Kingdom of Sorrow, sometimes abbreviated to KoS, is an American sludge metal band formed in February 2005 as a side project. It features Kirk Windstein of Crowbar and Down and Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed.
Kingdom of Sorrow was founded over a decade ago when the Hatebreed front man Jamey Jasta introduced himself to Down/Crowbar guitarist Kirk Windstein at a show at Pearl Street in Northampton, Massachusetts. A short time later Jasta, who actively boo...
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Kingdom of Sorrow, sometimes abbreviated to KoS, is an American sludge metal band formed in February 2005 as a side project. It features Kirk Windstein of Crowbar and Down and Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed.
Kingdom of Sorrow was founded over a decade ago when the Hatebreed front man Jamey Jasta introduced himself to Down/Crowbar guitarist Kirk Windstein at a show at Pearl Street in Northampton, Massachusetts. A short time later Jasta, who actively booked shows throughout New England in the early nineties, put up the cash for a Napalm Death/Crowbar show in order that Hatebreed could play with one of his favorite bands. Ever since, the two have remained in close contact and become the best of friends over the subsequent decade.
Jasta and Hatebreed invited Crowbar out for a UK run of dates in March 2005. It was there that the two friends decided to combine forces on a band based on their mutual affinity for the hallmarks of the genre (Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Pantera) and their history of...
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