Further (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Further
Type = studio
Artist = Solace


Released = 2000 (re-released 2005)
Genre = Heavy Rock Heavy metal Doom metal Stoner metal
Label = MeteorCity Records, People Like You Records
Producer = Eric Rachel, Solace
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:9l1m963ohep6 link] |
Last album = "Distanced from Reality" (1999)
This album = "Further" (2000)
Next album = "13" (2003)

"Further" is the first full-length album from New Jersey heavy metal band Solace.

Recorded by Eric Rachel at Trax East Studios (birthplace of albums from such New Jersey bands as Skid Row and The Misfits), "Further" was quickly hailed as an important addition to the independent Doom and Stoner Metal movements. Though comparisons were made to such genre bands as Goatsnake, The Obsessed and Cathedral, "Further" was considered by some darker than most works of the Stoner style, and was even compared to the likes of Black Sabbath, Tool, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains. [http://www.meteorcity.com/010.htm]

Originally released in 2000, the US version featured 8 tracks, while the European version contained an additional 2 cover songs. A revamped version featuring these two additional songs was re-released in America in 2005.

Track listing

US/2000 release

#"Man Dog" – 7:11
#"Black Unholy Ground" – 7:30
#"Followed" – 8:29
#"Whistle Pig" – 4:14
#"Hungry Mother" – 2:26
#"Angels Dreaming" – 9:01
#"Suspicious Tower" – 4:40
#"Heavy Birth/2 Fisted" – 16:23

European/2005 release

#"Man Dog" – 7:11
#"Black Unholy Ground" – 7:30
#"Followed" – 8:29
#"Whistle Pig" – 4:14
#"Hungry Mother" – 2:26
#"Angels Dreaming" – 9:01
#"Suspicious Tower" – 4:40
#"Heavy Birth/2 Fisted" – 16:23
#"Another Life" (Iron Maiden cover)
#"We Bite" (The Misfits cover)

Miscellanea

* This album's cover art was done by Heavy metal art veteran Wes Benscoter and is entitled "Midnight Mass 2".
* The title "Further" is an indirect reference to Solace's debut EP "Distanced from Reality", the idea being that the band is "distanced even further from reality".
* Lyrics to only four of the songs on this album have ever been officially released. It is commonly believed that the intensely personal nature of vocalist Jason's lyrics prevent him from allowing their publication. [ [http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=8749 Encyclopaedia Metallum - Reviews for Solace (US) - Further ] ]

Lineup

*Tommy Southard: Guitars
*Jason: Vocals, Lyrics
*Rob Hultz: Bass
*Bill "Bixby" Belford: Drums

*Eric Rachel: Recording, Production
*Alan Douches: Mastering

External links

* [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:9l1m963ohep6 All Music Guide Review]
* [http://www.meteorcity.com/010.htm Various reviews hosted by MeteorCity.Com]

ee also

*"Further" was also the debut single of British band Long-view.
*Furthur - The name of the bus used by the Merry Pranksters.
* [http://www.furtheronline.co.uk Further] is also the name of an online marketing agency based in the UK

References