Sorrow

A death metal band given to exploring slower, semi-doom tempos, New York's Sorrow evolved from an earlier, thrashier outfit named Apparition, which had been formed in 1988 and actually recorded two demos and a 7" single (1990's Eternally Forgotten, for Relapse Records) before changing their name. By that point, the newly rebaptized Sorrow -- featuring vocalist/bassist/guitarist Andy Marchione, guitarist Brett Clarin, and drummer Mike Hymson -- had unequivocally progressed into the stylistic realms of death metal, and was duly snapped up by Roadrunner Records, home to most of t...