
The Obsessed
The Obsessed is a doom metal band from Maryland led by Scott "Wino" Weinrich, who also fronted Saint Vitus, Spirit Caravan, Place of Skulls, The Hidden Hand and W.I.N.O.. Formed in 1976, they first split up in 1986 when Wino Saint Vitus, but reformed four years later...
, Saint Vitus, and Spirit Caravan
Spirit Caravan
Spirit Caravan was a Maryland doom/stoner metal band featuring the guitarist and vocalist Scott Weinrich.-Biography:Scott "Wino" Weinrich formed Spirit Caravan after the breakup of The Obsessed. The remainder of the band consisted of Dave Shermann on bass and vocals; and Gary Isom on drums...
) on the track "Common Cause".
Soon after the release of 13, the song "Indolence" was used on the soundtrack of the popular video game Tony Hawk's Underground
Tony Hawk's Underground
Tony Hawk's Underground, abbreviated to THUG, is a skateboarding video game, available for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and Xbox platforms released in 2003. A PC version was released exclusively in Australia as a budget release in 2005. This version was ported by Beenox. In 2004,...
. 2003 also saw the band tweak their line-up with former Lethal Aggression drummer Kenny Lund and the addition of second guitarist Justin Daniels. With this new line-up, they entered the studio once again in 2004 to record Black Market/Hammerhead, a split EP with Albany, New York
Albany, New York
Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
's Greatdayforup.
Solace's half of this split EP was re-released on vinyl
Hammerhead (vinyl)
Hammerhead is Solace's half of 2004's Blackmarket/Hammerhead split EP, re-released in 2006 on limited edition 10 inch vinyl.Recorded at New Alliance Studios in Boston, MA, Hammerhead found Solace "experimenting with some new styles to nice effect"...
in 2006. In April of that year, Solace headed to Europe for Holland's Roadburn Festival. Upon their return, they strengthened their resolve further toward a new release. The band went into the studio to finish their third album A.D.
A.D. (album)
-Track listing:All tracks by Solace# "The Disillusioned Prophet" – 7:02# "The Immortal, the Dead and the Nothing" – 6:22# "Six-Year Trainwreck" – 7:26# "Za Gamman" – 5:12# "Borrowed Immunity" – 5:41# "Down South Dog" – 8:01...
in time for their Summer 2007 European tour with British doomsters Orange Goblin
Orange Goblin
Orange Goblin are a stoner metal band from the United Kingdom that formed in 1995. The band's lineup currently consists of singer Ben Ward, guitarist Joe Hoare, bassist Martyn Millard, and drummer Chris Turner.-History:...
, only to realize that their creation was simply too vast for a single album. Four tracks were selected for release as The Black Black
The Black Black
The Black Black is Solace's fifth studio recording. Referred to as "the distillation of thirty years of metal" and "the best material Solace has written", "The Black Black" was recorded at New Jersey's Trax East Studios over the course of a year. The album was compiled from tracks originally...
, which was completed and pressed to coincide with the European tour.
On the heels of that successful tour, they were signed to independent label Small Stone Records
Small Stone Records
Small Stone Records is an American record label based in Detroit, MI. It was founded in 1995 by Scott Hamilton and is a self-dubbed "heavy rock" label...
, after which they were asked by friends Orange Goblin
Orange Goblin
Orange Goblin are a stoner metal band from the United Kingdom that formed in 1995. The band's lineup currently consists of singer Ben Ward, guitarist Joe Hoare, bassist Martyn Millard, and drummer Chris Turner.-History:...
to play their annual Christmas show in London. Solace's set was capped by band friend and fellow New Jerseyan Ed Mundell
Ed Mundell
Ed Mundell is a rock guitarist most notable for his work with stoner rock group Monster Magnet from 1992 to 2010. In 2011, it was announced that Mundell had formed a new project, 9 Chambers, with Greg Hampton , Jorgen Carlsson , and drummer Vinny Appice .-Bio:Mundell grew up in New Jersey and is a...
of Monster Magnet
Monster Magnet
Monster Magnet is an American stoner rock band. Hailing from Red Bank, New Jersey, the group was founded by Dave Wyndorf , John McBain and Tim Cronin...
joining them onstage for their infamous cover of Pentagram
Pentagram (band)
Pentagram is a American heavy metal band from Virginia, most famous as one of the pioneers of doom metal. The band was prolific in the underground scene of the 1970s, producing many demos and rehearsal tapes, but did not release a full-length album until reforming in the early 1980s with an almost...
's Forever My Queen.
