There are several bands named 'Grief.

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

Trust
Grief Lyrics

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Deceived again
My trust is wearing thin
I don't believe
Everything you tell me

Your words mean shit
I'm sick of it
Time after time

Nothing but lies

I trust no-one but myself
Expect no-one else to help
It's a cruel world in which we live
Everyone takes. No one gives

Good friends are hard to find
Some times you let them slip by

Now you're left all alone
One these empty streets you roam

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Grief's song "Trust" express a sense of betrayal and disappointment in others, leading to a lack of trust in the world. The opening lines of "Deceived again, my trust is wearing thin" depict a recurring pattern of people letting the singer down, resulting in a loss of faith in their words and actions. The following lines, "I don't believe everything you tell me, your words mean shit, I'm sick of it," further emphasize this disillusionment and a growing sense of anger.

The chorus of "I trust no-one but myself, expect no-one else to help" reveals the singer's reluctance to rely on anyone but themselves, given their past experiences. The final lines of the song, "Good friends are hard to find, sometimes you let them slip by, now you're left all alone on these empty streets you roam," reflect on the importance of friendship and the consequences of not being able to trust others, leading to isolation and loneliness.

Overall, the lyrics of "Trust" convey a cynical and nihilistic view of the world, where everyone is self-serving and unreliable, leaving the singer with no choice but to rely only on themselves.

Line by Line Meaning

Deceived again
Once again, I have been tricked

My trust is wearing thin
I am losing faith in others

I don't believe
I do not have confidence in what you say

Everything you tell me
All your words

Your words mean shit
I do not value what you say

I'm sick of it
I am tired of this behavior

Time after time
Repeatedly

Nothing but lies
Only untruths

I trust no-one but myself
I rely solely on me

Expect no-one else to help
I should not anticipate others' assistance

It's a cruel world in which we live
Our world is unkind