Church of Misery

Church of Misery (チャーチ・オブ・ミザリー, Chāchi obu Mizarī) is a doom metal baund frae Tokyo, Japan. Church of Misery's style melds early-era Black Sabbath style doom wi psychedelic rock.

Church of Misery
Background information
Oreigin	Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Doom metal Stoner metal
Years active	1995 - present
Labels	Rise Above Records Metal Blade Records Man's Ruin Records Diwphalanx Records
Wabsteid	churchofmisery.net
Members	Hideki Fukasawa Tatsu Mikami Junji Narita Kensuke Suto
Past members	Yoshiakki Negishi Nobukazu Chow Tomohiro Nishimura Hideki Shimizu Takenori Hoshi

History

Maist sangs bi Church of Misery are aboot serial killers an mass murtherers. Efter several releases on sma unthirlt record labels, they released the EP Murder Company on Man's Ruin Records, then muivit on to Southern Lord Records tae release their debut full-length album, Master of Brutality. In 2004 they released their seicont full-length album, The Second Coming. That same year Japan's Leaf Hound Records released a compilation o the baund's early wirks. They released three split EPs, twa wi Sourvein an ane wi Deer Creek, an a live DVD o their 2005 European tour. They played the Roadburn Festival in 2008, 2009, 2010 an 2012.

Church of Misery hae appeared on three compilation tribute CDs—tae Trouble, Black Widow an Death SS.

They managit tae perform their first tour o the Unitit States in 2012.

Memmers

Current:

• Tatsu Mikami - bass (1995-)
• Junji Narita - drums (2000-)
• Kensuke Suto - guitars (2010-)
• Hideki Fukasawa - vocals & synthesizers (2004–2009, 2012-)

Former:

• Tomohiro Nishimura - guitars (1995–2001)
• Takenori Hoshi - guitars (2002–2006)
• Osamu Hamada - guitars (2001)
• Tom Sutton - guitars (2006–2010)
• Kazuhiro Asaeda - vocals (1995)
• Nobukazu Chow - vocals (1996–2000)
• Yoshiaki Negishi - vocals (2000–2004, 2009-2011)
• Hideki Shimizu - drums (1995–2000)

Discografie

Albums

• Master of Brutality (2001 Southern Lord Records)
• The Second Coming (2004 Diwphalanx Records)
• Vol. 1 (2007 Doom Records)
• Houses Of The Unholy (2009 Rise Abuin Records/Metal Blade Records)

Reissued Albums

• Early Works Compilation 2xCD/3LP (2004 Leaf Hound Records / 2010 Emetic Records)
• The Second Coming CD re-release (2005 Salvation Records/Let There Be DOOM Records/2011 Emetic Records)
• Master of Brutality CD re-release (2006 Diwphalanx Records/2011 Emetic Records)
• Master of Brutality LP (2006 Leaf Hound Records)
• The Second Coming LP (2006 Salvation Records/Let There Be DOOM Records)
• Vol. 1 LP (2007 Leaf Hound Records/2011 Emetic Records)
• Master of Brutality CD wi bonus tracks/2LP (2011 Rise Abuin Records)
• The Second Coming CD wi Bonus Tracks/2LP (2011 Rise Abuin Records)

EPs/Split Releases

• Born Too Late split CD wi Sheavy (1998 Game Two Records)
• Taste the Pain MCD (1998 Bad Acid Trip Records)
• We've Learned Nothing / Murder Company split CD wi Iron Monkey (1998 Man's Ruin Records)
• Murder Company 10" EP (1999 Man's Ruin Records)
• Boston Strangler 12" EP/MCD (2002 Kult Of Nihilow Records)
• Split CD with Acrimony (2003 Game Two Records)
• Split 7" with Sourvein (2006 Dada Drumming Records)
• Split 7" with Sourvein (2006 Calculon Records)
• Split 12" EP with Deer Creek (2006 Game Two Records)
• Dennis Nilsen 12" EP (2008 Kult Of Nihilow)
• Greetings From Jonestown 12" EP (2009 A Pile of Dirt Music)

Live

• Live From the East split cassette wi Millarca (1998 sel-released)
• Wizard's Convention: Japanese Heavy Rock Showcase DVD (Diwphalanx Records 2005)
• Houses Of The Unholy DVD (2006 Diwphalanx Records)
• Live in Red, Eurotour 2005 DVD (2007 Salvation Records)
• Live at Roadburn 2009 (2010 Roadburn Records)

Compilation

• "Where Evil Dwells (Richard Ramirez)" an "Spahn Ranch (Charles Manson)" on Doomsday Recitation (1997 Conucopia Records)
• "Come Touch the Sky" on Bastards Will Pay: Tribute tae Trouble (1999 Freedom Records)
• "Accident" on King of the Witches: Black Widow Tribute (2000 Black Widow Records)
• "Chains of Death" on Beyond the Realms of Death SS (2000 Black Widow Records)
• "Sick of Living (Zodiac)" on Stone Deaf Forever (2000 Red Sun Records)
• "Lucifer Rising (live)" on Blood Curdling Nightmare (2002 sel-released)

Freemit airtins

• Church of Misery offeecial wabpage (maistly in Japanese)
• Church of Misery Myspace page
• Church of Misery at Allmusic