 
The band was founded in
March 2004 by Polina “Grace Dis” Berezko
(vocs) and Alexandr Istchenko (guitar). Very
soon Andrey “Snakebass” Kornienko (bass) and
Andrey “Kuzya” Kuznetzov (drums) joined
them. The name “Grace Disgraced” appeared at
once and it means what you think it should mean,
as the reality where we live in is drawn by our
own perception.. By the moment of foundation no
one could play his instrument properly and it
took them a year of training before they first
compositions could be performed. In March 2005 a
new guitarist joined the band – his name was
Alexandr “Desil” Klaptzov. The first gig
took place in R-club in May 2005. Although the
style couldn’t be identified as death metal,
the fiery mix of heavy, black and thrash drew
public attention and there followed a set of
gigs in Moscow, Tula, Taganrog, Rostov-na-Donu.
In
winter 2005-06 GD recorded their first demo
“Natural Death”. The composition of the same
name was included in the compilation “Soul of
Metal”.
In
spring 2006 it became clear that not all the
members could follow the band development –
Desil composed the material which became
technically more difficult. Moreover the GD
vision changed into melodic death – and this
didn’t suit some of the members – so
Alexandr Istchenko and Kuzya left the band. In
June 2006 Polina found a new drummer –
Vladimir Kornev (“Oberon”), - and invited a
guitarist from a thrash band called
“Mortalitas” – Dmitry “Demon”
Volkhonsky. These members successfully performed
till the end of November 2006. After an amazing
gig in Mitchurinsk – the motherland of
Vladimir Kornev – he decided to leave GD as it
was too difficult for him – he still lived in
Mitchurinsk. Then Polina’s friend Dmitry
Arkhipov (ex-“Britva Okkama”,
ex-“Djaggernaut”) came up to replace him. He
was a kind of revelation for Polina and Desil as
they got the ability to realize what people call
technical death metal. But in September 2007 he
left the band due to his personal troubles.
Demon was carried away by his Mortalitas.
There
were 8 long months of constant searches and
disappointments. Finally Polina and Desil worked
out the idea to invite other musicians on a
session base, though it wasn’t what they truly
wanted. Suddenly in June 2008 Dmitry Arkhipov
returned and now it was Snakebass’s turn to
leave GD by mutual consent. In 6 months GD found
what they were looking for – Dmitry Belousov
became their bass and the band was ready for
recording the EP “Materialized Expectation”.
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