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Church of Misery formed in 1995 with a lineup of Mikami, vocalist Kazuhiro Asaeda, guitarist Tomohiro Nishimura and drummer Hideki Shimizu. This line-up recorded the Vol. 1 album, released in 1997 by Doom Records without the band's consent (it was later officially reissued in 2007 by Japan's Leaf Hound Records). [4]
Tokyo. Status: Active. Formed in: 1995. Genre: Doom/Stoner Metal. Themes: Serial killers, Mass murderers. Current label: Rise Above Records. Years active: 1995-present. Vol 1 was supposed to be Church of Misery 's first album.
Church of Misery Current members: Tatsu Mikami - bass (1995 - ) Fumiya Hattori - guitar (2023 - ) Former members: Kazuhiro Asaeda - vocals (1995) Hideki Shimizu - drums (1995 - 2000) Tomohiro Nishimura - guitar (1995 - 2001) Nobukazu Chow - vocals (1996 - 2000) Osamu Hamada - guitar (2001) Takenori Hoshi - guitar (2002 - 2006)
Church of Misery is a stoner metal band. Discography: Master of Brutality, The Second Coming, Vol. 1, Houses of the Unholy, Thy Kingdom Scum.. Songs: Megalomania (Herbert Mullin), I, Motherfucker (Ted Bundy), Ripping Into Pieces (Peter Sutcliffe), Killfornia (Ed Kemper), B.T.K. (Dennis Rader)..
- Japan
- Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal
- 1995, Shinjuku, Tokyo
- Rise Above Records
Sep 28, 2023 · Being formed back in 1995 Church of Misery remains one of most important Japanese doom metal bands. Twenty-one musicians have passed through the band, and only its founder and ideologist Tatsu Mikam i stays in his position of music and lyrics writer as well as bass player.
Aug 2, 2018 · Church Of Misery always had a lot of member changes, but in 2014 everyone left beside you. What happened? Tatsu Mikami: I don’t know exactly why they decided to leave the band.
Jun 19, 2023 · Words: Nick Ruskell. Seven albums, 28 years and almost as many members in, Tokyo's Church Of Misery are a band for whom big, greasy doom metal is a calling. For bassist and sole continuous...
