Yeah, I’ve already posted about Solace‘s Fading Failing Ruin coming out July 3 on Magnetic Eye. And yeah, I’ve already posted about the European tour they’re about to launch tomorrow in Paris, playing numerous dates in support of Hermano as they head to and through Desertfest in Berlin and London in the same weekend. Very Solace, that. But while I’ve posted about these things before, the advent of a video for “Spiral Will” gives me a chance to talk about it again, and that, my friends, is all I’m really looking for.

It’s nice to see familiar faces in the clip they filmed out in the woods — Lisa Hass, Dave Benzotti, Mark Cruikshank, etc. — somewhere between here and the southern tip of New Jersey a month or so ago, and it’s fun when things get pagan and they start circling up around frontman Justin Goins. The song itself has a hook but doesn’t beat you over the head with it, and speaks well to how they build momentum over the course of the impending album.

I doubt they’ll see this, but I’m sorry they’re not playing Oslo this coming weekend as I’ll be there, but I wish them the best for the travel and shows regardless. They’ve made a beast of a record to tour on, so it’s fortunate that they are doing so.

From the PR wire:

SOLACE drop new video single ‘Spiral Will’ taken from forthcoming album “Fading Failing Ruin” & kick off European Tour!

SOLACE preach heavy metal to the faithful in the new music video ‘Spiral Will’ for the next advance single taken from their highly anticipated fifth full-length “Fading Failing Ruin”, scheduled for release on July 3, 2026, via Magnetic Eye Records.

Pre-orders are available HERE: https://spkr.store/collections/solace

The iconic stoner doom act from New Jersey, USA is also about to embark on their European tour that will be kicked off on May 7, 2026 in the French capital city of Paris.

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 Berlin (DE) Desertfest Berlin Warm-Up
15 MAY 2026 London (UK) Desertfest London
16 MAY 2026 Bridgwater (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

SOLACE comment on ‘Spiral Will’: “If our previous album, ‘The Brink’, represented the last thoughts of a drowning man, then ‘Fading Failing Ruin’ is his spirit washing up on shore”, vocalist Justin Goins muses. “This new world is foreign and alien to him, and he’ll soon realize that there’s no bottom to which he can sink. There’s always another depth to descend once he crashes through the bedrock below. The cost of his failures in life is to be fettered to a stone by a chain at his ankle, walking in circles until the chain, winding itself around the stone, pulls him in a spiral to be crushed against the rock. The only way forward is to ascend, and the only way to ascend is to fashion wings – one feather grown from each slight and wound – until he can achieve escape velocity, breaking the chain and rising above his human failings. The freedom of wings, however, can be its own curse, threatening to turn him into a monster by setting him above what he sees as pedestrian concerns beneath him, destroying the humanity that sets him apart from the rest of the world.”

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.

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

Guest musicians
Pelle Andersson (LOWRIDER) – various keyboards
Eric Rachel – additional keyboards
Duane Hutter – slide guitar

Line-up:
Justin Skyler Daniels – guitar
Justin Goins – keyboard, vocals
Tim Schoenleber – drums
Mike Sica – bass
Tommy Southard – guitar

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Solace, “Spiral Will” official video

Solace, Fading Failing Ruin (2026)

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