WOE IS ME, WOE IS YOU, WOE IS REMIXED AND REMASTERED

PA black metallers Woe — who are playing the official “Pre-Game” of the Metal Suckfest on November 3rd along with Mayhem, Keep of Kalessin, Hate and Abigail Williams — released Quietly, Undramatically via Candlelight Records roughly a year ago. We like this band a lot: we premiered a track from that record and Sammy O’Hagar gave it a four-out-of-five horns rating in his official review of the record.

Now Woe have gone and released a new version of Quietly, Undramatically that’s been entirely remixed. I didn’t have any problem with the way the record sounded to begin with, but I gotta admit, this new one sounds way better.

I’m reffing the new version — which is streaming in full at Bandcamp — with the old version in my iTunes library, and it’s night and day. The old version sounds muddy with little clarity between instruments and way too much in the mid-range overall while the new, remixed version is nice and clear with tight, punchy highs and deep but audible lows. Each instrument really cuts through the mix which is always nice, because, ya know, it’s awesome to be able to hear what every member of any band is actually playing.

Will black metal purists cry foul because a band released something that actually sounds good? I don’t give a fuck and I gather the guys in Woe don’t either, because this new version of their year-old album sounds like aces. Nice job, gents!

-VN