---
title: "Solstice"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/solstice"
genre: "Doom Metal"
country: "United Kingdom"
formed: 1990
---

# Solstice

**Solstice** is a doom metal band, from United Kingdom, active 1990 to present.

Solstice is an English epic doom metal band from Dewsbury, founded by Rich Walker after the breakup of his previous hardcore punk / grindcore bands Sore Throat and Warfear.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice_(doom_metal_band)

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Solstice |
| Genre | Doom Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | Bradford, United Kingdom |
| Formed | 1990 |
| Releases in catalog | 9 |

## Genres

[Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal) · [Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Hamish Glencross](https://themetalnet.com/musician/hamish-glencross) | Electric guitar | 1996 to 1999 | Former |
| [Shaun Taylor‐Steels](https://themetalnet.com/musician/shaun-taylor-steels) | Drums (drum set) | 1995 to 2010 | Former |
| [Gian Pyres](https://themetalnet.com/musician/gian-pyres) | Electric bass guitar, Electric guitar | 1993 to 1996 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1994 | [Lamentations](https://themetalnet.com/album/9f658a42-0fdc-3a38-b7c4-bca2cba20908) | Album |
| 1996 | [Halcyon](https://themetalnet.com/album/4e8acfa5-23af-3f50-b0d8-2d573f06898a) | EP |
| 1997 | [The Sleeping Tyrant / Mourner in the Mists](https://themetalnet.com/album/1edd11d6-25fb-4677-8686-77d0fe6dbbdf) | EP |
| 1998 | [New Dark Age](https://themetalnet.com/album/51e93bb6-60f9-3df0-8bad-ca4e4f7d19a8) | Album |
| 2001 | [Fasttaker / Gloves of Metal](https://themetalnet.com/album/8b84095f-91c7-4011-bd14-4340c1902ffc) | EP |
| 2013 | [Death's Crown Is Victory](https://themetalnet.com/album/46627390-e89b-4158-bd90-185e9edb59b0) | EP |
| 2018 | [White Horse Hill](https://themetalnet.com/album/3ce62106-028a-4c75-b713-45c81c30e254) | Album |
| 2019 | [White Thane](https://themetalnet.com/album/fc25614f-a1b4-4559-8891-4090c925fc0d) | EP |
|  | [As Empires Fall](https://themetalnet.com/album/b7793512-777f-33fd-8e0f-40c2150116d6) | EP |

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- [Reverend Bizarre](https://themetalnet.com/band/reverend-bizarre) (listened together)
- [Iron Maiden](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-maiden) (listened together)
- [Saint Vitus](https://themetalnet.com/band/saint-vitus) (listened together)
- [Slayer](https://themetalnet.com/band/slayer) (listened together)
- [Cathedral](https://themetalnet.com/band/cathedral) (listened together)
- [Helloween](https://themetalnet.com/band/helloween) (listened together)
- [The Obsessed](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-obsessed) (listened together)
- [Megadeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/megadeth) (listened together)
- [Pentagram](https://themetalnet.com/band/pentagram) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Solstice/718
- bandcamp: https://solstice-englander.bandcamp.com/
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/solstice.englander/
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SolsticeEnglander
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Solstice-Englander/197248210290642

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/solstice](https://themetalnet.com/band/solstice). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt