METAL MIND PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS A RE-RELEASE OF THE ONLY STUDIO ALBUM BY THE AMERICAN DEATH/DOOM METAL BAND SORROW – “HATRED AND DISGUST” (1992).
The re-issue is extended by the addition of their only EP “Forgotten Sunrise” (1991). Sorrow’s history is a by-the-book example of a band who had genuine talent, but just weren’t lucky enough to survive the avalanche of metal releases in the early 90’s. Today, the group’s debut album “Hatred and Disgust”, along with the preceding EP “Forgotten Sunrise”, are considered as true metal classics, hunted by music collectors all around the world. This exclusive double reissue brings back these classics in all of their brutal, devastating glory… The story goes like this. While Mike was chatting it up with Monte, the A&R guy at Roadrunner, I slipped our 4-song cassette tape, later titled ‘Forgotten Sunrise’, into the sound system that everybody was listening to that night. Mike said to Monte, ‘this is my band playing now’. And Monte said, ‘Come back on Monday and we’ll talk about a contract.’” The band went on to release their first EP, “Forgotten Sunrise”, under the new label on October 29th, 1991, right after changing their name to Sorrow. The EP contained mostly old material, but the musical direction known from Apparition’s early recordings has drastically changed. The band became strongly influenced by death and doom metal, which they proved on their first and only full-length offering called “Hatred and Disgust”. The album was released on October 6th, 1992, bringing six tracks of oppressive, brutally heavy music. The material on the debut CD showcased an incredible progression for Sorrow, who instantly became a remarkable talent on the death/doom scene, mostly thanks to sticking to the true nature of doom metal and skipping all those things like gothic overtones or subtle atmospherics. Instead, they delivered crushing riffs, a monstrous bass sound and deep, powerful growling.