Discouraged Ones

Occupation

  • Vocals, guitar, percussion Jonas Renkse
  • Guitar, keyboard, vocals Anders Nyström
  • Guitar: Fred Norrman
  • Bass: Mikael Oretoft

Discouraged Ones is the third studio album by the Swedish metal band Katatonia. It appeared in 1998 at Avantgarde Music.

Creation and publication

After Brave Murder Day Mikael Åkerfeldt was the post of the singer back to Jonas Renkse from Mikael Oretoft joined as bassist for the band and Anders Nyström now took over as the guitar, the keyboards. In summer 1997, they recorded a new album, the music and lyrics were from Nyström and Renkse. Discouraged Ones was produced by the band, Åkerfeldt acted for singing as a co-producer. Two pieces published in advance on the EP Saw You Drown. The album was released by Avantgarde Music on CD and LP on Peaceville Records was released in 2007 a ​​remastered version with bonus tracks.

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Style

Katatonia leave with the album earlier Doom and Death Metal influences largely behind him, but retain their dark and sad style in and show now also echoes of the gothic rock. On Discouraged Ones there is no guttural vocals more, William York of Allmusic heard in Renkses clear voice in places similarities to Robert Smith. In addition to the melancholy vocal melodies are also some melancholic guitar lines and esp. to hear lots of heavy riffs that are like the often slow rhythms arranged a total minimalist and repetitive.

Reception

The album was well received by the press. William York of Allmusic praised the " subtle melodies, minimalist rhythms and extremely melancholy moods ". In Rock Hard " a listening experience of class 1A, marked by melancholy, sadness and gloom " Discouraged Ones was referred to as, " bring the band a lot of sympathy and catapult them a huge step forward," that is. Yannick Lengkeek of metal1.info sums it up: [ sic ] "Even if Katatonia ' significant ', ' more touching ' and ' vielschichtere ' may have been creating works, this album is still one of its most important, but it is a sign like no other of what a creative and talented musicians there are who know how to spice up many a gray rainy day. "

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