Brave Murder Day

Infobox Album
Name = Brave Murder Day
Type = studio
Artist = Katatonia


Released = 1996
Recorded = July 1996
Genre = Death/Doom
Length = 41:14
Label = Avantgarde Music
Century Media Records
Northern Silence Productions
Producer = Katatonia
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:njxvad5ku8w8~T1 link]
Last album = "For Funerals to Come"
(1995)
This album = "Brave Murder Day"
(1996)
Next album = "Sounds of Decay"
(1997)

"Brave Murder Day", named after the first three tracks of the album, is Katatonia's second full-length album, released in 1996 by Avantgarde Music. The album features harsh vocals by Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth. The Century Black reissue of the album also includes the four tracks from the band's "For Funerals to Come" EP, while the later Peaceville reissue contained all 3 tracks from the "Sounds of Decay" EP. In 2004 Northern Silence Productions released the album on vinyl.

Track listing

# "Brave" - 10:16
# "Murder" - 4:54
# "Day" - 4:28
# "Rainroom" - 6:31
# "12" - 8:18
# "Endtime" - 6:46

All music by Katatonia. All lyrics by Jonas Renkse.

Notes

* The track "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.:: Stuart Ullman: Because, for some people solitude and isolation can, of itself, become a problem.:: Jack Torrance: Not for me.
* The song '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 Yesterdays'
* The original version of the record went to pressing unmastered. In 2006, Peaceville Records released a mastered version of the album and included the Sounds of Decay EP as bonus tracks. The remastered edition also includes new linear notes by Anders Nyström.

Credits

* Blackheim – guitars, bass guitar
* Jonas Renkse – drums, clean vocals
* Fredrik Norrman – guitars
* Mikael Åkerfeldt – death vocals