I have mixed feelings about doom metal, feelings that I expained in a semi-recent post about extinct Bay Area doomsters Noothgrush. Some of it is good, like the aforementioned Noothgrush or the whale-heavy Ahab -- But for every decent doom band there are a dozen shitty ones, doing nothing but playing standard rock riffs over boring beats at a quarter the speed. Grief is the opposite of these bands.
Grief were from Boston, and were the first "real" doom band I ever heard. They are still my favorite. I (kinda) wrote up their 1994 album Come To Grief here, but in my opinion Miserably Ever After is their finest work. It's a sludgy, hateful, pummeling hour of pure sonic catharsis. Give it to your children.
PS - Did I mention that I fucking LOVE Grief's cover art? Because I do. Alot.
ALOT alot.
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I know we've had plenty a drunk conversation about this...but yeah. All these recent "doom" bands kinda make me fall asleep on my feet. They just don't make it like they used to. Thank god I saw Saint Vitus last weekend and it restored what faith I had lost in slow melodic music. VIVA SAINT VITUS!!!
-Manslaughter
I was right about to talk on the cover, you are right this guys have pretty damn cool covers. They all seem like something Dali could have painted, they are so cool.
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