Second album Brave Murder Day released

After the year off, the band regrouped in 1996 to record and release a second studio album, Brave Murder Day . In addition to Fredrik Norrman contributing guitars to the album, the band also recruited Renkse’s friend, Mikael Åkerfeldt of the band Opeth , to perform the screamed vocals, as Renkse became unable to do them himself anymore due to medical issues. The release, alongside the EP Sounds of Decay released with the same lineup the next year, were considered their last to fully display their initial black, death and doom metal traits, with the band starting to focus more on clean vocals in subsequent releases, and setting aside the doomier aspects of their sound for faster tempos. To promote the album, the band recruited Mikael Oretoft to play bass and they embarked on their first European tour with progressive metal band In the Woods…