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Biography
refimprove|date=January 2008Infobox musical artist|name = Church of Misery|image = Church Of Misery.jpg|caption =|background = group_or_band|alias =|origin = Shinjuku , Tokyo , Japan |genre = Doom metal Stoner metal |years_active = 1995 - present|label = Rise Above Records Metal Blade Records Man's Ruin Records Diwphalanx Records |associated_acts =|website = http://www.churchofmisery.net churchofmisery.net|current_members = Hideki Fukasawa Tatsu Mikami Junji Narita Kensuke Suto|past_members = Yoshiakki Negishi Nobukazu Chow Tomohiro Nishimura Hideki Shimizu Takenori Hoshinihongo| Church of Misery |????·??·????|Chachi obu Mizari is a doom metal band from Tokyo , Japan . Church of Misery's style melds early-era Black Sabbath style doom with psychedelic rock .
History
Most songs by Church of Misery are about serial killer s and mass murderer s. After several releases on small independent record labels, they released the Extended play|EP Murder Company on Man's Ruin Records , then moved on to Southern Lord Records to release their debut full-length album, Master of Brutality . In 2004 they released their second full-length album, The Second Coming . That same year Japan's Leaf Hound Records released a compilation of the band's early works. They released three split EPs, two with Sourvein and one with Deer Creek , and a live DVD of their 2005 European tour. They played the Roadburn Festival in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012.cite news|url= http://3voor12.vpro.nl/artikelen/artikel/43351123|title=Opwarmen voor Roadburn met Shining, Enslaved, Brant Bjork, Jesu...|last=Griffioen|first=Ingmar|date=14 April 2010|publisher= 3VOOR12 |accessdate=8 September 2011
Church of Misery have appeared on three compilation tribute CDs--to Trouble (band)|Trouble , Black Widow (band)|Black Widow and Death SS .
Church of Misery will be playing their first show in the United States at the 2012 edition of Maryland Deathfest
Greetings From Jonestown 12" EP (2009 A Pile of Dirt Music)
Live
Live From the East split cassette with Millarca (1998 self-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 Festival|Roadburn 2009 (2010 Roadburn Records)
Compilation
"Where Evil Dwells (Richard Ramirez)" and "Spahn Ranch (Charles Manson)" on Doomsday Recitation (1997 Conucopia Records )
"Come Touch the Sky" on Bastards Will Pay: Tribute to Trouble (band)|Trouble (1999 Freedom Records (metal)|Freedom Records )
"Accident" on King of the Witches: Black Widow (band)|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 self-released)
References
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External links
http://www.churchofmisery.net Church of Misery official webpage (mostly in Japanese)
http://www.myspace.com/churchofserialkiller Church of Misery Myspace page
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p366147|pure_url=yes Church of Misery at Allmusic
Category:Japanese doom metal musical groups Category:Stoner rock musical groups Category:Southern Lord Records artists Category:Musical groups established in 1995 Category:Musical quartets
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