The Killing Gods

The Killing Gods
Studio album by Misery Index
Released	May 23, 2014
Recorded	November 2013 at Visceral Sound Studios, Bethesda, Maryland, United States; December 2013 – January 2014 at Wrightway Studios, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Genre	Death metal, grindcore
Length	43:38
Label	Season of Mist
Misery Index chronology
Heirs to Thievery (2010) The Killing Gods (2014)

The Killing Gods is the fifth studio album by American deathgrind band Misery Index. It was released on May 23, 2014, by Season of Mist. The first five tracks of the album are all part of one collective song called "Faust".^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Exclaim!	9/10[2]
Revolver	3.5/5[1]

Adrien Begrand wrote for Decibel that Misery Index's "hybrid of death metal and grindcore hasn't lost a step at all". He praised the album's "taut and aggressive" music, along with its "clever use of melody" and Jason Netherton's "commanding vocals".^[3] Bradley Zorgdrager of Exclaim! said that Misery Index have "focused their craft", and found that the band "proudly embraces" melody on this album. He described the album as "unrelentingly fast, unabashedly heavy and unequivocally the best album yet from an already great band."^[2] Sammi Chichester of Revolver described how, during the opening suite of songs, Misery Index "split their blast beats with emotionally-driven breakdowns and melodic guitar solos". She also said the album "might initially irk diehards, but should ultimately leave them far from miserable".^[1]

Track listing

All music composed by Misery Index. 

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Urfaust" (Instrumental)	Mark Kloeppel	1:07
2.	"The Calling"	Kloeppel	3:39
3.	"The Oath" (Instrumental)	Kloeppel	1:20
4.	"Conjuring the Cull"	Kloeppel	4:45
5.	"The Harrowing"	Kloeppel	4:28
6.	"The Killing Gods"	Jason Netherton	5:30
7.	"Cross to Bear"	Kloeppel	4:25
8.	"Gallows Humor"	Netherton	4:44
9.	"The Weakener"	Netherton	3:55
10.	"Sentinels"	Netherton	2:37
11.	"Colony Collapse"	Netherton	3:33
12.	"Heretics"	Netherton	3:33
Total length:			43:38

Personnel

Misery Index

• Jason Netherton – bass guitar, lead and backing vocals
• Mark Kloeppel – guitar, lead vocals
• Adam Jarvis – drums
• Darin Morris – lead guitar

Additional musicians

• John Gallagher – guitar solo on "Colony Collapse"

Production

• Steve Wright – engineering
• Scott Hull – recording
• Darin Morris – recording assistance
• Drew Lamond – production assistance
• Tony Eichler – mastering
• Gary Ronaldson – artwork, design, layout
• Josh Sisk – photography

References

1. Chichester, Sammi (May 22, 2014). "Review: Misery Index — The Killing Gods". Retrieved June 5, 2014.
2. Zorgdrager, Bradley (May 23, 2014). "Misery Index - The Killing Gods". Exclaim!. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
3. Begrand, Adrien (May 28, 2014). "Sucker For Punishment: WeloveEyehategod". Decibel. Retrieved June 24, 2014.