GRIEF RITUAL are a metal band from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, whose sound fuses metallic hardcore, blackened post-metal, and the crushing, slower sides of death metal. Formed in 2022, GRIEF RITUAL are known for their unrelenting heaviness, punishing riffs, and crushing breakdowns.

New single ABYSSAL CONDITION, featuring AUSTIN HAYES of Florida's HEAVY//HITTER, is the first to appear from the upcoming CHURCH ROAD RECORDS release SURVIVE OUT OF SPITE.

ABYSSAL CONDITION laments the hypocrisy of war and the arms trade. Exploring how a criminal class of billionaire have brought democracy, and manufactured consent for atrocity, within an economic system - capitalism - that needs human suffering to function.

SURVIVE OUT OF SPITE is the follow up to debut album COLLAPSE, released January 2025 on CHURCH ROAD RECORDS, that brought GRIEF RITUAL critical acclaim from REVOLVER, BROOKLYN VEGAN, KERRANG, METAL HAMMER, KNOTFEST, BBC RADIO 1, and more.