Length 37:30 Release date 30 September 2008 Label Relapse Records | Artist Misery Index Producer Kurt Ballou Genres Death metal, Grindcore | |
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Released September 30, 2008 (2008-09-30) Recorded May 2008 at the Godcity Studio in Salem, Massachusetts Traitors
(2008) Heirs to Thievery
(2010) Similar Heirs to Thievery, Discordia, Created to Kill, Killing on Adrenaline, Time Waits for No Slave | ||
Misery index traitors official music video
Traitors is the third studio album by American death metal 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".
Contents
Critical reception
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. 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.
Personnel
Production
Songs
1We Never Come in Peace1:59
2Theocracy4:31
3Partisans of Grief3:37