Greyhaven

Progressive metal

There are at least three bands with the name 'Greyhaven': 1) An American progressive rock/metal band from Eugene, Oregon/Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1996. 2) A British alternative rock band from London, formed in 2014. 3) American progressive metalcore/mathcore/chaotic hardcore band from Louisville, Kentucky. 1) Greyhaven began in November 1996 when Ethan Matthews and Nate Howard began meeting and trading musical ideas. Nate had answered a call for musicians posted by Ethan at a local music shop, and a few weeks later brought in his friend and drummer, Nick Cipriano. Nick helped to develop the core unit of the group in their early years, taking over much of the engineering duties while Ethan, along with Nate wrote much of the music. All the members were just of 17 and 18 years old, being a young group that quickly established themselves internationally with their signing to Angular Records / Musea. Incidentally the three also attended the same high school, as Ethan had recently started attending public school in Eugene, OR just before meeting Nate. The trio began some serious jamming and writing sessions and took on the name Greyhaven, penned by Nate, which is an alteration of “The Grey Havens” from the famous Tolkien trilogy. By June of 1997, Greyhaven had enough material to record a half hour instrumental demo. The demo was completed that summer and contained two tracks, Downfall and the 21-minute long epic Vessel. By this time, Greyhaven had cemented their trade...