Facts:   - website: -lsb- http://www.diedrunk.com/ diedrunk.com -rsb-    - years active: 1996 -- 2011 , 2012-present    - past members: keith hutter ackerman john proveaux bill belford matt gunvordahl duane    - origin: new jersey , united states    - label: small stone records    - genre: hard stoner rock rock , heavy metal , doom metal ,      - name: solace    - image size: 250    - background: group_or_band    - image: solacebrighton.jpg    - current members: jason tommy southard justin daniels rob hultz kenny lund    - associated acts: black nasa , godspeed , prunella scales   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of solace -lrb- band -rrb- .
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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 .