Doom/Stoner Metal Legends 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.

Watch the video for 'Beyond Below' here:

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!"

Tracklist

1. Spiral Will
2. Fettered to a Stone

3. A God Changes His Plans
4. Wrath's Object (The Big Fall)
5. Culling the Herd
6. Beyond Below
7. Malengine (The Scaffold)
8. Every Day Is a Loaded Gun
9. Ridden

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!

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

Links

www.facebook.com/solaceband
www.instagram.com/solace_nj

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

Thanks to All Noir PR and Magnetic Eye Records for the detials.

An Interview With Instrumental Doom/Sludge/Stoner Metallers ETERNAL DIALTONE

Etermal Dialtone was a complete new entity to me when I heard their excellent debut self-titled EP. The EP is a mix of Instrumental Doom/Stoner Rock merged with traces of Psych, Acid Rock, Grunge and Sludge Rock melodies. However, this is a new project formed from the ashes of such bands as GIZA, X Suns and Witchrat. So their musical credentials were never in doubt. 

To help them on their new musical journey, the band worked with the legendary Matt Bayles to mix the record and Ed Brooks to master the entire thing as well. When you add the stunning artwork by the amazing Steven Yoyada, then this is the complete package for how debut records go.

I wanted to catch up with the band to find out how Eternal Dialtone came together and how the recording of the new EP played out. Here's a great interview to check out.

Hi guys. Thanks for doing the interview. How are things with you today?

Hey this is Rich with Eternal Dialtone. Things are going great here - our record comes out this Friday - March 27th!

For folks not in the know, can you give a brief history of how the band came together and where it is today?

Steve (bass) and I (Rich - Guitar) met around the end of 2010. We became friends, and started jamming on an early version of what would become Giza, our previous band

(giza.bandcamp.com). 

We met Burke by playing shows with two of his old bands (Caligula and Bitches Crystal - I’m not sure if any links exist for them, but if you were there, you know they rule!). I was also playing in another band (X Suns - xsuns.bandcamp.com/), which Burke later joined after I quit, and Steve also now plays in. So in a sense, we’re all family.

After Giza, I started a group called Witchrat (witchrat.bandcamp.com). It was a 3 piece

part stoner rock part shoe gaze but all mess. After we established a rehearsal space and got our set together, Covid hit. When as we finished our first record, Witchrat’s bass player had to move out of state for family issues. Steve stepped in (while playing in Dust Moth and X Suns) and we wrote a new record. Then, and tragically, Witchrat’s drummer got injured while we were recording. He hasn’t been able to play drums since.

It felt like the band was cursed. So, Steve and I decided to start from scratch. He mentioned our situation to Burke, also asking him if he knew any drummers that would be interested. To both of our surprise, Burke revealed he also plays drums and said he’d be happy to come out and jam with us. We’ve known him for 15 years and didn’t know he was also a drummer. We’ve been rocking ever since!

How would you describe your own sound?

Eternal Dialtone is part loud amps and vintage tones, part hypnotic repetition, and a dash of weirdness and grit. That weirdness and grit allows us to stretch out and fill the sonic space in a way that’s really unique from all our other projects.

Your about to release your superb self-titled debut EP. What can people expect

from the EP.

3 tracks over 13 minutes of swirling riffs, hypnotic rhythms, evolving sonic landscapes that feel as much like a ritual as they do a rock song.

This band is quite different to all of your other bands ( Dust Moth, Giza, X Suns, Witchrat, Bering Sea, and Maxx Shredroom) but still has similar sounds and themes at the same time. Was this the plan for Eternal Dialtone when you decided to form this new project.

We didn’t want to rehash what anyone else’s groups are doing, which opened up a new

lane for us. We’re all stepping outside our comfort zone and letting it fly with Eternal Dialtone.

Why did you call the band Eternal Dialtone. Any particular meaning for this name.

I really don’t know where it came from, or what it means. We riffed on band names for a

month and this was the only suggestion that got a thumbs up from all 3 of us. We wanted something that was easy to spell, pronounce, search for, and didn’t immediately typecast us as a certain type of band.

Are you happy with the responses the EP has received from the Stoner Rock/ Metal community.

So far so good and we’re excited to hear what more people think when it comes out on all platforms this Friday March 27th! It’s always interesting to hear what other people see in your music.

What bands and artists influenced you when recording the new EP.

