Following the breakup of Atlantic Records rockers Godspeed, guitarist Tommy Southard and bassist Rob Hultz joined forces with vocalist Jason (ex-Glueneck) in 1996, and the roots of New Jersey's SOLACE were set. In 2003, their lineup was finally cemented with drummer Kenny Lund and guitarist Justin Daniels, and there was much rejoicing. With the dual guitar assault of Southard and Daniels, the wall of thunder onslaught of Hultz and Lund, and Jason's otherworldly voice, SOLACE became an uncompromisingly heavy force that you had to hear to believe. Press followed. Their debut album, 2000's Further, was described by Kerrang! as "irresistibly catchy and thoroughly terrifying." 13, the band's 2003 sophomore full-length was labeled, "as stomach-turning and ... read more