Katatonia's third album, "Discouraged Ones" (1998), marked a sudden change in the band's direction. The musical shift was drastic and profound as they forever left behind their Blackened/Death-Doom influences. Some albums, no matter how familiar they become to you, remain ultimately indescribable. I can write words such as melancholic, moody, minimalist/ hypnotic riffs and just plain doomy (alright, I know 'doomy' is not a word), but none of this does justice to an album that is exceedingly difficult to pin down with adequate description. This is an album wrought with personal pains, tragic urgency and human failures presented in a metal framework of pulsing minimalist rhythms and melodies. It is a beautiful and mesmerizing puzzle piece within the accomplished catalog of Katatonia. It is a fine companion piece to a rainy day, or a lonely night.
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