Miseration is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 band formed in 2006. Their lyrics primarily deal with themes of inner struggles and religious conflict. The band is one out of a collection of collaborations with both Jani Stefanovic

Jani Stefanovic

Jani Stefanovic is a guitarist and drummer born 23, May 1979. Jani started playing around the age of 13–14 years old.-Current Bands:*Divinefire*Miseration*Essence of Sorrow *Mehida *The Few Against Many*The Weakening...

 and former Scar Symmetry

Scar Symmetry

Scar Symmetry is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Avesta in Dalarna County, formed in 2004. The band has released five albums, with six released singles...

 vocalist Christian Älvestam

Christian Älvestam

Gunnar Christian Älvestam is a vocalist, lyricist, guitarist, bassist and drummer for several bands from Sweden. He is, however, best known as the former vocalist for the Swedish melodic death metal band Scar Symmetry...

; for example, both also play with Solution .45

Solution .45

Solution .45 is a metal supergroup from Sweden and Finland, created by guitarist Jani Stefanovic . Their current lineup includes vocalist Christian Älvestam , guitarists Stefanovic, Patrik Gardberg and Tom Gardiner , bassist Anders Edlund , and...

. Miserations' first album Your Demons – Their Angels was released September 20, 2008.

The Mirroring Shadow

Miseration have finished recording their second album, titled The Mirroring Shadow, at Panic-Room studios with producer Tomas "Plec" Johansson. The album will be released through Lifeforce records on November 16, 2009. Christian has stated that it will likely include eight to ten songs.

Future Release

Miseration vocalist Christian Älvestam announced that a third Miseration album is in the works planned for a 2011 late fall release.

Members

• Christian Älvestam
  Christian Älvestam
  Gunnar Christian Älvestam is a vocalist, lyricist, guitarist, bassist and drummer for several bands from Sweden. He is, however, best known as the former vocalist for the Swedish melodic death metal band Scar Symmetry...
  
   (2006–present) – lead vocals
• Rolf "Stuka" Pilve (2006–present) – drums
• Jani Stefanovic
  Jani Stefanovic
  Jani Stefanovic is a guitarist and drummer born 23, May 1979. Jani started playing around the age of 13–14 years old.-Current Bands:*Divinefire*Miseration*Essence of Sorrow *Mehida *The Few Against Many*The Weakening...
  
   (2006–2010, 2011–present) – lead guitar
  Lead guitar
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  , bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , drums
  Drum kit
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• Marcus "skägget" Bertilsson (2006–present) – guitar
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Former Members

• Tobias Alpadie (2010–2011) - guitar
• Johan Ylenstrand (2006–2011) – bass guitar