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Misery Index (Music)
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Misery Index is an American death metal band. Characterized by their heavy grindcore and New York hardcore influences and scathingly vicious and caustic political lyrics, they've come a long way from being "that band Netherton, Voyles, and Talley started after leaving Fetus" and have become a major player in modern death metal in their own right.Formed in 2001 by ex-Dying Fetus members Jason Netherton (vocals, bass), John "Sparky" Voyles (guitar), and Kevin Talley (drums), along with newcomer Mike Harrison (guitars, vocals), the band wasted no time in releasing the Overthrow EP along with several splits, though Harrison and Talley left the following year and were replaced by Bruce Greig and Matt Byers, respectively, though Greig swiftly left sometime before the release of Retaliate in 2003, which he had no part in. Byers left the following year and was briefly replaced by Talley before he left yet again, with a then-unknown young hotshot by the name of Adam Jarvis taking his place. Mark Kloeppel then joined in on guitars and vocals in 2005, creating the classic lineup and the one that would release the next three full-lengths and innumerable splits and compilations. All went smoothly until around 2010, when Voyles left shortly after the release of Heirs to Thievery due to his rising dissatisfaction with the touring life; after a brief length of time as a three-piece, they welcomed in Darin Morris as his replacement. A split followed in 2011, along with various tours, though Netherton was MIA for a while thanks to his being busy getting his PhD; rather than draft a fill-in, Kloeppel just assumed bass duties and all vocal duties. A new album, The Killing Gods, has officially dropped as of May 23, 2014.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); }) | |
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Protest Song | |
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Protest Song: About 85% of their lyrical content. The other 15% is a mixture of retellings of historical events and examinations of humanity. | |
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Sliding Scale of Libertarianism and Authoritarianism | |
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Sliding Scale of Libertarianism and Authoritarianism: Firmly at the libertarian (anarchist, to be more precise) end. | |
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New Sound Album | |
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New Sound Album: The Killing Gods is noticeably more melodic and has far more complex arrangements overall. | |
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Concept Album | |
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Concept Album: The Killing Gods is a partial example, as the first five tracks form the suite-based "Faust" track. | |
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Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism | |
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Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism: Generally sticks firmly to the cynical side. There are occasionally some cautiously optimistic themes, but they're mostly in the vein of "things MIGHT get better, but it's very unlikely at this point in time". However, as seen above, they have no tolerance for cynicism as an excuse for laziness or willful blindness. | |
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Humans Are Bastards | |
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Humans Are Bastards: "They Always Come Back". | |
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All Drummers Are Animals | |
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All Drummers Are Animals: Jarvis is known for his explosive power, incredible speed and accuracy, and his immensely physical playing style. | |
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Step Up to the Microphone | |
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Step Up to the Microphone: When Jason can't make a tour, they don't even bother calling someone in to fill his spot, instead just opting to have Mark switch up guitar for bass while having him do all of the vocals. | |
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Silly Rabbit, Cynicism Is for Losers! | |
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Silly Rabbit, Cynicism Is for Losers!: "Gallows Humor" and "The Weakener"; evil loves lazy, ignorant cynics who use their inability to change or affect atrocities and ugly truths as a reason to not care, and it won't give a good fuck how little you care when it's coming for you. | |
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Religion Rant Song | |
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Religion Rant Song: "Theocracy" | |
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Lead Bassist | |
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Lead Bassist: Netherton is types B and C. | |
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Gaia's Vengeance | |
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Gaia's Vengeance: "The Carrion Call" | |
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Eagleland | |
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Eagleland: Invariably a Type 2 whenever it is brought up, which is often; "Heirs to Thievery" is among their most vicious songs on the subject. | |
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Signature Style | |
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Signature Style: A mixture of death metal, grindcore, and NYHC riffing with lots of blasting, a death metal rasp/grindcore shout dual vocal system (which is made even easier to distinguish due to Jason Netherton's instantly recognizable howling rasp; anyone who has listened to a decent amount of death metal will be able to pick it out right away), and the occasional melodic solo. Adam Jarvis also has a very distinctive drumming style, making use of quick, stuttering bursts of fills that usually end in explosive snare rolls, in addition to a very recognizable snare tone. | |
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Revisiting the Roots | |
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Revisiting the Roots: Rituals of Power was something of a spiritual return to their early style, with a return to the grindcore elements that they had progressively dialed down with each release, as well as more prominent old-school death metal elements. | |
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I Am the Band | |
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I Am the Band: Jason Netherton. | |
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Hardcore Punk | |
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Hardcore Punk: Has noticeable elements of this. | |
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Punctuated! For! Emphasis! | |
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Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: "DEN! OF! FU! CKING! THIEVES!" | |
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Benevolent Boss | |
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Benevolent Boss: Darin Morris owns a business that does high-end flooring installations in the Beltway area and has John Gallagher as one of his employees. This, obviously, makes him very sympathetic to time-off and scheduling matters, and he generally does everything that he can to accommodate John's touring schedule. | |
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Heavy Meta | |
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Heavy Meta: "Cross to Bear" is an examination of the life of a touring band and why they do what they do. | |
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Take That! | |
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Take That!: "Scene and Not Heard" is this to deathcore, while "Decline and Fall", "Hammering the Nails", and "Naysayer" are all clear shots at Donald Trump and his presidency, and "I Disavow" is a shot at the alt-right, MAGA, and "meme reich". | |
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Badass Bookworm | |
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Badass Bookworm: Jason Netherton and Mark Kloeppel, who are current PhD and grad students, respectively. | |
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Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness | |
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Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Netherton's lyrics are far more florid and poetic than one would expect. | |
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Grindcore | |
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Grindcore: Very heavily influenced by it and have dabbled in it here and there; while they progressively moved away from it with each album, Rituals of Power is something of a callback to their grindcore influences. | |
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Titled After the Song | |
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Titled After the Album: They're named after a classic grindcore album by Assück. | |
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