Brave Murder Day

Originally released in 1996, Katatonia's second album Brave Murder Day is a true classic.

The primitive structures and melodies give this album an unparalleled trance-like quality, by taking an early Paradise Lost influence (mixed with others such as Kent and Slowdive) and forming a completely unique sound and atmosphere. The majority of the vocal duties were carried out in his signature death-growl style by Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth, while Jonas Renkse delivered the clean vocal passages that he is known for today, on the ethereal track, Day, as well as handling drum duties.

Brave Murder Day was recorded at Unisound, Sweden, in July 1996, and was engineered by Dan Swanö.