Band

Church of Misery

Church of Misery is a doom metal band from Japan, active 1995 to present. 13 releases and 17 musicians in the catalog.

Image via Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons

Facts

Genre: Doom Metal
Origin: Shinjuku, Japan
Formed: 1995
Releases: 13

Biography

Church of Misery is a Japanese doom metal band from Tokyo, formed in 1995. Church of Misery's musical style melds early Black Sabbath–style doom with psychedelic rock; most of the band's songs are about serial killers and mass murderers.

Text from Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA.

Genres

Current line-up

Musician	Instruments	Years
Hiroyuki Takano	Lead vocals	2015 to present
Tatsu Mikami	Bass guitar	1995 to present

Former members

Musician	Instruments	Years
Kensuke Suto	Guitar	2010 to 2011
Tom Sutton	Guitar	2006 to 2010
Yoshiaki Negishi	Lead vocals	2000 to 2011
Fumiya Hattori	Guitar	2020 to 2021
Hideki Fukasawa	Synthesizer, Lead vocals	2004 to 2014
Hideki Shimizu	Drums (drum set)	1995 to 2000
Junichi Yamamura	Drums (drum set)	2017 to 2020
Junji Narita	Drums (drum set)	2000 to 2014
Kazuhiro Asaeda	Lead vocals	1995 to 1995
Nobukazu Chow	Lead vocals	1996 to 2000
Takenori Hoshi	Guitar	2002 to 2006
Tomohiro Nishimura	Guitar	1995 to 2001
Yasunori Takada	Drums (drum set)	2020 to 2021
Yasuto Muraki	Guitar	2015 to 2020
川辺育磨	Guitar	2012 to 2014

Albums

Other releases

EPs, demos, live records and compilations.

Related bands

Ranked by the strongest link the catalog can evidence: shared members, shared scene, or listener overlap.