It was two years ago that I was first confronted by Kingdom of Sorrow. Their self-titled debut was a great dose of sludgecore (I am still not sure if that is a real sub-genre or just something in my head). The combination of Jamey Jasta's Hatebreed-bred hardcore and Kirk Windstein's thick as mud sludge metal in Crowbar proved to be a potent one. That album was heavy, catchy, and absolutely rock solid. Considering it was a side project that took awhile to actually come together I never stopped to consider we would get any more music from them. Lo and behold, time was found, notes were written, instruments recorded, and a new album was born. Behind the Blackest Tears is their sophomore effort. Does it hold candle to their debut?