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Five Sorrows

"killin' Christian rappers since 2003..."

About Me

Famed fantasy writer Neil Gaiman once wrote a short story entitled “Violent Cases” about gangsters in the 1930s who carried their machine guns in the guise of violin cases.This is similar to the tactics employed by Five Sorrows creator Kenn Little.Five Sorrows performs industrial, electronic- based goth rock similar to Nine Inch Nails, Linkin Park, Stabbing Westward and Circle of Dust; and while these artists may be influences, Five Sorrows possesses a sound which is uniquely its own.Fusing elements of industrial, goth, hip hop and various electronica with lush strings and melancholy piano, Five Sorrows creates sounds that evoke, mimic and sometimes mock the very human emotions we experience on a daily basis.Lyrically, Five Sorrows tends to explore the often turbulent relationship between God and His creations. Five Sorrows explores the struggles that exist within this relationship as well as the simple need for it. Though often dark, beautiful and sometimes violent, Five Sorrows maintains that there is Hope in this relationship if you have faith enough to accept it.The project itself began sometime in 2003.The individual himself began sometime in 1977.The Five Sorrows debut EP, "Prelude" was released in July of 2006 and is available here, on official site and at live shows.Accolades for Prelude: “Very unique sound...A whole new breed of trip hop…makes for good listening.” -RedCloud, rap artist. “a 10 out of 10... definitely a fresh breath to industrialized goth/metal music and also to the underground…somewhere between Pretty Hate Machine/Downward Spiral…a soon to be goth/industrial CLASSIC…” -S.O.I. Records/ Extreme Metal Zine

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Member Since: 11/9/2004
Band Website: fivesorrows.com
Band Members: the DarkMadChild.
Influences: Saviour Machine, Sunday Munich, Switchblade Symphony, Attrition, Sup the Chemist, Rasputina, Soul Coughing, Morphine, Circle of Dust, Portishead, Sisters of Mercy, the Cure, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Voltaire, This Mortal Coil, Nine Inch Nails, Fell Venus, the Awakening, Pedro the Lion, Beck, Skillet, Stabbing Westward, Nirvana, Midnight Orchestra, Danny Elfman, John Coltrane, PJ Harvey
Sounds Like: Danny Elfman, Trent Reznor and Ice Cube fighting over the radio station. Now available on ..
Record Label: PSalt And Light Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Get "Prelude" for FREE

In celebration of the fact that the debut Five Sorrows EP "Prelude" is now unofficially out of print and sold out, we are releasing it in its entirety for free via torrent on the Pirate Bay. The down...
Posted by Five Sorrows on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:37:00 PST

Five Sorrows Nude!

Not really nude...what were you thinking with your dirty little minds.  Check out the Five Sorrows remix of Nude's track "Inside".   The Five Sorrows Inside (Outside of the Box Mix) can...
Posted by Five Sorrows on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:58:00 PST

Merchandise

We now have some Five Sorrows merchandise available!  Currently, we're offering stickers, buttons, magnets and hats with t-shirts and more to follow! The current designs are going to be available...
Posted by Five Sorrows on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:49:00 PST

iTunes, Napster, eMusic, Rhapsody, Sony Connect

Five Sorrows' debut EP "Prelude" is now available online through the following retailers:iTunes, Napster, eMusic, Rhapsody and Sony Connect!
Posted by Five Sorrows on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:22:00 PST