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USA flagSORROW BEQUEST
CURRENT NAME Sorrow Bequest
FORMER NAMES -
ORIGIN USA
STATUS Disbanded
FORMED IN -
GENRE Death metal
STYLE -
LYRICAL THEME -
BAND ADDED 2004-01-04, 00:00
LAST UPDATE 2004-01-04, 00:00
Band biography
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In the fall of 1995, out of the ashes of Uller, guitarists Cristof Bennet and David Wills set out to plant the flag of Heavy Metal in North Carolina. The goal was to carry on with the ideals of the Metal bands that had inspired them; namely Iron Maiden, Deathrow, King Diamond, Possessed, Kreator, Coroner, and the like. A year later, they met Joshua Pantke at a Mercyful Fate concert. As his former prog-metal band The Fifth Season had recently disbanded, he quickly decided to join the Bequestial crusade for true metal as the band's bass player.

At this point the band was primarily an open-ended project, for there was a depleted metal army in the area. With Cristof also playing drums, the band flew to Boston to record a cult two-song demo, aided by brothers in Metal, December Wolves. The session included Michelle on vocals, who was the first of many females to join the Bequestial Battle only to depart from the ranks for one reason or another.

May 1997 brought Brian Watson into the affray as the drummer. This allowed Cristof to concentrate on his guitarwork and Sorrow Bequest captured more ground toward the goal of becoming a band with live performance capability. (However, things didn't work well with him and they parted ways several months later.)

July 1997 guitarist Johnny Wooten, formerly of Visceral Remains, donned his axe and joined the ranks. Shortly thereafter, David departed.

November 1997 brought the recording of the "Torn from the Last" demo. At this point, Sorrow Bequest were planning on recording with what was now their sixth female singer. During the final hours of the recording session, they parted ways with Denise. It was decided that Cristof and Johnny would take over the vocal duties in order to properly communicate the message of the music.

February 1998 Joshua leaves for England to finish school. Younger brother Michael Wooten was recruted to fill in on bass for live preformances.

March 1998 Jesse Haff of the band Daylight Dies (formerly known as Phenix) was recruited to take over percussion duties until his departure in August for school and his main band.

August 1998 guitarist Chris Hill, and drummer John Snead (a former of Debauchery), both formerly of Gods In Waiting, are drafted to bring back the three guitar stylings, and place a battery in Sorrow Bequest’s onslaught of Metal against all that is false.
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John Snead1998-Drums
Chris Hill1998-Guitars
Jesse Haff1998-1998DrumsSee also Daylight Dies
Denise1997-1997Vocals
Michelle1996-1996VocalsSee also Jag Panzer
Brian Watson1997-1998Drums
David Wills1995-Guitars
Joshua Pantke1996-2001-BassSee also Fifth Season, The, Widow
Johnny Wooten1997-2001-GuitarsSee also Bloodwritten, Widow
Cristof Bennet1995-2001-Drums, guitars, vocalsSee also Bloodwritten, Widow
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Michael WootenBass
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1996[demo]No label
1997Torn From The LastNo label
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