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The band was founded in summer 2002 by Igor Cherepanov (guitars), Natalia Nazarova (keyboards) and Ivan Cherednichenko (vocals). Drummer Igor Ryabtsev joined the band in a couple of rehearsals. In August of 2004 the bass-guitarist Denis Tkalichev accomplished the present band line-up. Their very first two tracks “Vampire to Become” and “Funeral of Last Hope” were recorded in the end of the year 2003 the last one was released on CD Wolfsong Compilation Vol.1 in year 2004. The first promo-CD “Sex in Heaven” was recorded at Shaddar Studio (Kiev) in December 2004. It was kept in emotional gothic/doom convention and got good reviews both in underground and official music press such as Metalworks Magazine (Ireland), Legion Magazine (Belarus), Terroraiser Magazine (Ukraine), Neformat Zine and by many Web Portals as Froster Online, The Metallist Portal, Hellraiser, Doom-Metal, Gothic-Nights and many others. The material was presented in music press, radio and TV. This was followed by the interviews with such Web Portals and Zines as UTM Portal, Froster Online, The Metallist Portal, Neformat, Hellraiser, Doom-Metal, etc. The band played many gigs to promote the demo material with such bands as HIERONYMUS BOSCH, FORGIVE-ME-NOT, HOLY BLOOD, CATHARSIS, VICIOUS CRUSADE, FLESHGORE, MENTAL DEMISE, LITTLE DEAD BERTHA, OFFERTORIUM, THE GUESTS, MALINCONIA, CONQUEST etc. GRIMFAITH also participated in Eurovision Band Contest 2005 which passed in Kiev in year 2005.