Woe

KILL SCREEN 023: Chris Grigg of WOE and the Branching Paths of History

October 25, 2023

The USBM subversive and underground tech entrepreneur found his road to darkness—despite a radical 8-bit choice.

Five For Friday: September 29, 2023

September 29, 2023

It’s a good week for darkness with the latest from Woe, Disguised Malignance, Wolves in the Throne Room and more!

Track Premiere: Woe – “Scavenger Prophets”

July 11, 2023

Listen to “Scavenger Prophets,” the first new Woe song since 2019.

Full Stream: Vigor Reconstruct: A Benefit for the Soroka Family

October 2, 2020

Witness the power of metalheads coming together as we stream Vigor Reconstruct, the sprawling, multi-genre benefits compilation for the Soroka Family, plus a chat with the comp’s organizer to find out how this massive work came together.

Bindrune Releases ‘Overgrow to Overthrow’ Compilation

July 3, 2020

Doom, Woe, Panopticon and more than two dozen other bands contribute new or unheard music to Bindrune’s Overgrow to Overthrow compilation, benefitting Black Lives Matter and Life After Hate.

Chris Grigg: “We Dread This Violence; the Dread, Itself, Is Violent.”

March 22, 2019

The Woe frontman tells us about the inspiration for the legendary band’s new release, along with some plans for the near future.

Interview: Woe at Shadow Woods Metal Festival

October 11, 2017

Brooklyn-based USBM outfit Woe discuss their latest album, Hope Attrition, the songwriting process and playing at Shadow Woods Metal Fest in a new interview.

Track Premiere: Belus – ‘Avarice’

September 27, 2017

Check out a track from the upcoming Belus record, featuring members of Woe and Mortals.

Woe

March 27, 2017

Hope Attrition
Answer the unending call (won’t go to voicemail)
dB rating: 8/10

Track Premiere: Woe Grapple With Death On ‘The Ones We Lost’

February 14, 2017

Losing a loved one can rearrange one’s whole world, an idea Woe are forced to grapple with on “The Ones We Lost.” 

Decibrity Playlist: Woe

April 18, 2013

One of my favorite albums so far this year, Woe‘s Withdrawal, drops on Tuesday. To mark the occasion, guitarist Ben Brand sent along the following playlist that I’m pretty sure only he could adequately describe: “In honor of the transition into Spring, I want you all to start thinking about getting that garden growing. Inch…

Re-enter the Anthrosphere!

February 29, 2012

Recently Anthropic Records — purveyors of excellence and, in their own apt formulation, “heart-breaking, chest-crushing noise and doomed psychic soundscapes” — unleashed Anthrosphere III, yet another fantastic (and free!) compilation of the latest gnashing and wailing coming out of the Philadelphia metal underground. To mark the occasion we invited Anthropic proprietress Shannon Marie to share…

Remixing metal: What’s the worst that could happen?

December 16, 2011

Maybe it’s the straight-to-video action movie genre or the rising popularity of MMA that’s to blame, seeing that both seem to love setting action to metal guitars and electronic beats, but despite metal remix albums almost always sucking they’re not disappearing any time soon. On February 24th, Morbid Angel will release Illud Divinum Insanus—the Remixes,…

Woe Redux: Less Quiet, More Drama

October 18, 2011

As an unabashed booster of the original version of Quietly, Undramatically, I have to admit I was a bit skeptical when I heard Woe mastermind Chris Grigg was embarking upon a full remix of the record. The end result, however, definitely won me over, bringing a new level of epic-ness and clarity out of the…

Scion Rock Fest 2011 – Unannounced Bands, uh Announced!

January 20, 2011

Scion A/V announced the partial line-up for the 2011 Scion Rock Fest. It was ridiculous! But it just got even more ridiculous! So much so, Scion A/V proposed to fly Decibot from his digital hovel to Pomona, CA to witness the awesomeness, but Decibot declined because the new Rev Theory album is imminent. OK, so…

Scion Rock Fest 2011 – Line-up Announced

January 14, 2011

Scion A/V just announced the line-up for the 2011 Scion Rock Fest. Uh, it’s ridiculous! Morbid Angel, Obituary, Death Angel, Municipal Waste, Agalloch, Integrity, Bastard Noise… Well, you can just read the handbill for the rest. This looks to be an awesome ear-destroying fest. And it’s fucking free (if you RSVP)! Also, Decibel are co-sponsors….