Thanasis Fragopoulos formed Sorrowful Winds in 1990.
After a long period of constant changes in the line up, two demo releases and several live appearances throughout the country, that created a good reputation and a solid core of fans, SW recorded "The Imminent Arrival" their first-ever official release. Out in July 1999 by "Seven Records" found the band with the following line up: Dimitris Sirgiannis(vocals), Thanasis Hatziagapis (guitars), Babis Zisiou (guitars), Kostas Rigopoulos (Keyboards), Thanasis Fragopoulos (bass)and Chris Katselis (drums). After a short period of time Babis Zisiou left the band which kept on going as a quintet ever since.

In order to promote "The Imminent Arrival" SW gave a number of live appearances and as a highlight their supporting on Gamma Ray (Rodon Club Athens 21/5/2000). Disputes with "Seven Records" forced SW to look for a new record label to release their newly composed material. In the summer of 2001 the band entered the studio once again to record their follow up called "The Age Of Dreams". Released in December 2001 by NMC Records it depicted the maturity and the constant progress of the band through the years, combining power/progressive metal with doom and atmospheric elements. Once again SW played several headlining gigs and supported Candlemass and Evergrey.
At the end of 2002 vocalist D. Sirgiannis decides to leave the band due to personal and musical differences, and after a short term collaboration with Leonidas Chatzimichalis, with whom SW played along with Pain Of Salvation and Rage, the empty vocalist slot was filled by Alexis Zervanos, of the fellow band Mutiny. In 2003 SW had some headlining acts around the country and at the end of the year they played with Deadsoul Tribe at AN club. 2004 found keyboardist Kostas Rigopulos out of the band and guitarist Stavros Gatsopoulos stepping in. With this line-up SW is in process of writing new material and also performing live with several bands including Biomechanical, Jag Panzer and Anvil.

Source : Sorrowful Winds Official Site (http://www.sorrowfulwinds.gr)