Miseria Cantare - The Beginning
by AFI

Album: Sing The Sorrow (2003)
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Songfacts®:

  • "Miseria Cantare - The Beginning" is the opening track of AFI's fifth album, Sing The Sorrow. The song's title roughly means "Sing The Sorrow" in Latin.
  • The song begins with an ominous instrumental keyboard introduction influenced by Gothic church music. The main body is a goth-inspired emo chant that seems to welcome listeners to the band's dark and disillusioned world view. Musically, the song seems to signal AFI's move away from hardcore punk and toward more melodic emo, alternative rock and goth rock influences. The track includes synth keyboards and electronic drums, which also are used throughout the Sing The Sorrow album.
  • Phillip Jack Brooks, a champion professional wrestler known as CM Punk, has used "Miseria Cantare - The Beginning" as his theme music during different periods of his career.

Comments: 3

  • Aaron from Independence, KsSing the Sorrow translates into Wretched Chant in latin....Sing The Sorrow is Sono Moestitia
  • Anna from San Francisco, United Statesthis is an awesome song. one of my all time faves.
  • Ringgo from Montclair, CaMy first exposure to AFI was through this song, and man..i loved it as soon as the drums hit. Also a cool entrance song for former Ring of Honor wrestler (and now ECW wrestler) CM Punk
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