American stoner metal veterans Solace released highly anticipated new full-length album »Fading Failing Ruin«; out now on Magnetic Eye Records!
American stoner metal veterans Solace present their fifth full-length album, »Fading Failing Ruin«, which was just released on July 3rd, 2026 via Magnetic Eye Records.
Tracklist:
01. Spiral Will
02. Fettered To A Stone
03. A God Changes His Plans
04. Wrath’s Object (The Big Fall)
05. Culling The Herd
06. Beyond Below
07. Malengine (The Scaffold)
08. Every Day Is A Loaded Gun
09. Ridden
Courtesy of All Noir PR:
Solace released their highly anticipated fifth full-length »Fading Failing Ruin« as scheduled on July 3, 2026, via Magnetic Eye Records. Early reviews such as German Rock Hard (9/10) and Legacy Magazine (13/15) indicate that the Americans can expect a high level of critical acclaim.
The album is available for purchase HERE.
Solace comment: “The fact that Solace are still here after 30 years makes »Fading Failing Ruin« a real milestone for us, and I’m still in a band that I love with some of my oldest friends,” guitarist Tommy Southard writes. “Timmy our drummer and I started our first band when he was 12 and I was 14! Soon after that, our bass player Mike and I founded a band playing Priest and Kiss covers. It feels kind of wild that we’re still here making music we love all these years later. I couldn’t be more proud of this record and all the massive work that we put into it. Both Justins did an incredible job, and I consider both brothers. It was a labor of love and I hope that translates and people enjoy it as much as we do. Now, I just want this band to continue and make more music before our time runs out.”
Solace deliver their fifth studio album »Fading Failing Ruin« just in time to celebrate the anniversary of their 30th year as a band. And all the heaviness, experience, and obvious maturity of their songwriting across three decades is perfectly reflected in the seeming ease with which these master craftsmen hammer out one captivating and crushing track after the other.
Revolving around apocalyptic, infernal, and end time themes that easily fit this day and age, »Fading Failing Ruin« nails the current global mood by taking a strong dose of inspiration from the earliest days of metal and blending it with contemporary heaviness.
A direct link goes back to 1996, when Solace rose from the ashes of Godspeed, who made their name on Headbanger’s Ball and Beavis & Butthead, appeared on the »Nativity In Black« tribute backing Bruce Dickinson, and toured with Cathedral and Black Sabbath. Emerging at the dawn of the internet and the burgeoning stoner rock scene, Solace were driven by hardcore-infused metal, captivating vocals, and a dark doom underbelly.
The New Jersey band hit the scene with their ferocious debut »Further« in 2000. Its tracks remain as contemporary and relevant as in those early days, and an extended and re-mastered 25th anniversary edition became an unplanned but much deserved tribute to brilliant yet tortured original Solace vocalist Jason L., who had sadly passed away in January 2025.
Solace continued to build on a solid foundation of classic metal, early doom, and punk ethic into which the four-piece infused a healthy dose of hardcore fury and groovy, grinding sludge.
Three years after the worldwide success of »Further«, Solace returned with the sophomore album »13« (2003), which highlighted the epic side of their songwriting. In the wake of this album, the band was invited twice to perform at the prestigious Roadburn Festival in 2006 and 2009.
The shoremen returned with their highly praised third album »A.D.« in 2010. Despite the band’s growing acclaim, Solace took an informal hiatus to revamp their lineup, returning even stronger with full-length number four, »The Brink«, in 2019.
Solace have called 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 have and still fit the band to an extent.
With »Fading Failing Ruin«, Solace erect a new milestone of US heavy metal that respects traditions from both sides of the Atlantic while churning toward a chaotic future. Time to bang those heads!
Recording by Eric Rachel at Bulletproof Music Studio, Hazlet, NJ (US) & The Pussycat Club, Milford, NJ (US). Produced by Eric Rachel & Solace. Mix & mastering by Eric Rachel at Trax East, South River, NJ (US). Cover art & layout by Paul Vismara.
Solace is:
Justin Skyler Daniels – Guitar
Justin Goins – Keyboards, Vocals
Tim Schoenleber – Drums
Mike Sica – Bass
Tommy Southard – Guitar
Guest musicians:
Pelle Andersson (Lowrider) – Various Keyboards
Eric Rachel – Additional Keyboards
Duane Hutter – Slide Guitar
Solace US Live Dates 2026:
19 Sep 2026 Austin, TX Ripplefest Texas
10 Oct 2026 Youngstown, OH Emissions From The Monolith
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well