Church of Misery is a doom metal band from Tokyo, Japan. Their style melds early-era Black Sabbath style doom with psychedelic rock. Like the American death metal group Macabre, most of their songs are about different serial killers. After several releases on small independent record labels, they released the EP Murder Company on Man's Ruin Records, then moved on to Southern Lord Records to release their most recent LP, Master of Brutality. Doom metal is a form of heavy metal that emerged as a recognized genre of metal in the mid-1980s. ... Tokyo , literally Eastern capital)   is the capital and one of the forty-seven prefectures of Japan. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Psychedelic rock is a musical style inspired by or attempting to replicate the mind-altering experience of drugs such as cannabis, psilocybin, mescaline, salvia divinorum, and especially LSD. There are also other forms of psychedelic music that started from the same roots and diverged from the prevalent rock style into... Death metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that evolved out of thrash metal during the early 1980s. ... Macabre are a death metal band from the USA. They were formed in 1985 in Chicago, Illinois, and ever since have never had a line-up change. ... An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ... An extended play (or EP), is typically the name given to vinyl records or CDs which are too long to be called singles but too short to qualify as albums. ... Mans Ruin Records was Frank Koziks independent record label. ... Southern Lord are an American record label, founded by Greg Anderson and Stephen OMalley, specializing in doom, sludge, and drone metal. ... Long play has several meanings. ...

Church of Misery was also the name of a United States-based band, featuring Impetigo bassist and vocalist, Stevo.

External links

• Church of Misery official webpage (mostly in Japanese)
• Church of Misery Myspace page
• Church of Misery at All Music Guide
• Church of Misery at Encyclopaedia Metallum
• Church of Misery at Last.fm
• Church of Misery at BNRMetal.com
• Church of Misery at Answers.com