A few years ago, 2 songwriters from Southern Oklahoma began combining their efforts to write hard and heavy music as they saw fit. Given the disaster area for music they lived in, it was wiser to record at home and put efforts towards writing, than playing in cover bands. Now, adding help from a few friends, the band calls themselves The Circle of Woe and brings a new flavor to the scene. Combining Metal, old and Nu, hard rock, goth, and grunge stylings, the band shows that Riffs are what music is all about. With the influences of bands like Sabbath and Pantera, Woe comes to rock.
The band features Thomas on guitars/vocals, Paul Phillips on guitar, Shannon Sconce on bass, and Greg Upchurch on drums.
Alice In Chains
Black Sabbath
Cold
Corrosion Of Conformity
Crowbar
Deftones
Elvis
Exodus, Testament, Metallica, Megadeth, and the late 80s Metal
Faith No More
Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard
KISS
Life of Agony
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Pantera
Priest and Maiden
Prong
Radiohead
Sepultura
Slayer
Soundgarden
Stone Temple Pilots
The Cult
Tom Waits
Type O Negative