Instrumental riff crushers like Earthless, or the psychedelic and stoner metal side of King

Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard (Mind Fuzz or MOTU era), the steady grooves of Fu Manchu,

and the raw edge of Fugazi.

Which bands, artists or albums inspired you all to pick up a musical instrument

and to become a musician.

Black Sabbath and Nirvana. I started listening to Black Sabbath when I was 8 years old, and later got into Nirvana as a pre-teen. Electric Funeral was my favorite song in 3rd grade. I thought it was so cool and spooky and it influenced my musical as well as political outlook. Nirvana was undeniably the most important musical thing tha thappened in my life. I can’t imagine finding anything else if it wasn’t for those bands.

Sabbath opened the door to metal and classic rock, Nirvana to punk and hardcore.

What are your high points and low points you've experienced within your musical

career so far?

Honestly, I think the performance and production on Eternal Dialtone’s record is the best

I’ve personally ever sounded! 

For low points - right after we started Witchrat, the pandemic hit. There was several months where we made almost no music at all. Every band I’m in makes music in person by jamming - so not being able to be together and make music, or go out with friends and see music at all was definitely the low!

The EP has been mixed by Matt Bayles and I know you have a long long standing history with Matt. Was there anybody else in the frame to mix the EP and what does Matt bring to Eternal Dialtone's overall sound.

Our relationship with Matt started with Steve’s old band Bronze Fawn. He did their second record which sounded amazing. So when Giza was starting out we already had it in our heads to work with Matt. He recorded so many of my favorite records it’s really an honor.

Also credit must also goto Ed Brooks who mastered the album. How did you hook up with Ed for the EP.

That same chain of custody starting with Bronze Fawn -> Matt Bayles led us to Ed Brooks. There’s no one better, and we’re blessed to have them both nearby.

The artwork is stunning. Great work by Steven Yoyada once more. How did you get Steven involved and did you give him any ideas or rules to abide by when hewas designing the EP.

I love his art and follow him on Instagram (@steven_yoyada). I reached out to him once

we got the record tracked. He just wanted to hear a song to get a sense of who we were, and we pitched a few ideas over chat. He sent us a rough sketch a few days later which we all loved, and a few days after that sent us the final.

What is the creative process or setup within the band? Do you write the music

together or do certain people within the band do that?

We spend a lot of time jamming and then refine the parts that feel the best. Occasionally someone brings an idea to the session and we workshop that- but the best stuff happens organically. Then as we get close to tracking we try to cut out anything unnecessary to the essence of the song, and focus on nailing the transitions.

What is the current state of the Washington State’s Rock/Metal scene? Do you perform gigs on a regular basis and do you have a local scene that you are actively involved with?

We haven’t played out yet but are hoping to soon! Both Steve and Burke’s other bands

play out regularly in the Seattle area. There’s some great clubs but some have recently

gone out of business due to costs/challenges with real estate in Seattle. I live farther north and Bellingham has a really cool scene that’s always being refreshed by new people coming to the university in town. I feel really lucky to live in a place with a thriving arts community even beyond the rock/metal universe, but it’s also one of the best places in the country for rock / metal / doom / stoner.

Will you be performing any gigs to promote the upcoming record locally or further afield.

We don’t have any gigs scheduled right now, but you can book us by reaching out to

eternaldialtone@gmail.com

Before you go, do you have any words of wisdom for your new and potential fans out there.

Our new record is on bandcamp now, and will be out March 27th on all the digital platforms. Thank you for checking us out! It’s tough out there- be kind to each other!

Words by Steve Howe and Eternal Dialthrone

Links 

BandCamp | Instagram

Truckfighters - Masterflow (Album Review)

Release Date: April 10th 2026. Record Label: Fuzzorama Records. Formats: CD/DD/Vinyl.

Masterflow - Tracklisting

1.Old Big Eye

2.The Bliss 

3.Carver

4.Truce 

5.Masterflow

6.The Gorgon 

7.Gath

8.Bad Horse

9.Goin’ Home

Members

Ozo (Oskar Cedermalm) – vocals, bass

Dango (Niklas Källgren) – guitar

Review

The lords of FUZZ ROCK, Truckfighters are back with their first album of new material in over a decade ever since their superb 2016 offering “V”. That album saw the band incorporate progressive themes and ideas before they announced a short hiatus back in 2019. The band got back together in 2020 where they’ve played various tours and festival dates across the globe to their legion of dedicated followers. There have been rumbles of new songs over the last few years and the time is finally here with Masterflow.

