To Khanate

Grief was founded in 1991 by Disrupt guitarist Terry Savastano and drummer Randy Odierno (who later switched to bass and later again left to join Bane of Existence). 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.

In what turns out to be one of the final releases on Hydra Head, label honcho and former Isis frontman Aaron Turner takes part in something of an all-star confabulation under the moniker Jodis (where the singer and guitarist is joined by James Plotkin and Tim Wyskida, vets of combos as far-flung as Blind Idiot God and Khanate). Black Curtain is Jodis’ sophomore release and it finds them obsessed with the kind of “post-metal” atmospherics that Turner’s imprint has been cultivating in its latter years.