Solace preach Heavy Metal to the faithful in the new music video “Spiral Will” for the next advance single taken from their highly anticipated fifth full-length “Fading Failing Ruin,” scheduled for release on July 03, 2026, via Magnetic Eye Records.
Watch the music video for “Spiral Will” via the YouTube player below:
The iconic Stoner Doom act from New Jersey, USA is also about to embark on their European tour that will be kicked off on May 7, 2026 in the French capital city of Paris.
Solace comment on “Spiral Will: “If our previous album, ‘The Brink,’ represented the last thoughts of a drowning man, then »Fading Failing Ruin« is his spirit washing up on shore,” vocalist Justin Goins muses. “This new world is foreign and alien to him, and he’ll soon realize that there’s no bottom to which he can sink. There’s always another depth to descend once he crashes through the bedrock below. The cost of his failures in life is to be fettered to a stone by a chain at his ankle, walking in circles until the chain, winding itself around the stone, pulls him in a spiral to be crushed against the rock. The only way forward is to ascend, and the only way to ascend is to fashion wings – one feather grown from each slight and wound – until he can achieve escape velocity, breaking the chain and rising above his human failings. The freedom of wings, however, can be its own curse, threatening to turn him into a monster by setting him above what he sees as pedestrian concerns beneath him, destroying the humanity that sets him apart from the rest of the world.”
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.
Pre-Order “Fading Failing Ruin” here: https://spkr.store/collections/solace
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
Lineup:
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 “Fading Failing Ruin” European Tour Dates 2026:
07 May 2026 Paris (FR) La Maroquinerie (Supporting Hermano)
08 May 2026 Utrecht (NL) Tivoli (Supporting Hermano)
09 May 2026 Köln (DE) Luxor (Supporting Hermano)
10 May 2026 Dresden (DE) Chemiefabrik
11 May 2026 Wien (AT) Arena (Supporting Hermano)
12 May 2026 München (DE) Backstage (Supporting Hermano)
13 May 2026 Berlin (DE) Desertfest Berlin Warm-Up
15 May 2026 London (UK) Desertfest London
16 May 2026 Bridgewater (UK) Cobblestones
17 May 2026 Bristol (UK) The Gryphon
18 May 2026 Bournemouth (UK) Bear Cave
20 May 2026 Hildesheim (DE) Club VEB
21 May 2026 Göttingen (DE) Vinyl-Reservat
22 May 2026 Hamburg (DE) Stellwerk
Solace US Live Dates 2026:
06 Jun 2026 Atlantic City, NJ (US) Anchor Rock Club
19 Sep 2026 Austin, TX (US) Ripplefest Texas
10 Oct 2026 Youngstown, OH (US) Emissions from the Monolith