2008 saw an interesting turn of events for Solace - drummer Kenny Lund took his leave to follow business pursuits and other projects. This, while being a seemingly negative turn of events, had in actuality quite a positive effect - it opened the door for Solace's original drummer Keith Ackerman to rejoin the band. Guitarist Daniels has stated: "This is the band's most dynamic lineup to date".
The band used this momentum to continue their upswing throughout 2009, completing their third studio LP A.D.
A.D. (album)
-Track listing:All tracks by Solace# "The Disillusioned Prophet" – 7:02# "The Immortal, the Dead and the Nothing" – 6:22# "Six-Year Trainwreck" – 7:26# "Za Gamman" – 5:12# "Borrowed Immunity" – 5:41# "Down South Dog" – 8:01...
. The long-awaited album was released to critical acclaim in Spring 2010 and received such honors as "Album of the Year" at The Obelisk, and was voted by iTunes "Best Metal Album of 2010". The band finished out the year touring Europe with Orange Goblin and once again playing their annual Christmas show.
Bad luck
From early in their career, Solace had been faced with almost mysterious problems. The band had an estimated 8 different drummers between 1996 and 2003 and suffered through supposed splits with vocalist Jason. Even seemingly random accidents—one resulting in the destruction of the original master tapes to their second album 13—vexed the band.This curse seemed to be lifted at least somewhat in 2003, but returned only a year later when drummer Kenny Lund was diagnosed with cancer. All of the band's plans were halted, including a new recording contract with independent label Century Media. This setback did not stop them from returning to the studio once Lund recovered in 2005 to begin work on tracks for A.D. Later that year, the band faced yet another hurdle—this time in the form of undisclosed personal problems and were forced to cancel a coast-to-coast US tour.
Solace today
In June 2011, the band announced to fans via their official Facebook page that they were "closed for business" and that they "may or may not re-open". No further news has been released regarding this statement.Recent members
- Tommy Southard – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
(formerly of Prunella ScalesPrunella Scales (band)Prunella Scales was the side project of Skid Row bass player Rachel Bolan and then Godspeed and now Solace guitarist Tommy Southard. The band also featured then future and now former Skid Row drummer Phil Varone. The band released only one album, Dressing Up the Idiot....
, Slap Rocket, GodspeedGodspeed (band)Godspeed were an American heavy metal band formed in 1994. Following the release of their debut album Ride, produced by Rachel Bolan of Skid Row, the band embarked on two high-profile tours as the opening act for Black Sabbath, Dio, and Cathedral...
, Social Decay, and SugartoothSugartoothSugartooth was an alternative rock band that was formed in the early 1990s.Marc Hutner and Josh Blum formed the group after meeting each other on the California band circuit . They worked with two different drummers over time...
, among others) - Justin Daniels – guitar (currently also of Call the Paramedics)
- Jason - vocals (formerly of Glueneck)
- Rob Hultz – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(formerly of Godspeed, Lethal Aggression) - Keith Ackerman - drums (formerly of The Atomic BitchwaxThe Atomic BitchwaxThe Atomic Bitchwax is a stoner rock band started in 1992 in New Jersey. It started as essentially a "super band" of key members of the notable stoner rock and doom metal bands Godspeed, Monster Magnet, and Core.-History:...
)
Former members
- Kenny Lund – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(formerly of Lethal Aggression) - John Proveaux - drums
- Bill Belford - drums
- Matt Gunvordahl - drums
- Duane Hutter - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
Albums
- Solace 7" EP (1998, Warpburner Records)
- Distanced from Reality split with Solarized (1999, Freebird RecordsFreebird RecordsFreebird Records is an independent record label, established in Eindhoven, The Netherlands in 1998. The label has specialised in stoner rock, but tries to release music by acts and artists that are on the edge of that genre...
/MeteorCityMeteorCityMeteorCity Records is an American record label based in Idaho. MeteorCity was founded in 1997 by Jadd Shickler and Aaron Emmel in Albuquerque, New Mexico...
) - Further (2000, MeteorCityMeteorCityMeteorCity Records is an American record label based in Idaho. MeteorCity was founded in 1997 by Jadd Shickler and Aaron Emmel in Albuquerque, New Mexico...
) / Vinyl re-issue (2008 Heavy birtH records) - 1313 (Solace album)13 is the second album from New Jersey heavy metal band Solace.Considered heavier, angrier and musically more aggressive than its predecessor Further, 13 continued to raise Solace above their Stoner rock stereotype with its Heavy metal and Doom metal influences, this time with help from genre...
