Church off Misery
Church off Misery (チャーチ ・ オブ ・ ミザリー, Chāchi obu Mizarī ) is a group of Doom metal Japan board originating in Tokyo.
Biography
The style of Church off Misery mixes a side Doom metal beginnings of Black Sabbath with Rock psychedelic. Like the group of Death American metal Macabre, the majority of their songs speaks about different serial killers. After several exits with independent labels, they left a EP called Murder Company with Man' S Ruin Records, then went to Southern Lord Records to leave their first album, Master off Brutality . In 2004, they left their second album, The Second Coming . This same year, the label Japanese Leaf Hound Records left a compilation their beginnings. More recently, they left three Split EP, two with Sourvein, and one with Deer Creek. They also left a live DVD their European round in 2005.
Members
- Hideki Fukasawa - Song & Synthetizer (2004-)
- Tatsu Mikami - low (1995-)
- Junji Narita - battery (2004-)
- Tom Sutton - Guitar (2006-)
Ex-members
- Tomohiro Nishimura - guitar (1995-2000s)
- Takenori Hoshi - guitar (2000s-2006)
- Kazuhiro Asaeda - song (1995)
- Nobukazu Chow - song (1996-1998)
- Yoshiaki Negishi - song (1999-2004)
- Hideki Shimizu - battery (1995-2004)
Discography
Albums
- Flight 1 (Bootleg of a first new album) CD (1997 Doom Records)
- Born Too Late Split CD with Sheavy (1998 Range Two Records)
- Master off Brutality CD (2001 Southern Lord Records)
- Split CD with Acrimony (2003 Range Two Records)
- The Second Coming CD (2004 Diwphalanx Records)
- Early Works Compilation 2xCD (2004 Leaf Hound Records)
- The Second Coming CD republication (2005 Salvation Records/Let There Be DOOM Records)
- Master off Brutality CD republication (2006 Diwphalanx Records)
- Master off 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)
EP
- Taste the Bread MCD (1998 Bad Acid Trip Records)
- We' ve Learned Nothing/Murder Company Split CD with Iron Monkey (1998 Man' S Ruin Records)
- Boston Strangler 12" EP/MCD (2002 Kult Off Nihilow Records)
- Split 7" with Sourvein (2006 Hobby-horse Drumming Records)
- Split 7" with Sourvein (2006 Calculon Records)
- Split 12" EP with Deer Creek (2006 Range Two Records)
Live
- Live From the East Split cassette with Millarca (1998 distributed by the group)
- Wizard' S Convention: Japanese Heavy Rock'n'roll Showcase DVD (Diwphalanx Records 2005)
- Houses Off The Unholy DVD (2006 Diwphalanx Records)
- Live in Red, Eurotour 2005 DVD (2006 Salvation Records)
Compilations
- "Where Evil Dwells (Richard Ramirez) " and " Spahn Ranch (Charles Manson) " on Doomsday Recitation (1997 Conucopia Records)
- " Like Touch the Sky" on Bastards Will Pay: Tribute to Disorder (1999 Freedom Records)
- " Accident" on King off the Witches: Black Widow Tribute (2000 Black Widow Records)
- " Chains off Death" on Beyond the Realms off Death S (2000 Black Widow Records)
- " Sick off Living room (Zodiac) " on Stone Deaf Forever (2000 Red Sun Records)
- " Lucifer Rising (live) " on Blood Curdling Nightmare (2002 distributed by the group)
Sources
- Official site
- official MySpace
- Church off Misery on All Music Guides