DIE FROM SORROW

Die From Sorrow is one of the top metal bands in China. Formed in Beijing in 2003, they are known in the Chinese rock scene for their rich performance experience and powerful live appeal. The debut album "Journey of Sadness" published in 2012 and the concept album follow up "Lord of the Alien Seas" in 2016, generally regarded as one of the best metal releases in China and being praised both by peers in the genre and metal fans upon release, based on which the band has won the 2016 MIDI Rock Awards for Best Heavy Rock Band and established the band as a major player in the Chinese rock scene.

In 2018 they headed far west to Germany to the infamous Wacken Open Air festival where they participated on the globally biggest metal band contest W:O:A Metal Battle and stood out among competitions f (...) Mehr anzeigenrom 30 countries with their sovereign stage performance and superb live set as the final global winner, breaking the best record for participants from Asian and China. They have been invited to Mallorca for the Full Metal Holiday Festival in Spain, followed by guest gigs for KALMAH Asia Tour in Tokyo and Osaka, where they won the hearts of enthusiastic local fans, all that is the kick start of their new international chapter.

They have been invited back to WOA in Germany in 2019, as the first Chinese band who played on Wacken twice. In 2020 they release the combo output "Metempspchosis", followed by another highly celebrated whole China tour with many sold out shows, winning yet more followers and fans along the way. In 2024 finally the long awaited full length studio record was released, "Grand Carnival" a concept album evolving around a mysterious journey through different worlds to find one's true self. Yet another successful whole China tour led the band to all corners of the vast country and more shows are planed for overseas as well.

Line Up:
Lead Singer/Guitar: Martin Lau
Vocal/Guitar: RuiXin Zhang
Vocal/Bass: Jason Koo
Drum: Hanlong Guo

Discography:
• Album: Sunset Eden (July 2009)
• Album: Journey of Sadness (December 2012)
• Single: Lord of the Alien Seas (December 2015)
• Album: Lord of the Alien Seas (March 2016)
• Single: Game of Chaos (July 2019)
• Single: Spinning Counter Clockwise (September 2019)
• Single: Sinaloah Remix (September 2019)
• Single: Florish Before Fading (August 2020)
• Combo release: Metempsychosis (September 2020)
• Album: Grand Carnival (June 2024)

Awards:
2020 Taihe Music LPA Award / "best live award of Heavy music of the year"
2019 China Rock MIDI Award / best heavy rock band of the year
2018 W:O:A METAL BATTLE / "Metal Battle Global Winner"
2018 W:O:A METAL BATTLE / "China Winner"
2016 China Rock MIDI Award / "best heavy rock band of the year"

Performance Summary:
2025 Wake Up Festival (Mongolia)
2025 Yoma Music Festival
2024 ‘Grand Carnival’ China Tour (33 dates)
2023 Busan Rock Festival (South Korea)
2020/2021 ‘Metempsychosis’ China Tour (33 dates)
2019 Wacken Open Air (Germany)
2018 Suzhou + Shenzhen + Qinzhou Midi Music Festival
2018 W:O:A Metal Battle World Winner! (Germany)
2018 Holy Metal Holidays (Spain)
2018 Guest of Kalmah Asian Tour (Japan)
2017 Suzhou, Shenzhen, Shantou Midi Music Festival
2017 DFS ‘Lords of the Alien Sea’ China Tour ···
2016:
Suzhou + Shenzhen Midi Music Festival
First City Strawberry Festival
DFS ‘Lords of the Alien Sea’ Special Beijing
DFS ‘Lords of the Alien Sea’ China Tour
2010—2015:
‘Journey Of Sadness’ China Tour
Guest of Dark Tranquility’s China Tour in Beijing
Guest of Omnium Gatherum’s China Tour in Beijing
Beijing + Zhenjiang Midi Music Festival
Beijing Strawberry Music Festival
Zhangbei Music Festival
Oujiang Music Festival
Others Number of 330 Metal Music Festival Number of ‘Metal Festival’ Number of shows in Live-houses

Endorsements:
Ibanez, Tama, Mapex, Zildjian, Laney, Agruilar, Sural, Ampeg, Moonwalk, NF Audio, Hoshino Gakki, Great Wall, ProMark, Mooer, MNSterious, WG Guitars.

Links:
facebook.com/DieFromSorrow
DieFromSorrow.bandcamp.com
instagram.com...diefromsorrow
youtube.com...mYm5Re2G8xSHLgQ
metal-archives.com/bands郁/3540287213
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