Traitors (album)

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.^[4] A video was released for the song "Traitors".^[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Blabbermouth.net	^[3]
Pitchfork Media	^[6]
Terrorizer	^[7]

Scott Alisoglu, reviewing the album for Blabbermouth.net, considered the songs on the album more varied and the songwriting better than on the preceding Discordia album, and also noted 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.^[6] 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.^[7]

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 Klöppel – guitar, vocals
Jason Netherton – bass guitar, vocals
Sparky Voyles – guitar
Guy Kozowyk – vocals ("Partisans of Grief")^[3]
Tomas Lindberg – vocals ("Ruling Class Cancelled")^[3]

Production

Kurt Ballou – engineering, recording
Drew Lamond – mixing, mastering
Steve Wright – mixing, mastering

References

↑ "MISERY INDEX: New Album Title Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. May 3, 2008. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
1 2 3 Prato, Greg. "Traitors Review". Allmusic. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Alisoglu, Scott (2008). "CD Reviews: Traitors Misery Index". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
↑ "Misery Index Traitors". Amazon.com. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
↑ "MISERY INDEX: 'Traitors' Clip Available". Blabbermouth.net. December 12, 2008. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
1 2 Lee, Cosmo (January 28, 2009). "Misery Index Traitors". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
1 2 Terrorizer. November 2008.

Misery Index

Jason Netherton Mark Kloeppel Adam Jarvis Darin Morris Kevin Talley Mike Harrison Matt Byers Bruce Greig John "Sparky" Voyles

Studio albums	Retaliate (2003) Discordia (2006) Traitors (2008) Heirs to Thievery (2010) The Killing Gods (2014)

EPs	Misery Index / Structure of Lies (2003) Dissent (2004) Hang Em High (2007)

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