Sounds of Decay

Sounds of Decay is a three-song EP released by Katatonia in 1997. The front cover is a screenshot of a decrepit god, taken from the movie Begotten.

Sounds of Decay
EP by
Katatonia
Released8 December 1997
RecordedFebruary 1997
StudioSunlight Studio
GenreDeath-doom
Length18:41
LabelAvantgarde Music
ProducerKatatonia
Katatonia chronology
Brave Murder Day
(1996)		 Sounds of Decay
(1997)		 Saw You Drown
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

There is an unreleased version of this EP on which Fred Norrman recorded. The band had to record the EP twice, as during the first recording, the result was terrible due to the band being very hungover. And for unknown reasons, they had not called Fred back to do the recording again.[2] According to Mikael Åkerfeldt, he prefers the unreleased version, as it is "a lot more brutal."[3] This is also Mikael's last major role in the band.

A fourth song named "Untrue" was also recorded in the studio session, but it did not end up on the original release. It was later released on the Brave Yester Days compilation album in 2004; it is the only material released from the first session.

The EP was also featured on the 2006 Peaceville reissue of the Brave Murder Day album.

Track listing

All music is composed by Katatonia.

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Nowhere"Renkse6:08
2."At Last"Blackheim6:13
3."Inside the Fall"Renkse6:20
Irond Records reissue, 2004
No.TitleLength
1."Brave"10:17
2."Murder"4:54
3."Day"4:29
4."Rainroom"6:32
5."12"8:18
6."Endtime"6:46
7."Nowhere"6:08
8."At Last"6:13
9."Inside the Fall"6:22
10."Funeral Wedding"8:40
11."Shades of Emeralds Fields"5:25
12."For Funerals to Come"2:50
13."Epistel"1:14

Personnel
Band
Production
gollark: Not *sings*, *speaks*.
gollark: Maybe the music bot could TTS the lyrics, to save you the hassle of reading them.
gollark: It's possible, but I doubt it's available for everything.
gollark: ++delete the long plane
gollark: ++delete chickens

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. http://www.imhotep.no/?did=9109351
  3. "Katatonia - Sounds Of Decay". Opeth.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-08.


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