In time, the Baltimore-based project developed into a regular band, getting stronger with every month. Misery Index released their debut EP "Overcome" in 2001. In 2003 the band started working on the material for their first full-length album. Finally, on August 23rd, Misery Index released their official debut LP � "Retaliate" � on Nuclear Blast Records. Introducing 10 tracks of pure devastation, it quickly became one of the most intense and extreme metal albums of the year. Inspired by diehard metal heroes such as Napalm Death, Carcass, Suffocation, Cephalic Carnage, Obituary, Extreme Noise Terror and even the black-metal influences of Mayhem and Emperor, Misery Index brilliantly combined death metal heaviness with grindcore intensity, delivering one of the finest mixtures in the history of extreme music. With crushing guitar work, insane drumming and harsh, straight-forward vocals, this album was easily an "all killer, no filler" offering � strong, uncompromising and merciless. But Misery Index is not just about sound terrorism. Although the music comes first, lyrics are a close second. The lyrical content on "Retaliate" is one of the strongest points of the entire release, focusing on mature topics ranging from war to politics, the government and social issues. "Retaliate" turned out to be a great success for the band, with enthusiastic reviews in the press and warm reception on the metal scene. "Retaliate" remains their violent wake-up call, an intense manifest for both extreme music and political awareness. With such brilliant tracks as "The Great Depression" and "History is Rotten", it also stands alone as a masterpiece of brutal death/grind metal, mixing the best elements of extreme genres in truly epic proportions.

Tracklist:

1. Retaliate
2. The Lies That Bind
3. The Great Depression
4. Angst Isst Die Seele Auf
5. Demand The Impossible
6. Order Upheld /Dissent Dissolved
7. Servants of Progress
8. The Unbridgeable Chasm
9. Bottom Feeders
10. History is Rotten
11. Birth of Ignorance

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