SORROW released their debut album, Hatred and Disgust, on this day in 1992 through Roadrunner.
In '88 we started as a thrash band, we were totally into Slayer but that didn't do much for us in '89 so we decided to get more extreme and circulated our tape through the underground. In '90 we combined a heavy doom influence with death metal. We switched to death metal because a lot more bands we coming out like Death, Autopsy, Morbid Angel and we liked it. The doom metal thing was more calculated. It's an extreme but in our own way. It can also be melodic riffs like Trouble as opposed to blast beats.
Mike Hymson / Sorrow interview, NGF #6, 1992
The band formed in 1988, briefly as CYANIC DEATH before becoming APPARITION. As APPARITION they recorded two demos and a 1990 7" for Relapse.
At the time Josh was in Suffocation and his friend Matt was starting a label and Suffocation had signed with them to do an ep so we sent Matt a tape. He pressed 1000 copies of it on 7". It was the in between step we needed.
Mike Hymson / Sorrow interview, NGF #6, 1992
As SORROW they released a 1991 7" on Roadracer, this album and then split in 1993. Material for a second album was written and rehearsed but never recorded in studio.
SORROW have a YouTube channel featuring rare rehearsal and live footage and interviews!