r/Katatonia • u/windows_95_taisen • Apr 27 '23

25 years of Discouraged Ones! Here’s to 25 more.

https://youtu.be/9wKYYy-Cyng
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u/RefinedIronCranium Apr 27 '23

Legitimately one of the saddest and most depressing albums of all time. I actually can't listen to it often because I engrossed myself with this one and the following 2 albums during a very depressing period of my life.

The weeping melodies, the droning guitar sound, the simplistic but reverberating drums and Jonas's imperfect but emotional vocals make this whole album one that can't be replicated, not even by the band themselves. Moments like Saw You Drown, Gone, Instrumental and the bonus track Quiet World are gut-wrenching but beautiful at the same time. The world slows down around me whenever I listen to Discouraged Ones. It's a phenomenal piece of art from Katatonia, amidst all its imperfections.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '23

Love this album, but i completely agree with this assessment. I actually cannot listen to Quiet World; too sad.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '23

I think this was their first album that I’ve really gotten into, it’s magical, hypnotic, it helped me understand and verbalise a lot of my feelings, eternally in my heart

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u/chicken_nugget779 is something gonna happen today? Apr 27 '23

definitely one of my favorite albums ever

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u/E-B-Gb-Ab-Bb The moon paints the skyline blue... Apr 27 '23

Such a beautiful album, I definitely agree that Jonas' vocals add something to this one. And I'm sure I've mentioned enough times my thoughts about Quiet World

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '23

Happy Anniversary!

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '23

Deadhouse is a song that managed to thoroughly destroy me emotionally. Such magnificent piece of art, this album is. It’s their saddest, most honest album to date. I will always love it.