| Traitors | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 30, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | May 2008 | |||
| Studio | Godcity Studio (Salem, Massachusetts) [1] | |||
| Genre | Death metal, grindcore | |||
| Length | 37:30 | |||
| Label | Relapse | |||
| Producer | Kurt Ballou [2] | |||
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Traitors is the third studio album by American death metal band Misery Index. It was recorded by Kurt Ballou, mixed/mastered by Steve Wright and released through Relapse Records on September 30, 2008. [3] A video was released for the song "Traitors". [4]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [5] |
| Blabbermouth.net |    [2] |
| 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. [2] 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". [5] The album was named "Album of the Month" by Terrorizer magazine in November 2008. [7]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "We Never Come in Peace" | Netherton | Netherton, Jarvis | 1:59 |
| 2. | "Theocracy" | Netherton | Voyles, Jarvis | 4:30 |
| 3. | "Partisans of Grief" | Netherton | Klöppel, Jarvis | 3:36 |
| 4. | "Traitors" | Netherton | Klöppel, Jarvis | 2:23 |
| 5. | "Ghosts of Catalonia" | Netherton | Klöppel, Jarvis | 5:00 |
| 6. | "Occupation" | Netherton | Netherton, Jarvis | 4:43 |
| 7. | "Ruling Class Cancelled" | Netherton | Klöppel, Jarvis | 2:07 |
| 8. | "The Arbiter" | Klöppel | Klöppel, Jarvis | 2:02 |
| 9. | "American Idolatry" | Netherton | Netherton, Jarvis | 2:19 |
| 10. | "Thrown into the Sun" | Klöppel | Klöppel, Jarvis | 3:58 |
| 11. | "Black Sites" | Netherton | Voyles, Jarvis | 4:44 |
| Total length: | 37:30 | |||
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