Turbulent Times

Artist: Grief
Label: Southern Lord
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 711574472222
EAN: 0711574472222
ASIN: B0000787FT

Release Date: 2002-11-12

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Listmania:

25 agonizing lessons in doom/sludge
Crushing Waves of Doom - Part 0:  Omega
"True Metal Underground"
My favorite bands.

Tracks:

Lifeless
Fucked Upstairs
Falling Apart
Earthworm
Depression
I Hate You
Pessimiser
Green Vegetable Matter
No Choice
My Dilemma
Bored

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Customer Reviews:

A must have.......2003-02-25

Any one who calls themselves a fan of Grief needs to own
this cd. It has stuff from their split releases with
Dystopia, 13, Soilent Green, 16, and Suppression. Also
on this disc is alternate, unreleased versions of classics
like "Depression", "I Hate You" (from the out-of-print Come
To Grief cd), and so forth. If you don't know Grief you
are truley missing out on one of the heaviest, slowest,
monsterous doom/death bands on the planet. I feel a should give one a disclaimer though- This isn't you're daddy's doom rock,
this makes band's like EYEHATEGOD look upbeat in comparison.
Consider yourself warned! Sadly- this is the last release that
Grief has left us with. All mourn the gods of sludge/doom.

listen at your own risk.......2002-12-31

This band would have been proud to wear the title of "Slowest Band In The World". This was my first taste of Grief. I had been hearing about them for years, but never got around to getting one of their albums. Although I had heard and read that their music was "utterly depressing", "heavy beyond words", and "slooooowww", I was not prepared for the impact this music left on me. 67 minutes of pure DOOM/death Metal. It was as if every last bit of well-being, hope, and contentment was drained completely, and replaced by the bitterest, saddest, most hopeless feelings.... and I loved it! They say it takes a sad song to make a sad person feel better. Very true, however Grief really does push the depression quite far.
Musically you can say they sound like eyehategod, Paramaecium, and early Morgion combined and HEAVILY sedated. There aren't any flutes, violins, operatic vocals, Shakespearean lyrics or keyboards however. The sound is very raw and unbelievably heavy. Just pure, raw, unadorned DOOM. A big influence on newer bands like Burning Witch and Khanate. Songs move slower than snails, but there are brief faster, more uptempo Celtic Frost/Black Sabbath-ish segments here and there that take you by suprise. Check this out if you want your Metal slow and depressing.

Music CD:

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