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02-21 Solstice stream new album
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Although they were initially touted to follow Paradise Lost and Anathema as leading lights of British doom metal intothe1990s,Solstice (not tobeconfused with the American new age proggies using the same name) released only two albumsandone EPbefore vanishing from sight on theeveof the new millennium.Formed by vocalist Simon Matravers nearly a decade earlier, Solstice also included guitarists Richard M. Walker andJohnPiras,bassist Lee"Chaz"Netherwood, and drummer Lennaert Roomerby the release of their sorrowful CandlelightRecordsdebut,Lamentations, in 1994. The HalcyonEP(featuring guitarist Gia ...read more
Although they were initially touted to follow Paradise Lost and Anathema as leading lights of British doom metal intothe1990s,Solstice (not tobeconfused with the American new age proggies using the same name) released only two albumsandone EPbefore vanishing from sight on theeveof the new millennium.Formed by vocalist Simon Matravers nearly a decade earlier, Solstice also included guitarists Richard M. Walker andJohnPiras,bassist Lee"Chaz"Netherwood, and drummer Lennaert Roomerby the release of their sorrowful CandlelightRecordsdebut,Lamentations, in 1994. The HalcyonEP(featuring guitarist Gian Pyres, later of Cradle of Filth) followed the nextyear,butnumerous business-related and internal difficultiesdelayedSolstice's second full-length, New Dark Age, until 1998.By then, only two original members (Walkerand Netherwood) remained, anddespite the helping hands of newarrivalsMorrisIngram(vocals),Hamish Hamilton Glencross (guitar), and RickBudby (drums),the album would ultimately prove to beSolstice'slast.http://solstice-englander.bandcamp.com/album/deaths-crown-is-victory « hide |
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