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Discouraged Ones

Discouraged Ones is the third studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Katatonia, released on 27 April 1998. This is the only Katatonia album with bassist Micke Oretoft. It is also their last release with Jonas Renkse on drums; on future releases, he was the band's lead vocalist and contributed additional guitar work. According to Renkse, Discouraged Ones had sold roughly 20,000 copies as of 2001.

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Discouraged Ones
Studio album by
Katatonia
Released27 April 1998 (1998-04-27)
RecordedJuly–August 1997
StudioSunlight Studios1
GenreGothic metal2
Length46:57
LabelAvantgarde Music
ProducerKatatonia
Katatonia chronology
Saw You Drown
(1998) 		Discouraged Ones
(1998) 		Tonight's Decision
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star3
Chronicles of Chaos9/104

Discouraged Ones (stylized discøuraged ønes) is the third studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Katatonia, released on 27 April 1998. This is the only Katatonia album with bassist Micke Oretoft. It is also their last release with Jonas Renkse on drums; on future releases, he was the band's lead vocalist and contributed additional guitar work. According to Renkse, Discouraged Ones had sold roughly 20,000 copies as of 2001.5

Track listing

All tracks are written by Renkse and Nyström unless noted otherwise.

No.TitleLength
1."I Break"4:24
2."Stalemate"4:21
3."Deadhouse"4:37
4."Relention"3:39
5."Cold Ways"5:22
6."Gone"2:49
7."Last Resort"4:37
8."Nerve"4:32
9."Saw You Drown"5:04
10."Instrumental"2:52
11."Distrust"4:57
Total length:46:57
2007 re-release bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Quiet World" (written by Nyström, Renkse, F. Norrman, Oretoft)4:39
13."Scarlet Heavens"10:26
Total length:62:02

Release history

Date Note
27 April 1998 1998 original issue
23 February 2007 2007 reissue
2009 2009 LP reissue (150 orange and 350 yellow)
2011 2011 LP reissue (350 black and 550 orange)
2013 2013 LP reissue
2019 2019 LP reissue

Personnel

Katatonia

  • Jonas Renkse – drums, guitars, lead vocals
  • Anders Nyström – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Fred Norrman – guitars
  • Micke Oretoft – bass

Additional personnel

  • Mikael Åkerfeldt – backing vocals, vocal production6
  • Tomas Skogsberg – engineering, mixing
  • Fred Estby – engineering
  • Pressens Bild – photography
  • Tom Martinsen – photography, digital design
  • Maria Winsnes – photography
  • David Castillo – remastering
  • reesycle.com – layout
References

References

  1. "Katatonia Releases". Katatonia.com. 17 August 2006. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  2. Mills, Matt (7 April 2021). "10 metal bands who went 'soft' – and were better off for it". Metal Hammer. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  3. York, William. "Katatonia - Discouraged Ones Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  4. Azevedo, Pedro (7 June 1998). "CoC : Katatonia - Discouraged Ones : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  5. Rocher, David; Azevedo, Pedro; Bromley, Adrian (12 August 2001). "CoC : Katatonia : Interview". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  6. "Opeth". Opeth. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2022.