Discouraged Ones
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1998 |
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July and August 1997 |
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11 |
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running time |
46:51 |
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Katatonia |
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Discouraged Ones is the third studio album by the Swedish metal band Katatonia . It was released by Avantgarde Music in 1998 .
Creation and publication
After Brave Murder Day , Mikael Åkerfeldt gave up the position of singer again to Jonas Renkse, Mikael Oretoft joined the band as bassist and Anders Nyström took over the keyboards in addition to the guitar. In summer 1997 they recorded a new album, music and lyrics were by Nyström and Renkse. Discouraged Ones was produced by the band, Åkerfeldt co-produced the vocals. Two tracks were previously released on the EP Saw You Drown . The album was released on CD and LP by Avantgarde Music, and a remastered version with bonus tracks was released via Peaceville Records in 2007.
Track list
- I Break - 4:22
- Stalemates - 4:20
- Deadhouse - 4:36
- Relention - 3:37
- Cold Ways - 5:21
- Gone - 2:48
- Last Resort - 4:36
- Nerves - 4:31
- Saw You Drown - 5:03
- Instrumental - 2:51
- Distrust - 4:56
- Bonus title
- Quiet World - 4:29
- Scarlet Heavens - 10:26
style
With the album Katatonia largely leave earlier Doom and Death Metal influences behind, but keep their dark and sad style and now also show echoes of Gothic Rock . On Discouraged Ones there is no longer any guttural singing , William York from Allmusic hears similarities to Robert Smith in Renkse's clear voice . In addition to the melancholic vocal melodies, there are some equally melancholic guitar lines and v. a. to hear a lot of heavy riffs , which, like the often slow rhythms, are arranged minimalistically and repetitively.
reception
The album was positively received by the press. William York from Allmusic praises the “subtle melodies, minimalist rhythms and extremely melancholy moods”. In Rock Hard , Discouraged Ones was described as “a class 1A listening experience, marked by melancholy, sadness and gloom”, which “will bring the band a lot of sympathy and catapult them a huge step forward”. Yannick Lengkeek from metal1.info sums it up: "Even if Katatonia may have created 'more significant', 'more poignant' and 'more complex' [sic!] Works, this album is still one of their most important, as it shows like no other, what creative and talented musicians it is, who know how to sweeten some gray rainy day. "
Web links
- Discouraged Ones at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c William York: Discouraged Ones at Allmusic (English), accessed on February 3, 2013.
- ↑ a b Yannick Lengkeek: Katatonia - Discouraged Ones ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , metal1.info , accessed February 3, 2013.
- ↑ a b Katatonia. Discouraged Ones , Rock Hard # 132, accessed February 3, 2013.
