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Katatonia Brave Murder Day Overview: Considered by many as the band's landmark release, Brave Murder Day encapsulates the necessary ingredients for a long musical journey within the confines of the best Dark, Doom Metal the nineties have offered. Characterised by the song-writing and atmospheres of the preceding For Funerals to Come... EP, Brave Murder Day is the perfect bridge between Katatonia's sonic recipe of old - melting gothic and dark overtones with classic British Doom Metal - and its gradual ascension to a more contemporaneous Rock approach (with tracks such as Brave and Day respectively suiting the description). Noteworthy is also the appearence of Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt on vocals - enhancing even further all the gloom and melancholy of these six brooding tracks - and the inclusion of the band's Sounds of Decay EP as a bonus. Production: With an appropriate master for good measure, the sound is now shining like a new penny - not only giving detail to all the romantic decadence portrayed in its length, but also enhancing the harsh, sad and twisted revolt concealed. Parting thoughts: Brave Murder Day may well do the same for Doom Metal as In the Nightside Eclipse or Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious did for Black and Death Metal (respectively), so even if you own Avantgarde Music's version, wait until you hear it properly cooked. www.katatonia.com www.peaceville.com © 2007 The Lodge

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