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Solace – A.D.
New Jersey’s Solace may just be the world’s best unknown rock band. They have suffered a number of setbacks over the years, from quitting band members to random accidents, but now their third full- length album is out at last.
Describing a band’s sound is a thankless task, so I ‘ll try to be brief. You could call Solace’s music hard rock or classic metal (it’s tempting to call them stoner rock, but- like most of the bands that are called that- they seem to hate the term). This is bike- riding, bong- hitting, devil- worshipping music. Think groovy doom stuff like Pentagram or The Obsessed (they ‘ve played with Wino), very early Monster Magnet (they’ re friends with Ed Mundell), Down, C.O.C., even Alice In Chains. Basically, if you like any of the aforementioned bands, you will fucking love this. You need this album. You just didn’t know it until now. You ‘ve been warned.
(-Dimitris Kontogiannis-)
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