Woe began in 2007 as a solo project of Chris Grigg, who wrote and recorded the Absinthe Invocation demo as well as a split 7" with Infernal Stronghold.
[citation needed] Their third album, Withdrawal, was released by Candlelight Records on April 23, 2013 followed by tours of the United States and Europe.
Club called Woe "[o]ne of the best of a strong wave of young American black metal bands willing to play around with the boundaries of the genre" and "a group to watch out for".
[2] About Quietly, Undramatically, MetalSucks said "the band have managed to craft something that gives you a good sense of the possibilities STILL existent in the genre" and "[T]his is the sound of black metal to come"[3] while Decibel praised its "sophistication without falling into the usual pitfalls of pretentiousness, cartoonish-ness or undue gloss".
[5] With the release of their A Violent Dread EP, Decibel called them "one of the most highly respected names in American black metal.