Traitors (album)

Traitors
Studio album by Misery Index
Released September 30, 2008 (2008-09-30)
Recorded During May 2008 at the Godcity Studio in Salem, Massachusetts[1]
Genre Grindcore,[2] death metal[3]
Length 37:30
Label Relapse
Producer Kurt Ballou[3]
Professional reviews

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Misery Index chronology
Discordia
(2006)		 Traitors
(2008)		 Heirs to Thievery
(2010)

Traitors is the third studio album by American deathgrind band Misery Index. It was engineered and produced by Kurt Ballou and released through Relapse Records on September 30, 2008.[6] A video was released for the song "Traitors".[7]

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Music Length
1. "We Never Come in Peace"   Adam Jarvis, Jason Netherton 1:59
2. "Theocracy"   Jarvis, Sparky Voyles 4:30
3. "Partisans of Grief"   Jarvis, Mark Klöppel 3:36
4. "Traitors"   Jarvis, Klöppel 2:23
5. "Ghosts of Catalonia"   Jarvis, Klöppel 5:00
6. "Occupation"   Jarvis, Netherton 4:43
7. "Ruling Class Cancelled"   Jarvis, Klöppel 2:07
8. "The Arbiter"   Jarvis, Klöppel 2:02
9. "American Idolatry"   Jarvis, Netherton 2:19
10. "Thrown into the Sun"   Jarvis, Klöppel 3:58
11. "Black Sites"   Jarvis, Voyles 4:44
Total length:
 37:30

Personnel

Production

Critical reception

Scott Alisoglu, reviewing the album for Blabbermouth.net, considered the tracks on the album more varied and the songwriting better than on the preceding Discordia album, also noting an increased sense of melody.[3] Pitchfork Media's Cosmo Lee stated that Ballou had achieved "a sound falling somewhere between 'battering ram' and 'machine gun'", calling the album a "thought-provoking package", with lyrical themes varying from criticism of the US government to celebrity worship.[4] According to Allmusic writer Greg Prato, the band "keep things as precise, tight, and brutal as possible from start to finish", and called the album "a complete sonic assault".[2] The album was named Album Of The Month by Terrorizer magazine in November 2008.[5]

References

  1. ^ "MISERY INDEX: New Album Title Revealed", [[Blabbermouth.net,May 3, 2008, retrieved 2010-05-30
  2. ^ a b c Prato, Greg "Traitors Review", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-05-30
  3. ^ a b c d e f Alisoglu, Scott (2010) "CD Reviews: Misery Index Traitors", Blabbermouth.net, 2008, retrieved 2010-05-30
  4. ^ a b Lee, Cosmo (2009) "Misery Index Traitors", Pitchfork Media, January 28, 2009, retrieved 2010-05-30
  5. ^ a b Terrorizer, Nov 2008
  6. ^ "Misery Index traitors", Amazon.com, retrieved 2010-05-30
  7. ^ "MISERY INDEX: 'Traitors' Clip Available", Blabbermouth.net, December 12, 2008, retrieved 2010-05-30