The Sorrow

The Sorrow is a metalcore band from Vorarlberg in Austria.

History

The band was founded by the current band members in 2005. Mathias " Mätze " Schlegel and Andreas " Andi " Maeser played for years in the band Disconnected, Dominik " Dewey " Immler and Tobias " Tobi " Schedler in the hardcore band Distance. Dominik rose at a Disconnected and later Tobi replaced the bassist of the band, so that the current line-up was complete.

2006 The Sorrow received a recording contract with Drakkar Records. On 27 July 2007 their debut album Blessings from a Blackened Sky, which was selected by the magazine Metal Hammer as " Album of the Month August 2007 " was released, which a few months before the award for "Demo of the Month" preceded it. A short time later, on 2 August 2007, the band Open Air Festival performed at the Wacken. In the autumn they went with the band DevilDriver on tour in Europe and this was followed in February, the first headlining tour with Misery Speaks and Sulking as support. For March 2008 The Sorrow were confirmed as support for the upcoming European tour of Chimaira. More they were represented Festival on 13 June 2008 at the Nova Rock and acted as first band of the day.

The second studio album Origin of the Storm was released on 27 February 2009. In Austria it is entered at number 15 on the Billboard charts in Germany it reached number 56 In the Amadeus Austrian Music Awards 2009, the band won in the category " Hard & Heavy. "

On 29 October 2010 released their self-titled album, The Sorrow, on 26 October 2012, the fourth studio album Misery Escape.

Style

Your style is in the range of metal cores, but also has influences of Melodic Death Metal. Singer and guitarist " Mätze " mainly used Screaming, but also sings clear. The music can best be described as a mixture of the bands In Flames, Killswitch Engage and Caliban.

Discography

  • 2007: Blessings from a Blackened Sky ( Drakkar Records)
  • 2009: Origin of the Storm ( Drakkar Records)
  • 2010: The Sorrow ( Drakkar Records)
  • 2012: Misery Escape ( Napalm Records)
Rose McDowall Singing Electric guitar Bass guitar Wacken Open Air Grantig Caliban (Band)
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