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Founded in 1991 by Disrupt guitarist Terry Savastano and drummer Pete Donovan in Massachusetts, Grief were among the earliest and most uncompromising practitioners of sludge metal, fusing hardcore punk's hostility with doom metal's glacial tempos. Their discography across Pessimiser Records — including Come to Grief (1994) and the sprawling Torso (1998) — documented a distinctly New England strain of depression and aggression. The band dissolved in 2001, citing a hostile environment for doom metal, before briefly reuniting in 2008; Savastano later revived the lineage as Come to Grief.
Grief Circle is a stoner/doom/post-metal band from Sosnowiec in Upper Silesia, formed in 2022. They blend stoner doom with post-metal atmospherics from the Silesian conurbation.
Grief Eater is a sludge/doom metal band from Dublin, Ireland, formed in 2020 and delivering crushing, emotionally heavy music that lives up to its name. The project channels grief and catharsis through monolithic, low-end heaviness.
Grief Symposium is a death/doom metal band from East Anglia, formed in 2023. They deliver crushing death/doom from eastern England.
Griefbringer is a doom/sludge metal band from Bologna, formed in 2022. They deliver crushing doom and sludge from the Emilia-Romagna capital.
Grieving is a stoner/doom metal band from Sosnowiec, formed in 2021. They deliver heavy stoner doom from the same Silesian city as Grief Circle.
Grievous Obscuration is a funeral doom metal project from Pozega in eastern Croatia, formed in 2020. They channel the glacial heaviness of funeral doom from the Slavonian heartland.
Grim Colossus is a doom metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2022 and delivering monolithic, crushing doom from Sweden's metal capital. The project channels towering heaviness.
Grim Comet is a Madrid-based doom trio of Willy de Moya, Raúl Cabañas, and Alberto Espinosa, blending doom, stoner, blues rock, and psychedelia across six releases since 2014. Their 2022 album Winter of Hate pays tribute to 1960s rock with a modern, darker perspective, while earlier records like God Is Dead, Let's Eat Him showcase their irreverent lyrical edge.
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