''Sorrowburn'' is the debut album of the Finnish gothic metal band

Charon In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (; grc, Χάρων) is a psychopomp, the ferryman of Hades, the Greek underworld. He carries the souls of those who have been given funeral rites across the rivers Acheron and Styx, which separate the wo ...

. The style of the album is markedly different from most of Charon's music – the tentative foray into

death metal Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, fe ...

territory evident on ''Sorrowburn'' was not to last, and the band soon found their sound naturally transforming into more a contemporary rock-metal style in their later albums.

Track listing

# "Burndown" – 2:06 # "Wortex" – 4:57 # "Breeze" – 3:37 # "Serenity" – 4:34 # "To Serve You" – 3:12 # "Nightwing" – 4:08 # "Neverbirth" – 6:31 # "Kheimos" – 3:36 # "November's Eve" – 4:54 # "Morrow" – 8:33

Personnel

Juha-Pekka "JP" Leppäluoto Juha-Pekka is a Finnish given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Juha Pekka Alanen, Finnish guitarist of Altaria * Juha-Pekka Haataja (born 1982), Finnish ice hockey player * Juha-Pekka Hytönen (born 1981), Finnish ice hockey playe ...

– vocals *Pasi Sipilä – guitar *Jasse von Hast – guitar *Ant Karihtala – drums *Teemu Hautamäki – bass ;Production *Charon – cover design and art *J. Matinheikki – recording, mixing, production 1998 debut albums Charon (band) albums {{1990s-metal-album-stub