Masterflow at first glance or listen feels like a very different Truckfighters album with the band deconstructing their highly innovative classic sound and applying a highly methodical back to basics approach which adds a sublime Punk Rock vibe to the whole experience. Mr Ozo and Mr Dango are ON FIRE here and feel like a band reborn as they demonstrate a wealth of hard rocking and grounded Fuzz/Stoner Rock melodies that has a perfect rebellious element to them on opening tracks of Old Big Eye, The Bliss and Carver.

Truckfighters apply an OLD SCHOOL creative methodology to their music that sees them write music that harks back to the days of their classic albums of Gravity X and PHI. The album then uses twisted and pissed off elements that made MANIA and V such great records in their own right. There’s a deeply aggressive sound building up behind the scenes with Truckfighters proving why they are perhaps one of the most impootant bands to emerge from the Desert/Stoner Rock scene over the last thirty years or so.  You could say they're the most important Stoner Rock bands to emerge from the Swedish Stoner Rock scene and that’s no small feat with the likes of LOWRIDER, DOZER and GREENLEAF making celebrated albums over the last decade or so.

Masterflow allows Truckfighters the perfect opportunity to challenge their own musical legacy and forge exciting new opportunities for themselves with intense melodies and classic Stoner Rock grit emerging within Mr Ozo’s vocals. There’s shades of Psychedelic harmonics and Post-Stoner soundscapes that’s perhaps the dominant element into today’s Stoner Rock scene. However, only Truckfighters can deliver a classic level of storytelling into their music which showcases a vibrant style of Fuzz Rock on tracks such as Carver, Truce and Masterflow. There’s even some Space Rock dimensions appearing through different soundbytes and delicate distorted environments forming on how the rest of the album plays out.

The second half of the album allows this to be the band’s most mature, aggressive and original album in years with some moments reminding me of PHI. Truckfighters could have easily released a more nuanced and soft hearted album but that’s not their style as they know what their fans want to hear which they deliver with epic amounts of supreme musical dedication on other sublime tracks such as: Masterflow, The Gorgon, Bad Horse and Goin’ Home. This album feels like you’re meeting an old friend for the very first time after a long absence. You know what to expect from Masterflow but nothing prepares you regarding the experience after listening to the whole record.

Masterflow is expertly produced with a raw aesthetic allowing Truckfighters to exploit that stripped back and punk rock environment to their musical advantage. When an album feels like a greatest hits package and still offers huge waves of exciting originality then you begin to realize what a seriously great album that the band have expertly delivered. The whole mood is emotionally engaging with first rate grooves throughout which is backed up by excellent vocals throughout. 

Masterflow is going to end up becoming one of the most definitive Desert, Fuzz and Stoner Rock albums of the year and perhaps become one of their most important records Truckfighters have released to date. This is a MASSIVE album in every sense of the word.

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Fuzzorama Records for the promo.

Masterflow is available to buy now on CD/DD/Vinyl via Fuzzorama Records.

VISIT FUZZORAMSTORE for fuzzy LP/CD/Merch - www.fuzzoramastore.com

Links 

FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE | BANDCAMP

KAPUTTH - Brocken (EP Review)

Release Date: March 27th 2026. Record Label: Fucking Kill Records. Formats: DD/Vinyl.

Brocken - Tracklisting

Brocken

Members

Vocals - Tobias Ralf Robert Hüttmeyer

Guitars - Adrian Lorenzo Waldemar Seifert

Bass - Salvatore Giallo

Drums - Lanthir Lörp Saibøt

Review

Funeral Doom/Sludge Metallers KAPUTTH return with their latest EP entitled Brocken. This is a singular seventeen minutes track which continues the great work they captured with their epic 2024 debut album “i”. This is a very slow-paced track which oozes ICE-COLD atmospherics which delves into areas of Psych, Prog and Post-Metal techniques. There is a certain fantastical storytelling element to this record which comes across the cinematic style of music that KAPUTTH incorporates into the overall theme of Brocken. 