(2003, MeteorCityMeteorCityMeteorCity Records is an American record label based in Idaho. MeteorCity was founded in 1997 by Jadd Shickler and Aaron Emmel in Albuquerque, New Mexico...
/Listenable Records) - Black Market/Hammerhead split with Greatdayforup (2004, Underdogma Records)
- HammerheadHammerhead (vinyl)Hammerhead is Solace's half of 2004's Blackmarket/Hammerhead split EP, re-released in 2006 on limited edition 10 inch vinyl.Recorded at New Alliance Studios in Boston, MA, Hammerhead found Solace "experimenting with some new styles to nice effect"...
10" inch EP (2006, Land o' Smiles Records) - The Black BlackThe Black BlackThe Black Black is Solace's fifth studio recording. Referred to as "the distillation of thirty years of metal" and "the best material Solace has written", "The Black Black" was recorded at New Jersey's Trax East Studios over the course of a year. The album was compiled from tracks originally...
(2007, Underdogma Records/Land o' Smiles Records) - A.D.A.D. (album)-Track listing:All tracks by Solace# "The Disillusioned Prophet" – 7:02# "The Immortal, the Dead and the Nothing" – 6:22# "Six-Year Trainwreck" – 7:26# "Za Gamman" – 5:12# "Borrowed Immunity" – 5:41# "Down South Dog" – 8:01...
(2010)
Compilations
- Stone Deaf Forever (1999, Red Sun Records)
- Judge Not (2000, Underdogma Records)
- Doomed (2000, The Dark Reign Records)
- Where the Bad Boys Rock (2001, People Like You Records)
- The Mighty Desert Rock Avengers (2002, People Like You Records)
- MeteorCity Hellacious 2002 Sampler (2002, MeteorCity)
- Rebirth of the Heavy, Volume 2 (2004, The Music CartelThe Music CartelThe Music Cartel was a record label based in Port Washington, New York and active during the late 90s and early 00s. Many of their releases were also released in Europe on Rise Above Records. It was founded in 1998 by former Earache Records general manager Eric Lemasters...
) - Burn the Street (2005, Daredevil Records)
Tribute albums
- Graven Images: A Tribute to The Misfits (1999, Freebird RecordsFreebird RecordsFreebird Records is an independent record label, established in Eindhoven, The Netherlands in 1998. The label has specialised in stoner rock, but tries to release music by acts and artists that are on the edge of that genre...
) - Right in the Nuts: A Tribute to AerosmithRight In The NutsRight in the Nuts is a tribute album featuring various stoner rock bands covering Aerosmith songs. The title refers to the 1979 Night in the Ruts album by that band.-Disc: 1:# "Movin Out" - Fireball Ministry 4:27# "Make It" - Altamont 3:49...
(2000, Small Stone RecordsSmall Stone RecordsSmall Stone Records is an American record label based in Detroit, MI. It was founded in 1995 by Scott Hamilton and is a self-dubbed "heavy rock" label...
) - Slave to the Power: A Tribute to Iron Maiden (2000, MeteorCity)
- Destroysall: A Tribute to Godzilla (2003, Shifty RecordsShifty RecordsFounded by Lloyd Ross and Ivan Kadey, Shifty Records was a South African anti-apartheid record label which existed for over a decade beginning 1982...
)
Videography
- "Die Drunk" (2006, Ambrosia Path Productions)
- "Cement Stitches" (2006, Ambrosia Path Productions)
- "Hungry Mother" (2006, Ambrosia Path Productions)
- Solace: The Videos—Volume 1 (2006, Ambrosia Path Productions)
- Solace: Roadburn (2006, Ambrosia Path Productions)
Other media
- "Indolence" (from 1313 (Solace album)13 is the second album from New Jersey heavy metal band Solace.Considered heavier, angrier and musically more aggressive than its predecessor Further, 13 continued to raise Solace above their Stoner rock stereotype with its Heavy metal and Doom metal influences, this time with help from genre...
) was used on the soundtrack of Tony Hawk's UndergroundTony Hawk's UndergroundTony Hawk's Underground, abbreviated to THUG, is a skateboarding video game, available for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and Xbox platforms released in 2003. A PC version was released exclusively in Australia as a budget release in 2005. This version was ported by Beenox. In 2004,...
(2003, ActivisionActivisionActivision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles...
) - "Cement Stitches" and "Rumble" (from Black Market/Hammerhead) were used on the soundtrack of American Skier (DVD) (2004, X Ski Films)
- Various tracks used on the soundtrack of MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's show Homewrecker