doom metal

Southern metal band from Paris, France formed by former <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Es+la+Guerilla" class="bbcode_artist">Es la Guerilla</a> members. They released a split-CD with <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Eibon" class="bbcode_artist">Eibon</a> in february 2007. Their first album, (A Lament For...) The Addicts, was released in september 2007. Some members of the band also play with <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Arkangel" class="bbcode_artist">Arkangel</a>, <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Hellbats" class="bbcode_artist">Hellbats</a>, and <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Third+Arm" class="bbcode_artist">Third Arm</a>. In 2008, Keo (vocals) and Renart (bass, also in <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Every+Reason+To..." class="bbcode_artist">Every Reason To...</a>, <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Fate" class="bbcode_artist">Fate</a>) were replaced by <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Inhatred" class="bbcode_artist">Inhatred</a>'s singer and <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/L%27Esprit+du+Clan" class="bbcode_artist">L'Esprit du Clan</a> bass player (who previously played in <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Knockoutz" class="bbcode_artist">Knockoutz</a> alongside members of Es La Guerilla and Hangman's Chair). Their drummer also joined French doom-metal band <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Rising+Dust" class="bbcode_artist">Rising Dust</a>.

Church of Misery is a japanese doom metal band with a specific extra-groovy sound that is often described as "stoner doom" but the band tends to snub this term saying "We hate trend. We hate corporate attitude. We hate the word 'stoner'. Death to false stoners!! Let there be DOOM!!" (citation from the Master of Brutality album cover artwork notes).
Band was formed in 1996 in Tokyo by bassist Tatsu Mikami (ex-Salem) and guitarist Tomohiro Nishimura, line-up was completed with singer Nobukazu Chow and drummer Hideki Shimizu.

Mother Eel is a metal four piece that formed, firstly as a three piece, in 2004 in the Cold, Dark and Evil, Blue Mountains Australia. The sound has been described as one being gang raped by clowns on smack. They have been well received by audiences with mixed musical tastes and have therefore played at a variety of venues including: Candy's Apartment, Club 77, UWS Kingswood (including the Saturate Festival), The Sandringham Hotel, The Fitzroy Hotel (Windsor), The Oriental Hotel, The Lansdowne, Above the Spanish, The Mandarin Club and The Gearins Hotel.

There are at least 4 bands with this name.
(1.) Howl is a sludge metal band from Providence, RI (http://www.myspace.com/howlheavymetal
(2.) Howl is a Norwegian alternative rock band from Oslo (http://www.myspace.com/howl1)
(3.) Howl is an Indie Punk band from Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. They rose to prominence within the Melbourne Indie music scene after winning Triple J's Unearthed High 2009. (http://www.myspace.com/thehowlmusic)
(4.) HowL is a korean pop singer.
(5.) Howl is a punk-prog band from Los Angeles, CA. (http://www.myspace.com/thebandhowl). Are now known as "CYO Stars".