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Terrortory The seed left behind Discouraged Records

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:12:01 -0700

This is the debut album by the Swedish crew and it must be said from the offset that there's a distinct blandness about it that's not only down to the production, but also because of a terrible attempt at emulating past success. Terrortory's thing seems to be to write tunes in the styles of a heap of already-revered bands, stick them all together, and hope for a winning formula. In Flames, The Haunted, Opeth, Sentenced and a shitload of others that are familiar but that I can't quite put my finger on are referenced here, none of which are mimicked to the point where you could say the material that Terrortory has written is better. There's also a tiny bit of old school Metallica to be found on some of the melodic parts and, while those are actually okay, this album as a whole is a very uninspiring -- indeed, a very boring -- listen. The production does get part of the blame despite the fact that everything is clear and bright, it's just that there's a lack of any punch whatsoever, even in the album's better moments. It's quite possible that when faced with material as dull and repetitive as this producer Henrik Wiklund simply lost the will to live. I know I did.

Discouraged to release new album from Johnny Electric

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:50:52 -0800

Discouraged Records (Moloken, Terrortory) is branching out from their usual genre preference to release a new album from Umeå garage-rockers Johnny Electric. Entitled "Communication radio highway", this will be the 2nd album from the band and it will be released on vinyl only this coming March 15.

Discouraged signs Terrortory

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:47:11 -0700

Discouraged Records has announced that they will be releasing the debut album "The seed left behind" from Skellefteå-based metal act Terrortory. Preview above or go here for more: http://www.terrortory.com/