American stoner metal band Solace to reissue debut album »Further« on August 22nd via Magnetic Eye Records!
American stoner metal band Solace will release a remastered reissue of their debut album »Further« on August 22nd, 2025 via Magnetic Eye Records.
Watch a visualizer video for remastered version of »Man Dog« below!
Tracklist:
01. Man Dog (2025 Remaster)
02. Black Unholy Ground (2025 Remaster)
03. Followed (2025 Remaster)
04. Whistle Pig (2025 Remaster)
05. Hungry Mother (2025 Remaster)
06. Angels Dreaming (2025 Remaster)
07. Suspicious Tower (2025 Remaster)
08. Heavy Birth/2-Fisted (2025 Remaster)
09. Another Life
10. We Bite
11. On the Hunt
12. Heavy Birth/2-Fisted (Distanced From Reality Version)
13. Dirt
14. Funk #49 (Live in Tokyo ’98)
Courtesy of Magnetic Eye Records:
“The fact that »Further« has made so many fave album lists over the years blows my mind… I’m glad some people out there still give a shit! 25 years is a long time. Nobody from this recording is in the band anymore, and our original singer is now deceased, which is hard to accept. Rest in peace Jay! You really outdid yourself on this thing. Rob is now in doom legends Trouble, and Bill Bixby is out there somewhere. Some of my favorite riffs I’ve ever written are on this record, and the times with these guys were some of the best of my life. I’m proud and excited to finally re-release this, and I hope you all enjoy returning to this record 25 years later!” – Tommy Southard
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!
Out August 22, 2025 on CD / Vinyl / Digital. Pre-order HERE.
Solace is:
Justin Daniels – Guitar
Justin Goins – Keyboards, Vocals
Tim Schoenleber – Drums
Mike Sica – Bass
Tommy Southard – Guitar
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well