Graves at Sea are an American sludge/doom metal band that originally formed in 2002 by Nick Phit, Nathan Misterek, Roger Williams and Steve Klatz. The band kickstarted their career by self-releasing a demo titled Documents of Grief in 2003. Following this, they vigorously toured and gained the attention of by Greg Anderson of Southern Lord Records and of the drone metal band Sunn O))), whose label released the band's single, Cirrhosis b/w Atavist Arise in 2004. In 2005, Graves at Sea released a split with the death-doom band Asunder, which was followed by a line up change in 2007 when Misterek moved to Oakland and Phit moved to Portland, Oregon. In 2008, the band played two final shows with members Chiyo Nukaga of the band Noothgrush on drums and Miguel Veliz of Sourvein and The Roller on