13 is the second album from New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

 heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Solace

Solace (band)

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...

.

Considered heavier, angrier and musically more aggressive than its predecessor Further, 13 continued to raise Solace

Solace (band)

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...

 above their Stoner rock

Stoner rock

Stoner rock or stoner metal is a subgenre of heavy metal, combining elements of psychedelic rock, blues rock, traditional heavy metal and doom metal. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo and features a bass-heavy sound, melodic vocals, and 'retro' production...

 stereotype with its Heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 and Doom metal

Doom metal

Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...

 influences, this time with help from genre legend Scott Weinrich

Scott Weinrich

Robert Scott "Wino" Weinrich is a doom metal guitarist and vocalist. Active since 1976, when he started his first band War Horse, Weinrich is best known for being the frontman and guitarist of the doom metal bands The Obsessed and Saint Vitus...

 (also known as Wino, formerly of The Obsessed

The Obsessed

The Obsessed is a doom metal band from Maryland led by Scott "Wino" Weinrich, who also fronted Saint Vitus, Spirit Caravan, Place of Skulls, The Hidden Hand and W.I.N.O.. Formed in 1976, they first split up in 1986 when Wino Saint Vitus, but reformed four years later...

, Saint Vitus, Spirit Caravan

Spirit Caravan

Spirit Caravan was a Maryland doom/stoner metal band featuring the guitarist and vocalist Scott Weinrich.-Biography:Scott "Wino" Weinrich formed Spirit Caravan after the breakup of The Obsessed. The remainder of the band consisted of Dave Shermann on bass and vocals; and Gary Isom on drums...

). With comparisons made between 13 and albums from seminal heavy bands Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...

 and Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

, Solace was dubbed "one of the freshest sounds the metal scene has ever cultivated".

13 was released in 2003 on both CD and vinyl. The CD version contained 13 tracks, while the vinyl version featured 2 additional songs. Cover art was supplied by artist, fan and friend of Solace Paul Vismara.

Unlucky name

13s title was derived from the bad luck the band felt they endured during the production of this album. Problems included:

• The need for 4 different drummers to complete the album.
• Internal strife due to supposed splits with vocalist Jason.
• The destruction of the album's original master tapes prior to their completion.

It took Solace three years to complete this follow up to Further (2000).

CD release

1. "Loving Sickness/Burning Fuel" – 6:44
2. "Indolence" – 4:07
3. "King Alcohol" – 5:41
4. "Once Around the Sun (Deep Through Time)" – 7:12
5. "Common Cause" – 4:16
6. "In the Oven" – 3:18
7. "Forever My Queen" (Pentagram
   Pentagram (band)
   Pentagram is a American heavy metal band from Virginia, most famous as one of the pioneers of doom metal. The band was prolific in the underground scene of the 1970s, producing many demos and rehearsal tapes, but did not release a full-length album until reforming in the early 1980s with an almost...
   
    cover
   Cover version
   In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
   
   ) – 2:38
8. "Theme..." – 1:31
9. "Try" – 6:14
10. "Sled Heavy" – 3:25
11. "Rice Burner" – 7:23
12. "With Time" (Agnostic Front
    Agnostic Front
    Agnostic Front is an American hardcore band. The band began playing hardcore similar to their contemporaries, and were thrust to the forefront of the burgeoning New York hardcore scene in the mid-1980s with their widely regarded 1984 classic Victim in Pain before evolving to incorporate thrash...
    
     cover
    Cover version
    In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
    
    ) – 2:23
13. "Untitled" – 9:42 (Track 13 is a hidden track not referred to on the album's liner notes. It is silent for 5:15, after which the music begins. While this track is commonly referred to by fans as "Untitled", it has been identified by Solace as actually being named "Shit Kisser". This song originally appeared on the band's demo (1997).)

Vinyl release

1. "Loving Sickness/Burning Fuel" – 6:44
2. "Indolence" – 4:07
3. "King Alcohol" – 5:41
4. "Once Around the Sun (Deep Through Time)" – 7:12
5. "Common Cause" – 4:16
6. "In the Oven" – 3:18
7. "Forever My Queen" (Pentagram
   Pentagram (band)
   Pentagram is a American heavy metal band from Virginia, most famous as one of the pioneers of doom metal. The band was prolific in the underground scene of the 1970s, producing many demos and rehearsal tapes, but did not release a full-length album until reforming in the early 1980s with an almost...
   
    cover
   Cover version
   In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
   
   ) – 2:38
8. "Theme..." – 1:31
9. "Try" – 6:14
10. "Sled Heavy" – 3:25
11. "Rice Burner" – 7:23
12. "With Time" (Agnostic Front
    Agnostic Front
    Agnostic Front is an American hardcore band. The band began playing hardcore similar to their contemporaries, and were thrust to the forefront of the burgeoning New York hardcore scene in the mid-1980s with their widely regarded 1984 classic Victim in Pain before evolving to incorporate thrash...
    
     cover
    Cover version
    In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
    
    ) – 2:23
13. "Untitled" – 9:42 (see note on CD version)
14. "Burn"
15. "Red 5/Failing Through"

The lyrics to the original songs on this album have never been officially released. It is commonly believed that their intensely personal nature prevents vocalist Jason from allowing their publication.

Line-up

• Tommy Southard: Guitars, Production
• Jason: Vocals, Lyrics
• Rob Hultz: Bass
• John Proveaux: Drums
• Scott Weinrich
  Scott Weinrich
  Robert Scott "Wino" Weinrich is a doom metal guitarist and vocalist. Active since 1976, when he started his first band War Horse, Weinrich is best known for being the frontman and guitarist of the doom metal bands The Obsessed and Saint Vitus...
  
  : Lyrics, Vocals ("Common Cause"), Guitar ("Common Cause", "Indolence")
• Rick Lewis: Keyboards ("Indolence")
• Mad Lee: Harmonica ("Loving Sickness/Burning Fuel")
• Keith Ackerman: Drums ("King Alcohol", "Sled Heavy")
• Bill "Bixby" Belford: Drums ("Loving Sickness/Burning Fuel")
• Matt Gunvordahl: Drums ("Try")

• Eric Rachel: Recording, Production, Mixing
• Charlie Schaefer: Recording

External links

• [ Allmusic Review]
• Lollipop Magazine Review
• Various reviews hosted by MeteorCity.Com