1. Grief was founded in 1991 … Read Full Bio ↴There are several bands named 'Grief.
1. Grief was founded in 1991 by Terry Savastano and drummer Randy Odierno of crust band Disrupt. Grief's sludgy doom metal brought extremely slow riffs to the metal underground. The band was heavily influenced by Black Sabbath, Eyehategod and doom warriors Saint Vitus. Grief's music was jagged, noisy, harsh and brutally dissonant. Lead singer Jeff Hayward favored the sort of tortured, throat-shredding, screaming vocals that were quite common in death metal/black metal and grindcore, and that risk-taking combination of torturous vocals and slow, Sabbath-influenced riffs made Grief one of the more influential Sludge/Doom metal bands to emerge in the early ‘90s.
They broke up in 2001 mainly due to drummer problems - something that was an ongoing problem for the band from the start. They also cited what they called a "hostile environment for Doom metal bands". They reunited briefly in July 2005 to play a cluster of reunion shows.
The band had several 7"s including one with Dystopia and Corrupted each. A compilation album called Turbulent Times appeared in 2002 through Southern Lord. The group reunited for one show at the first annual New England Grind And Doom Fest on July 17, 2005 at The Middle East Cafe in Cambridge, MA. They were so excited by the response to this show that they began booking others, and they toured intermittently throughout 2005 and 2006.
In 2005, the band played shows through in venues including The Ace of Clubs and The Knitting Factory in New York, The Khyber in Philadelphia, O'Brien's in Allston/Brighton, MA, The Living Room in Providence, RI, and Cherry St. Station in CT.
In 2006 Southern Lord Records released a full length live album called Alive which featured their performance at the Middle East in November 2005. The album features artwork by Eric C. Harrison, who did much of the band's painted cover artwork.
One of Grief's final appearance was at Emissions from the Monolith 8, a sludge/doom festival that took place in Ohio, May 2006.
The band reformed in 2008 and toured the United States and Europe, but they soon disbanded again in March 2009, giving this announcement via their myspace page;
"I'm sorry to announce that Grief is no longer playing. We have dis-banded or whatever. The last show we played was the Wien Arena in Vienna Austria (i think i spelled those things right)
our reasons for disbanding are our reasons. we have chosen not to get into it but it may or may ot include the following reasons.
- Jeff has finally become Rip Van Winkle and will be asleep for the next 50 years.
- Ray has finally eaten so much that he can not fit out of the door to his house and is unable to leave home
- John has become so death metal that we' d have to actually be ghosts to jam with him and none of us feel like it.
- Eric finally became an actual dog and has not learned how to play bass or do artwork with his paws."
http://www.myspace.com/officialgrief
2. The Swedish Grief has crafted a blackened brand of doom metal, and released it's one and only album (after releasing an EP in 2011) named 'Where the Light Doesn't Shine' in january 2015.
http://griefdoommetal.bandcamp.com/
3. Screamo / Post-hardcore / Black metal from Toulouse, France.
https://grief1.bandcamp.com
Fleshpress
Grief Lyrics
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I can't even count
pointless human butchery
will it ever stop
men, women and children
a never ceasing flow of life
thrust into horrid death chambers
to satisfy the fuhrer's blight
administer the poison
the deadly zyklon b
the fucking nazi bastards laugh
while everone else screams
the bodies packed so tight
so tight you can't believe
roasting pits and mass graves
conceal this atrocity
six million dead - for nothing
The lyrics to Grief's song "Fleshpress" are a scathing indictment of the Holocaust. The opening lines, "millions upon millions, I can't even count," illustrate the scale of the horror that took place during World War II. The lyrics then delve into the "pointless human butchery" that occurred, questioning whether it will ever stop.
The second verse focuses specifically on the fate of men, women, and children who were sent to death chambers. The lyrics use graphic imagery to describe the way they were "thrust into horrid death chambers to satisfy the fuhrer's blight." The song also touches on the use of Zyklon B, the poison gas used to kill millions of Jews, Roma, and other marginalized groups. The lines "the fucking Nazi bastards laugh while everyone else screams" highlight the cruelty and sadism of those responsible.
The final lines of the song, "six million dead - for nothing," serve as a poignant reminder of the staggering loss of life that occurred during the Holocaust. The song is a powerful condemnation of the atrocities committed during this dark period of human history.
Line by Line Meaning
millions upon millions
Countless numbers of people are being killed
I can't even count
So many people are being killed that it is impossible to accurately count them
pointless human butchery
The mass killing of innocent people is happening for no particular reason other than hate
will it ever stop
The killings are so widespread and brutal that there seems to be no end to it
men, women and children
People of all ages and genders are being targeted and killed
a never ceasing flow of life
Despite the mass killings, people continue to be born and live their lives
thrust into horrid death chambers
People are forced into rooms where they will be killed
to satisfy the fuhrer's blight
The reason behind the killings is to meet the demands of the leader of Germany at that time
administer the poison
People are being killed using toxic gas
the deadly zyklon b
Zyklon B is a dangerous and lethal poison that is being used
the fucking nazi bastards laugh
The people in charge of the killings are enjoying themselves while people die
while everyone else screams
The people who are being killed are screaming in agony and fear
the bodies packed so tight
The amount of people being killed is so high that bodies have no space to decompose
so tight you can't believe
It is almost impossible to comprehend how many bodies are in one place
roasting pits and mass graves
Bodies are being burnt and buried en masse
conceal this atrocity
The people responsible for the killings are trying to hide the evidence of their actions
six million dead - for nothing
Six million people have died for no apparent reason other than hate and cruelty
Contributed by Thomas I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.