''Discouraged Ones'' (stylized ''discøuraged ønes'') is the third full-length album by

Katatonia Katatonia are a Swedish heavy metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström. The band started as a studio-only project for the duo, as an outlet for the band's love of death metal. Increasing popularity led them ...

, 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 would focus on being the band's lead vocalist and contributing additional guitar work. According to Renkse, ''Discouraged Ones'' had sold roughly 20,000 copies as of 2001.

Track listing

Release history

Personnel

Katatonia

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

Additional personnel

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– backing vocals, vocal production *Tomas Skogsberg – engineering, mixing *

Fred Estby Fred Estby (born 14 March 1972) is a Swedish drummer. He is best known as the drummer and main songwriter of the Swedish death metal band Dismember. Before he played drums in the band Carnage. Estby appeared in various other projects including ...

– engineering *Pressens Bild – photography *Tom Martinsen – photography, digital design *Maria Winsnes – photography *David Castillo – remastering *reesycle.com – layout

References

Katatonia albums 1998 albums Avantgarde Music albums {{1990s-metal-album-stub