Brave Murder Day is the second studio album by Swedish
heavy metal band
Katatonia, released on 1 August 1996 by
Avantgarde Music.[4] The lead vocals on the album are provided by
Mikael Åkerfeldt of
Opeth, as Katatonia frontman
Jonas Renkse was medically unable to perform screamed vocals anymore following health issues that arose from performing the band's debut.[5] It was also the band's first album with second guitarist Fredrik Norrman.
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ab"Murder" and "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.