SOLACE reveal first advance single 'Beyond Below' & details of forthcoming new album "Fading Failing Ruin"!

In the heat of summer, SOLACE will return with their massively anticipated fifth full-length "Fading Failing Ruin" on July 3, 2026, via Magnetic Eye Records. The iconic self-styled dirt metal act from New Jersey, USA begin by revealing the single 'Beyond Below' as a first welcome taste of the album to come. Pre-orders are now available HERE

In advance of the album release, SOLACE will pack new songs and classics into their flight cases and embark on a European tour starting on May 7, 2026 in the French capital city of Paris. Please find the album details of "Fading Falling Ruin" and all currently confirmed live dates below. 

SOLACE comment on 'Beyond Below': "When we released our last record 'The Brink', I swore it wouldn't take another nine years till the next one", guitarist Tommy Southard admits. "Well, it took us six and a half, which for Solace is pretty good! About the first single, I had a couple of riffs that Timmy and I used to play years and years ago in the pre-Godspeed days. Last year at a Solace practice, I started jamming one of the riffs as a goof to Timmy and Justin heard it and asked me: 'What the hell is that man? That needs to go on the new record!' At first, I laughed it off, because I had been a 14-year old metalhead when I wrote this tune, but once we tweaked it a bit – Mikey threw a part in the middle and we worked it into a complete song – it was obvious that it was going to turn into a monster. The track came out pretty amazing considering how far back in the archive it went, but that's the perks of doing this your whole damn life. I can hardly believe it's been 30 years since I started this band. Yet Solace is still here somehow, and 'Fading Failing Ruin' is the best thing we've ever musically done. Literally everybody in this band played and worked their asses off for this record!"

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!

Band: Solace

Album title: Fading Failing Ruin

Style: Stoner Doom

Release date: July 3, 2026

Label: Magnetic Eye Records

Distribution: SPKR

Review impact date: June 1, 2026

Pre-orders are now available HERE

Line-up

Justin Skyler Daniels – guitar, Justin Goins – keyboard, 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

 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 "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 Hagen (DE) Werkhof Hohenlimburg

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

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