Waxing Lyrical - Vinyl Review...

Church Of Misery - Master Of Brutality / Second Coming (2011)

Finally! It's here...

I initially got word of the repress of Master Of Brutality when talking to Tatsu late last year. It was all a bit hush hush and nothing was set in stone at the time, but nevertheless I was excited. So when it was annouced within the first few months of the year its was definitely going ahead along with the repress of Second Coming it was music to my ears. The initial release date was for around May time, that then got pushed back to June, then further on to August then finally, just last week, after months of daily checking it eventually popped up on the Rise Above website.

Unlike the repress of Volume 1, nothings new in the way of the mix of either recording but then both original versions of the LP's were pretty much spot on anyway. What has changed is the addition of bonus tracks spread over an extra disc each as well as the covers. Where the original Masters Of Brutality vinyl came with the John Wayne Gacy cover inside of a cardboard envelope, they have this time opted for the Sabbath homage. As for the Second Coming cover, nothing actually new, instead of the original LP's simple orange paper Ted Bundy adorned sleeve they have actually used the cover that Salvation Records used then they repressed the cd back in 2005. Either way, both look great.

There's not much point going into detail about the albums, if you're here then you'll know Church Of Misery and how awesome they are. If by what ever reason you don't, well then just go hit the links below and have your mind well and truly blown!..

By the way, I managed to order a few copies just minutes after they went up on the site. Within 48 hours all of the clear vinyl super limited editions had gone! So you may just have a problem getting hold of these ones...

~ Jay

• Label: Rise Above Records

• Pressing Info:

Master Of Brutality - 100 Clear - 300 Transparent Purple - 300 Grey - 300 Half Transparent Purple/Half Grey

Second Coming - 100 Clear - 300 Transparent Blue - 300 Transparent Red - 300 Half Transparent Blue/Half Transparent Red

• Price: £18/$25

For Fans Of; Black Sabbath, Eyehategod, Motörhead, Iron Monkey, Dot[.]

Website • Myspace • iTunes

Master Of Brutality (320kbps) • Second Coming (320kbps)

Resurrecting The Past...

Church Of Misery - Vol 1 (1996/2010)

Now lets face it, if you're reading this then you know Church Of Misery and their awesome back catalog of work. I know I'm not alone in thinking they're the best stoner doom band to have ever had put fingers to frets. So needless to say I wont waste much time going through the usual spiel and what not. So why exactly am I bothering to put this up? Well zip it and I'll tell you... 

Finally a record company have got their arses in gear and have got around to resurrecting Vol 1, and for this honour you have the gents at Emetic Records to thank. But not only have they knocked it out on cd and have the LP reissue in the works, they've gone to the effort to get all the tracks remastered to boot. So for the small price of $10 you get the original track list plus the two extra tracks previously found on the additional 7" that came with the 2007 limited edition LP pressing. Pretty reasonable if you ask me.

For Fans Of; Black Sabbath, G.A.T.E.S, Sleep, Black Pyramid, Sonic Flower

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Vol 1 (320kbps)