The vocals from Tobias Ralf Robert Hüttmeyer are from the extreme metal world with his brutal style of harsh growls and non-descriptive grunts. I would say I understood about fifty percent what he was singing within this EP and that’s a good thing. As this gives an air of mystery of what’s being said or I could be showing my advanced age now. Though, the music itself is stunning that delicately balances Post-Rock melodies and aggressive Sludge Metal surroundings. There’s some classic instrumental solos being played along the way which reminds of certain film scores and video game soundtracks. You’ll know when you hear it.

However, for the most part, KAPUTTH move themselves to this glacial cinematic sound that transforms into a highly meditative style of Post-Black Metal with the emphasis on slowly played melodies and levels of progressive depth from beginning to end. Despite the slow paced nature of it all, KAPUTTH are superbly heavy and create their own great style of music that makes you feel this track was on slightly longer. 

The ambient textures and sullen sludgy guitars have quite an organic and personal sound which the band have called “FUNERAL MOUNTAIN DOOM” and that’s a great description. There’s an old school flavour to the band’s creative vision and whilst it may be quite different it’s also absolutely daring in its own right.

Brocken is part of a split 10 inch vinyl release with another singular superb EP from Experimental Sludge Metallers KOLLEKTIV RAUMORDNUNG called "Selbstbefriedigung in the Temple Plains”. That record is vastly different to Brocken but is also worth checking out.

However, this is my review for Brocken and KAPUTTH have delivered the goods with this outstanding and highly charismatic release.

Excellent and Highly Recommended.

Words by Steve Howe

KOLLEKTIV RAUMORDNUNG / KAPUTTH - "Selbstbefriedigung in the Temple Plains / Brocken" is available to buy now on DD/Vinyl via Fucking Kill Records.

Links 

LinkTree | BandCamp | Instagram

Jurema Juice - Jurema Juice (Album Review)

Release Date: March 27th 2026. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD.

Jurema Juice - Tracklisting

1.Boba da Peste 03:10

2.California (My Girl) 05:37

3.Jurema Juica - Caleidoscópio 02:50

4.Under my Shoes 03:10

5.Roll Over Down 04:06

6.Red Eyed Woman 03:22

7.Revolution Sunshine 04:22

8.A Mais Bela Flor 04:20

9.Caos 04:53

Members

André Gonçalves (vocals)

Carol Vilela (drums)

Davi Savicki (guitar)

Pedro Salvador (bass)

Review

Jurema Juice release their self-titled debut album which sees the band play a tribal style of Classic Rock, Psych Rock, Stoner Rock and Blues Rock where you can hear influences from the likes of Black Sabbath, Led Zepp, Kadavar and in some cases Monster Magnet. For the most part their music is a Psych Stoner Rock journey but one that allows the band time, freedom and supreme creativity to branch out into other areas of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. The album is a real psychedelic trip that uses the power of Seventies Classic Rock to transport the listener into other musical portals and other worldly domains.

The early stages of the record sees Jurema Juice weave elements of Desert Rock and Space Rock through the superb tracks of Boba da Peste, California (My Girl) and Jurema Juica - Caleidoscópio. There’s a sudden shift into Jam-based rock which gives Jurema Juice a more free-flowing and outlandish Psychedelic attitude where you can feel the modern day influence perhaps reigning supreme. However, this still feels quite grounded and downright freaky in places.

The vocals from André Gonçalves feel inspired by the era of Blues Rock, Funk, Psych and Classic Rock which oozes COOL from the very start. André always brings a fresh musical voice to each individual track that shows he’s a LOT OF SOUL within his vocal delivery. I could hear traces of Grunge in the most heavier parts of his vocal performances. The rest of the band are excellent with Carol Vilela (drums), Davi Savicki (guitar) and Pedro Salvador (bass) forming a great POWER TRIO line-up that provides thrilling support to Andre. They never outshadow each other and the band are really super tight and brilliantly focused on tracks such as Under my Shoes, Roll Over Down, Revolution Sunshine and Caos. 

Jurema Juice may offer quite an offbeat sound for their debut album but it’s one that works superbly well with the band moving across many different facets of the Heavy Psychedelic musical scene. It’s quite refreshing to hear a band thinking outside of the box and just playing music for the absolute love of it. This is an outstanding slice of great music from the South American Stoner Rock scene you don’t really come across that often. Give this one a try and you’ll be surprised by what you hear and with the superbly recorded production values, Juerma Juice have real potential to become more well known within the underground scene.

Words by Steve Howe

Links 

BandCamp | Instagram