It’s been extra-slow news-wise around here the last week or two, but NYC‘s The Resurrection Sorrow (MySpace here) have an update on their new record, Hour of the Wolf via the PR wire that will hopefully kick off a flood of updates. If you’re reading this and you’re in a band, by the way, please feel free to email any news to jj(atsign)theobelisk.net and I’ll post it. Obelisk-appropriate local bands welcome. Me likey unsigned acts.

Using stone-heavy handed riffing, barbaric percussive destruction and brooding, occult-inspired vocals, The Resurrection Sorrow boast catchy hooks and infectious grooves not easily ignored. With homage being paid to the oracles of 1970s England, the Bay Area of the 1980s and those of 1990s Seattle and American swamplands, the band has taken the torch from its predecessors and are just taking it further into the cave.

The New York City-based unit features a cast of musicians who have collectively spent time in NYC acts Murphy’s Law, Tides Within, After Dark, Malstrom, Supervillain and more, bringing years of both studio and on-stage expertise to the table. The Resurrection Sorrow ‘s self-released debut full-length Hour of the Wolf was recorded by veteran NYC engineer Joe Hogan (Nebula, The Atomic Bitchwax) and features intense artwork by Seldon Hunt (Pelican, SunnO))), Made out of Babies).

In celebration of this album’s unveiling, the band will play a record release show on November 21st and Brooklyn‘s Trash Bar alongside Seventh Void (featuring Johnny Kelly and Kenny Hickey from Type O Negative and Danzig), as part of the Second Annual Trash Bar Music and Arts Festival.

Tags: New York City, The Resurrection Sorrow, Unsigned bands

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