Brave Murder Day

Brave Murder Day
Studio album by Katatonia
Released	November 1996
Recorded	July 1996 (Unisound)
Genre	Death/doom
Length	41:13 (Standard Version) 59:20 (Century Black Reissue) 78:01 (IROND Records Reissue) 59:54 (Peaceville Records 2006 Reissue)
Label	Avantgarde Music Century Media Records Northern Silence Productions
Producer	Katatonia
Katatonia chronology
For Funerals to Come... (1995) Brave Murder Day (1996) Sounds of Decay (1997)

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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.

This album created a new guitar position with Fredrik Norrman's input.

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 liner notes by Anders Nyström.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Jonas Renkse, all music composed by Katatonia.

No.	Title	Note	Length
1.	"Brave"		10:16
2.	"Murder"		4:54
3.	"Day"		4:28
4.	"Rainroom"		6:31
5.	"12"		8:18
6.	"Endtime"		6:46
Total length:			41:13

Century Black Reissue
No.	Title	Length
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
No.	Title	Length
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
No.	Title	Length
7.	"Nowhere"	6:08
8.	"At Last"	6:13
9.	"Inside The Fall"	6:20
Total length:		59:54

Notes

1. ^ "Murder" & "Rainroom" is featured on Brave Yester Days.
2. ^ "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.
3. ^ "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

As appears in the booklet:

Katatonia

• Blackheim – guitars & bass
• Fredrik Norrman – guitars
• Jonas Renkse – drums, backing harsh vocals on track 2, sole clean vocals on track 3 and co and clean vocals on tracks 4 & 6

Session musician

• Mike Åkerfeldt – distorted vocals (1, 2, 4-6)

Production

• Dan Swanö – engineering
• Bildhuset – front and back cover photos
• Lennart Kaltea – photos
• Tom – digital design