Solace (band)

Solace
Background information
Origin	New Jersey, United States
Genres	Hard rock, Heavy metal, Doom metal, Stoner rock
Years active	1996–2011, 2012-present
Labels	Small Stone Records
Associated acts	Black NASA, Godspeed, Prunella Scales
Website	diedrunk.com
Members	Jason Tommy Southard Justin Daniels Rob Hultz Kenny Lund
Past members	Keith Ackerman John Proveaux Bill Belford Matt Gunvordahl Duane Hutter

Solace is a heavy metal band hailing from the Jersey Shore, United States.

Formed in 1996 by the remaining members of Atlantic Records artist Godspeed, Solace is most well known in the stoner rock genre, but as guitarist and founding member Tommy Southard has said "We're not a stoner band, we're a rock 'n' roll band—a hard rock band, a metal band." This idea was reaffirmed by iTunes.com in 2010 when they voted the band's third studio album A.D. "2010 Metal Album of the Year". However, their live performances at Stoner Rock festivals such as America's Emissions from the Monolith and Europe's Roadburn Festival, have rooted them just as deeply in that genre.

In 1994, east coast rockers Godspeed went to Electric Lady Studios to record their Atlantic Records debut album Ride. Featuring future Solace members Tommy Southard and Rob Hultz, Godspeed's major label run included a cover of "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" for Nativity in Black: A Tribute to Black Sabbath with Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson, tours of the United States and Europe with Black Sabbath, Dio, Cathedral, and Sugartooth, as well as a music video for their single "Houston Street" featured on MTV's Headbanger's Ball and Beavis and Butt-head.

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