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(1991 – 2009)

United States of America (Boston, Massachusetts)

Grief was founded in 1991 by Terry Savastano and drummer Randy Odierno of crust band Disrupt. Grief’s sludgy brought extremely slow riffs to the underground. The band was heavily influenced by Black Sabbath, Eyehategod and 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 /black metal and grindcore, and that risk-taking combination of torturous vocals and slow, Sabbath-influenced riffs made Grief one of the more influential / 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 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.
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