Graves at Sea are an American sludge/doom metal band that was originally formed in 2002 by Nick Phit, Nathan Misterek, Roger Williams and Steve Klatz.

[3] The band kickstarted their career by self-releasing a demo titled Documents of Grief in 2003.

[1] 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.

[3] The band followed this by releasing an EP on Eolian Records titled This Place Is Poison followed by live performances at Maryland Deathfest and other US festivals.

The band eventually released their debut studio album titled The Curse That Is in 2016 on Relapse Records.