A sonic hiss slithers poisonously from the right channel to the left and back again while guitar feedback balloons at an ear-piercing midpoint. As sirens of amplifier worship crescendo to a hemorrhage ...

You may recall that Japan’s Church of Misery recently announced a headlining North American tour for October and November. You also may recall that The Gates of Slumber, one of the support acts for ...

Japanese doom band Church of Misery have had a new lineup since releasing their 2016 album And Then There Were None with Repulsion’s Scott Carlson on vocals (in studio only). With bassist Tatsu Mikami ...

Hard rock and heavy metal – more so than ubiquitous indie rock, and probably punk – remain mostly immune to lineup fluctuations. Ozzy gets booted from Black Sabbath, here comes Ronnie James Dio.

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 member Tatsu Mikami, his ...

The Japanese knack for musical mimicry reaches a new peak on the latest by Church of Misery, which sounds so much like the best hard-rock album from 1975 (or 1985) (or 1995) that listeners can be ...

Before there were blogs there were these things called magazines, and the only metal magazine we still get excited about reading every month is Decibel. Here’s managing editor Andrew Bonazelli… ...