When some musical genre's get saturated there are always a handful of bands who can oull you from the quagmire out into the light. The 'doom metal' genre has spewed out some cracking bands ever since Black Sabbath crawled out of their beds. A lot of these bands are imitators, some keen to jump on the retro bandwagon and shake their boogie doom. Other bands just try to be so heavy, but become tiresome in their plodding whilst other bands become 'stoner' and simply bathe all to much in the mighty weed. However, with Church Of Misery there's that simple motive - to pummel the listener. This isn't stoner, this doom rock 'n' roll...albeit serial killer obsessed. Sure, thousands of bands have glorified the sick and perverse ways of certain killers, but Church Of Misery seem genuinely seedy in their worship of sadists such as Albert Fish. Fused with samples of radio coverage and quotes from the actual killers, 'Houses..' is a monstrous record which provides a soundtrack to the extraordinary crimes that shocked the world. Those knowledgeable of serial killers will have heard of Richard Speck and Charles Starkweather, but it's the sheer dirtiness of the grooves that defies. Imagine Led Zeppelin only a thousand times heavier with a gritty vocal sneer...total doooomm! Church Of Misery aren't ponderous, but simply remove your teeth by vibrating the walls in their gargantuan riffage.
Forget the 'stoner' crap, this is the apocalypse right here, right now. Not for the faint-hearted or those offended by serial killers!
7.5/10
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