Released April 28, 2004 | Length 130:18 Release date 28 April 2004 Label Century Media Records | |
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Recorded July 1992 - August 1997 Similar Katatonia albums, Death metal albums | ||
Brave Yester Days is a 2-disc best-of album by Katatonia. It contains the material from Katatonia's older era, mainly consisting of death/doom material, and a few alternative rock songs.
Contents
"Black Erotica" is an earlier version of "12" from Brave Murder Day and "Untrue" is a previously unreleased song from the Sounds of Decay sessions.
Reception
Eduardo Rivadavia from Allmusic said that the compilation displays "Katatonia's gradual shift away from their doom/death origins" to a sound featuring "lighter guitars, incremental keyboards, and the replacement of deathly growls with clean-sung, melodic vocals" and called the album "an astoundingly well-conceived summary of Katatonia's purely metallic career" and "a frankly unbeatable bang-for-buck proposition when it comes to housing so many scattered releases under one roof."
Credits
Songs
1Midwinter Gates (Prologue)0:44
2Without God6:52
3Palace of Frost3:40