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Katatonia - Discouraged Ones



8.3 | 589 votes |
Release date: 27 April 1998
Style: Death doom metal, Gothic doom metal, Alternative rock

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01. I Break
02. Stalemate
03. Deadhouse
04. Relention
05. Cold Ways
06. Gone
07. Last Resort
08. Nerve
09. Saw You Drown
10. Instrumental
11. Distrust
12. Quiet World [bonus]
13. Scarlet Heavens [bonus]

Guest review by
Allen
Rating:
10
It's albums like Discouraged Ones, Katatonia's third full-length recording, that have me questioning the act of writing about music. There are just no words that could give complete justice to an album like this. No amount of persuasive adjectives or descriptive analysis could ever truly define what Katatonia's music has become and the effect it has on me. In any case, the band has taken the minimalist approach first showcased on their previous album, Brave Murder Day, even further into the realms of hypnotic repetition.

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published 18.09.2003 | Comments (15)

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01.10.2011 - 22:33
Rating: 9
musicalkaratekid

I didn't know what to expect when seeing that this album had considerably shorter songs that their first two albums,but once i listened to 'discouraged ones' i knew that katatonia were still the brilliant katatonia,no matter how long their songs are. awesome album,but it can get slightly tedious at times.
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26.03.2012 - 02:01
ThunderAxe1989
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Very depressing music. I like it though, this is a good record.
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26.03.2012 - 02:04
Kenos
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46 minutes of tears.
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06.08.2012 - 01:59
Rating: 8
CobiWan1993
Secundum Filium
I just bought this album yesterday, and it is probably one of the best albums i've heard from this amazing band (Up there with Viva Emptiness, and Great Cold Distance). It truly is one of the most emotionally powerful albums I have heard from the band (that's saying a lot). Many of the vocal passages are among the most haunting I have ever heard from Jonas Renkse and the songs are hypnotic. Also the drum sound has very much improved over the very clicky (IMO) drum sound of Brave Murder Day.
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Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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30.11.2020 - 09:24
Rating: 9
JoHn Doe

My favorite Katatonia album, always great to get back to it.
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I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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05.12.2020 - 03:50
Rafael Cevidanes
Account deleted
I became an adult listening to this masterpiece. I had very miserable but also very high and sexy moments to the sound of Saw You Drown. Their best for me.
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07.04.2022 - 20:09
Rating: 10
Samot

This is Gold!
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Um, Dois, Três, Quatro! Yeah! PORRA!!!
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10.10.2022 - 20:04
Rating: 8
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Such a great follow-up to Brave Murder Day, in fact I prefer this. I really admire the vocals most of all, there's such a depressive tone with raw emotion.
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