Brave Yester Days

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Name = Brave Yester Days
Type = compilation
Artist = Katatonia


Released = April 28 2004
Recorded = June 1992 through January 1998
Genre = Doom/Death metal
Depressive rock
Length = 02:10:18
Label = Avantgarde
Producer = Katatonia
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"Brave Yester Days" is a 2-disc best-of album from Katatonia. It contains the material from Katatonia's older era, mainly consisting of Doom/Death metal material, and a few depressive rock.

Included Material

This compilation features selections taken from the following albums:
*Jhva Elohim Meth (1991-Demo)
*Dance of December Souls (1993)
*W.A.R. Compilation Vol. 1 (1994-Compilation)
*For Funerals to Come (1995-EP)
*Brave Murder Day (1996)
*Sounds of Decay (1997-EP)
*Saw You Drown (1998-EP)

Brave Yester Days also contains the track "Untrue", a previously unreleased song from the Sounds of Decay Sessions.

Track listing

Disc one

# "Midwinter Gates (Prologue)" (from Jhva Elohim Meth)
# "Without God" (from Jhva Elohim Meth)
# "Palace of Frost" (from Jhva Elohim Meth)
# "The Northern Silence" (from Jhva Elohim Meth)
# "Crimson Tears (Epilogue)" (from Jhva Elohim Meth)
# "Gateways of Bereavement" (from Dance of December Souls)
# "Velvet Thorns (Of Drynwhyl)" (from Dance of December Souls)
# "Black Erotica" (from W.A.R. Compilation Vol. 1)*
# "Love of the Swan" (from W.A.R. Compilation Vol. 1)
# "Funeral Wedding" (from For Funerals to Come)
# "Shades of Emerald Fields" (from For Funerals to Come)
# "For Funerals To Come" (from For Funerals to Come)
# "Epistel" (from For Funerals to Come)

"*Track #8, "Black Erotica", is an earlier version of "12" from Brave Murder Day."

Disc two

# "Murder" (from Brave Murder Day)
# "Rainroom" (from Brave Murder Day)
# "Nowhere" (from Sounds of Decay)
# "At Last" (from Sounds of Decay)
# "Inside the Fall" (from Sounds of Decay)
# "Untrue" (from Sounds of Decay)
# "Nerve" (from Saw You Drown)
# "Saw You Drown" (from Saw You Drown)
# "Quiet World" (from Saw You Drown)
# "Scarlet Heavens" (from Saw You Drown)

Credits

Tracks from Jhva Elohim Meth

*Lord Seth (Jonas Renkse) - drums, lead vocals
*Blackheim (Anders Nyström) - guitars, bass
*Day Disyhrah (Dan Swanö) - acoustic vocals, keyboards
*All lyrics written by Lord Seth (Jonas Renkse).
*All music written by Blackheim (Anders Nyström).

Tracks from Dance of December Souls

*Blackheim (Anders Nyström) - electric/acoustic guitar, keyboard
*Lord J. Renkse (Jonas Renkse) - drums, lead vocals
*Israphel Wing - bass
*All lyrics by Lord J. Renkse (Jonas Renkse).
*All music written by Blackheim (Anders Nyström).

Tracks from For Funerals to Come

*Jonas Renkse - lead vocals, drums
*Blackheim (Anders Nyström) - lead guitar, backing vocals
*Israphel Wing (Guillaume Le Huche) - bass
*All lyrics by Lord J. Renkse (Jonas Renkse).
*All music written by Blackheim (Anders Nyström).

Tracks from Brave Murder Day

*Jonas Renkse - clean vocals, drums
*Blackheim (Anders Nyström) - lead guitar, bass
*Fredrik Norrman - guitars
*Mikael Åkerfeldt - grunts
*All lyrics by Jonas Renkse.
*All music written by Blackheim (Anders Nyström).

Tracks from Sounds of Decay

*Jonas Renkse - clean vocals, drums
*Blackheim (Anders Nyström) - lead guitar, bass
*Fredrik Norrman - guitars
*Mikael Åkerfeldt - grunts
*All lyrics by Jonas Renkse.
*All music written by Blackheim (Anders Nyström).

Tracks from Saw You Drown

*Jonas Renkse - clean vocals, drums
*Anders Nyström - lead guitar, bass
*Fredrik Norrman - guitars
*Israphel Wing (Guillaume Le Huche) - bass
*All lyrics by Jonas Renkse.
*All music written by Anders Nyström.