Sorrow (1994, Head Not Found)
Lineup: Thrond Engum (guitar), Rune Hoemsnes (drums), Finn Olav Holthe (guitar),
Geir Nilssen (guitar), Kari Rueslåtten (vocals), Bernt Rundberget (bass)
It was this EP that put T3ATM on the muscal map and propelled their singer, Kari Rueslåtten
to cult status. Just about every female singer in the doom/ambient/folk/darkwave vein today
gets compared to her and for good reason. Despite the shortness of the EP (only four songs
and about 20 minutes), it is a sign of things to come by the band itself and a beacon for
numerous imitators to navigate by. The music is slow, with many folk-references, gloomy and
nostalgic, some Dead Can Dance influence can be detected by the heavier arrangements pull
away from simple comparisons. Kari's emotional voice reaches from myths to old-English
troubadour ballads without strain. Dark melancholy with ethereal arrangements, lyrics both
in Norwegian and English.
A masterpice of gloomy esoteric darkness, with one of the best female vocalists in
metal.
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