Woe

Philadelphia, PA · 2005–present · active
black metal
Philadelphia's Woe channel raw American black metal through a lens of urban despair and existential fury, distinguishing themselves from the Scandinavian template with a hardcore-influenced intensity. Albums like 'Quietly, Undramatically' and 'Hope Attrition' established mainman Chris Grigg's project as one of the most vital voices in the US black metal underground.
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Discography

Absinthe Invocation: Five Spells Against God
Absinthe Invocation: Five Spells Against God 2007 · EP
5 tracks
  1. 1 Bounty of Hell 1:17
  2. 2 Hunter Unholy 3:45
  3. 3 Plague in My Eyes 3:29
  4. 4 I Am the Storm 3:37
  5. 5 Absinthe Invocation 4:04
A Spell for the Death of Man
A Spell for the Death of Man 2008 · LP
7 tracks
  1. 1 Solitude 9:01
  2. 2 Alone With Our Failures 4:03
  3. 3 Longing is All that Will Remain 7:16
  4. 4 Condemned as Prey 5:04
  5. 5 I See No Civilization 7:54
  6. 6 Wake in Mourning 4:18
  7. 7 Memento Mori 5:36
Quietly, Undramatically
Quietly, Undramatically 2010 · LP
7 tracks
  1. 1 No Solitude 2:31
  2. 2 The Road From Recovery 5:59
  3. 3 Quietly, Undramatically 8:04
  4. 4 A Treatise on Control 6:29
  5. 5 Without Logic 2:23
  6. 6 Full Circle 12:58
  7. 7 Hatred is Our Heart 4:50
Withdrawal
Withdrawal 2013 · LP
7 tracks
  1. 1 This is the End of the Story 6:16
  2. 2 Carried by Waves to Remorseless Shores of the Truth 7:04
  3. 3 All Bridges Burned 7:24
  4. 4 Ceaseless Jaws 5:07
  5. 5 Song of My Undoing 7:38
  6. 6 Exhausted 5:54
  7. 7 Withdrawal 3:42
A Spell for the Death of Man (2016 Remaster)
A Spell for the Death of Man (2016 Remaster) 2016 · LP
7 tracks
  1. 1 Solitude 9:01
  2. 2 Alone With Our Failures 4:02
  3. 3 Longing Is All That Will Remain 7:13
  4. 4 Condemned as Prey 5:01
  5. 5 I See No Civilization 7:54
  6. 6 Wake in Mourning 4:20
  7. 7 Memento Mori 5:33
Hope Attrition
Hope Attrition 2017 · LP
7 tracks
  1. 1 Unending Call of Woe 8:36
  2. 2 No Blood Has Honor 6:15
  3. 3 A Distant Epitaph 0:48
  4. 4 The Din of the Mourning 7:12
  5. 5 The Ones We Lost 7:53
  6. 6 Drown Us With Greatness 5:17
  7. 7 Abject in Defeat 7:25
A Violent Dread EP
A Violent Dread EP 2019 · EP
2 tracks
  1. 1 A Violent Dread 9:15
  2. 2 The Knell and the World 9:01
Legacies of Frailty
Legacies of Frailty 2023 · EP
6 tracks
  1. 1 Fresh Chaos Greets the Dawn 8:39
  2. 2 Scavenger Prophets 6:45
  3. 3 The Justice of Gnashing Teeth 9:52
  4. 4 Distant Epitaphs 7:03
  5. 5 Shores of Extinction 6:36
  6. 6 Far Beyond the Fracture of the Sky 8:55
Legacies of Human Frailty
Legacies of Human Frailty 2026 · EP
6 tracks
  1. 1 Scavenger Prophets 6:43
  2. 2 The Justice of Gnashing Teeth 9:50
  3. 3 Fresh Chaos Greets the Dawn 8:40
  4. 4 Distant Epitaphs 6:28
  5. 5 Shores of Extinction 6:32
  6. 6 Far Beyond the Fracture of the Sky 8:52
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