The Sorrow: Misery Escape

Alright folks, my favourite Austrian four piece is back with a new album on the way!  Please welcome back Austria's The Sorrow.  Now into their fourth LP, it seems these guys have collected a great fan base and seem to be working with a good formula, now being carried over to the latest release.  I found out about these guys while trolling through some European music sites, around the time when they were finishing up with 09's Origin of the Storm and set to release the 2010 self titled album.  All the albums have a pretty consistent feel to them, while at the same time hearing their progression in songwriting and vocal ranges.

(Photo courtesy of The Sorrow Facebook)

The Sorrow is:

Mätze - Vox, Guitar | Andi - Guitar | Tobi - Bass | Dominik - Drums

The Sorrow have announced plans to release their new LP "Misery Escape", which will see an October 26th, 2012 (November 6th, 2012 in US/Canada) release via newly inked label Napalm Records.

1. Retracing Memories

2. The Escape

3. Burial Bridge

4. My Oblivion

5. A Reason

6. Buried In The Deep

7. A Thin Red Line

8. Perspectives

9. Lost Chapters

10. Dead Home

11. Follow The Lights

With a track listing now avilable, and the release of their music video "Burial Bridge" (not to mention the release of their first single/lyric video "Perspectives"), North America is now eagerly waiting November 6th:

We managed to find a little bit of information from an recent interview they conducted with Free Thinker blog.  

NOTE: *Original interview conducted in German, this is loosely translated to English:

(Photo courtesy of The Sorrow Facebook)

FT: When and where the album was written - you were surely very diligent way? 

TS: "The songs we have written ago last year in the fall. About 2 months, we have met nearly every day in the practice room and put together what has thus accumulated in the last year of ideas! This actually works quite well and has always proved us too. We do this mainly on the computer, because it's just faster. This makes the process a lot easier for us."

(Photo courtesy of The Sorrow Facebook)

FT: How did the recording process made? Were there for you experiencing any problems?

TS: "Yes there were some problems, the recordings have indeed taken over months! We have worked a lot in the studio with our producer Sky van Hoff on the songs, and some of them very much rewritten and tested. Sky really has a golden touch in terms of the songwriting, and he had a lot of one wahnsinns job! Mätze this time went through hell, got even Einne vocal cord inflammation and had 10 weeks singing lock. In between, we had to stop the shooting, because we had to work in order to even have to eat something on the table. It has everything protracted but now we are really happy and satisfied with it."

You can read the full interview here.

For now, all the European fans can catch them on tour:

And as of January 13th, The Sorrow released a new live-ish music video for their track "Perspectives":

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In case you're not really sure who these guys are or what they have put out so far, check out some official links below (as well as their previous release and some audio/visual):

Facebook: www.facebook.com/thesorrowofficial
Myspace: www.myspace.com/thesorrowmetal
Official Site: www.thesorrow.net

The self titled album "The Sorrow" was released on Octobr 29th, 2010:

1. Afflictions

2. Crossing Jordan

3. The Weight of the World

4. Suffering Quotes

5. Heart of a Lion

6. Farewells

7. You Are My Nemesis

8. Paragon In Charity

9. Draped In Misery

10. Grief Machine

11. Engraved In Our Hearts

12. Facing the End

13. Reach for the Skies

"Production value is as crisp and clean as ever, helping the breakdowns and pummeling riffs maintain their colossal impact. A minor aspect that plays such a dominant part in preserving the band’s trademark sound from start to finish. The Pummeling blast beats from the pedals Dominik Immler ensure the groovy riffs still pack a ferocious punch throughout. This skilled group of musicians never seem to overuse the breakdown, as is a common flaw with many bands in the genre today, and never resort to unnecessarily comprising songs with said breakdowns that serve no other purpose than to fill up the minutes. Tracks like 'Grief Machine' and 'Crossing Jordan' show the band’s song writing abilities are as powerful as ever as they coalesce skillful breakdowns and drum patterns effortlessly and ferociously into riffs, passages, as well as the choruses. While they may be the same rudiments we've heard before, one cannot deny that the flair which The Sorrow so fluently exhibit is anything short of magnificent.

With their third album, The Sorrow have delivered thirteen quality songs containing all the classic trademarks we’ve come to know and love. Crushing, groove infused metalcore delivered with the type of confidence and exuberance their peers can only dream of achieving. However, the question regarding the direction of their future sound and releases remains; is this a good old fashion case of if it ain’t broke don’t fix it? Or is this solid outfit destined to grow stale and repetitive in the near future? While every listener will derive their own opinions on such questions upon listening to this self-titled outing, the answer lies within the hands and hearts of four young Austrians who clearly have no shortage of musical ideas or the burgeoning ability required to execute them. While it may require more time to grow than previous records, The Sorrow can be proud to put their name to such a brilliantly constructed album." -Sputnik Music