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Brave Murder Day is Katatonia 's second full-length album, released on 1 August 1996 by Avantgarde Music .[4] The album created a new guitar position with Fredrik Norrman's input and features growled vocals by Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth .
The original version of the record was not mastered , but the 2006 Peaceville Records re-release finally released a mastered version of the album and included the Sounds of Decay EP as bonus tracks.[4] The remastered edition also includes new liner notes by Anders Nyström. The previous Century Black reissue of the album included the four tracks from the band's For Funerals to Come... EP. A vinyl release was issued through the band's Northern Silence Productions .
Track listing
All lyrics written by Jonas Renkse , all music composed by Katatonia.
Title Note 1. "Brave" 10:16 2. "Murder" Note 1 4:54 3. "Day" 4:28 4. "Rainroom" Note 1 6:31 5. "12" Note 2 8:18 6. "Endtime" Note 3 6:46 Total length: 41:13
Century Black reissue Title 7. "Funeral Wedding" 8:40 8. "Shades of Emerald Fields" 5:24 9. "For Funerals to Come..." 2:50 10. "Epistel" 1:13 Total length: 59:20
IROND Records reissue[5] Title 7. "Nowhere" 6:08 8. "At Last" 6:13 9. "Inside the Fall" 6:20 10. "Funeral Wedding" 8:40 11. "Shades of Emerald Fields" 5:25 12. "For Funerals to Come..." 2:50 13. "Epistel" 1:14 Total length: 78:01
Peaceville Records 2006 reissue Title 7. "Nowhere" 6:08 8. "At Last" 6:13 9. "Inside the Fall" 6:20 Total length: 59:54
Notes
^ "Murder" & "Rainroom" are featured on Brave Yester Days .
^ "12" is a re-recorded version of the song Black Erotica from the W.A.R. Compilation Volume 1 (1995). The song can also be found on the 2004 compilation Brave Yester Days .
^ "Endtime" is one of very few Katatonia recordings to utilize samples, featuring a clip of dialogue from the Stanley Kubrick film The Shining during the latter half of the song's lengthy intro.
Personnel
The list of personnel involved in this album, as it appears in the booklet:
Band
Production
Dan Swanö – engineering
Bildhuset – front and back cover photos
Lennart Kaltea – photos
Tom – digital design
References
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