Traitors
Studio album by Misery Index
Released
September 30, 2008 (2008-09-30)
Recorded
During May 2008 at the Godcity Studio in Salem, Massachusetts
Genre
Grindcore,death metal
Length
37:30
Label
Relapse
Producer
Kurt Ballou
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. A video was released for the song "Traitors".
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:
Adam Jarvis - drums,
Mark Kloeppel - guitar, vocals,
Jason Netherton - bass guitar, vocals,
Sparky Voyles - guitar,
Guy Kozowyk - vocals ("Partisans of Grief"),
Tomas Lindberg - vocals ("Ruling Class Cancelled"),
Production
Kurt Ballou - engineering, recording,
Drew Lamond - mixing, mastering,
Steve Wright - mixing, mastering,
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.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. 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". The album was named Album Of The Month by Terrorizer magazine in November 2008.
