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SENTECED (Doom/Gothic metal)
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Sentenced was a doom/gothic metal band formed in 1989, in the town of Oulu, Finland. They disbanded in 2005.
Sentenced's predecessor Deformity was started in 1988, but in 1989, as the band's line-up changed, the name also changed to Sentenced. The original line-up consisted of Miika Tenkula (lead guitar & vocals), Sami Lopakka (guitar), Vesa Ranta (drums) and Lari Kylmänen (bass). They recorded two demo tapes: When Death Joins Us... in 1990 and Rotting Ways to Misery in 1991. The band actually got their very first record deal (with the infamous French label Thrash Records) already with their first demo.
In 1991 bassist Taneli Jarva joined the band, replacing Kylmänen just as the band was about to record their debut album Shadows of the Past. At that time, their musical style was fast, typical European death metal/doom metal. In springtime 1992 they recorded a new three-song promotional tape Journey to Pohjola to flirt around labels. As a result, they got themselves a deal with the Finnish Spinefarm Records, which was just starting its career, a fledgling company.
The second album North from Here (and later during the ongoing year, The Trooper EP) saw the light of the day in spring 1993. Jarva had assumed lead vocal duties using a different style than Tenkula's. It was North From Here that earned the band the attention of German record label Century Media Records, and in 1994 Sentenced left Spinefarm in order to head toward a wider market with a new multi-album contract under Century Media's wing.
It was in 1995 that the band made their real breakthrough with Amok, considered the best of their albums by most fans and critics. Compared with their earlier work, the music had slowed down somewhat, acquiring a more melodic structure. The track "Nepenthe" was complemented with a music video and the band took to tour Europe in two full-length tours supporting Samael and Tiamat right as Amok was released.
In autumn, the band released the Love & Death MCD. Music-wise, it kept a fairly similar concept as Amok, as the songs had been written around the same time. As soon as Sentenced had achieved success in Doom/death markets, Jarva left the band because of musical differences and lack of interest in music in the first place. This surprised many fans and for some years Jarva stayed completely out of music business. (He resurfaced a few years later with his new band, The Black League.)
Following this, Jarva's baritone was replaced by the much more softer and cleaner grunts of new vocalist Ville Laihiala (of Breed fame) in 1996, the decision finalized just three weeks before the band was due to head toward Germany. The destination was Woodhouse Studios, and the cause: to record their fourth long-play album Down with producer Waldemar Sorychta. Once again, the music evolved more melodic with a huge NWOBHM-influence granting the band many new possibilities for musical growth, development and evolution. During this time, bassist Sami Kukkohovi also joined the band, but only as a session member on gigs. However, in spring 1997 he was granted a permanent slot in the line-up.
Sentenced's fifth full-length album Frozen (1998) was also recorded at the Woodhouse Studios and it continued pretty much on the same path as Down, adding depth wherever necessary. Laihiala and Kukkohovi had gotten properly initiated into the band, so they participated a lot in the composition process, resulting in Frozen being very much a group effort; a band album. In 1999 a special edition of Frozen was released, containing a recolored (gold) cover and rearranged track running order, with four cover songs included. Some fans scorned, stating that they now had to buy the album again, because of this new release coming well after the "regular" one, and without prior warning.
The next Sentenced album to be released was Crimson in 2000. As the single "Killing Me, Killing You" showcased, the band's sound had once again taken a turn for the lighter direction. And two years from that, the release of The Cold White Light saw the band in a slightly different light, the lyrics displaying some self-irony and even an extremely rare positive edge, in a "there is light at the end of the tunnel after all" sort of way.
After The Cold White Light also lies a CD-single. Released in 2003 along with songs by other bands on a four track compilation single that's dedicated to Oulun Kärpät, the ice hockey team of the band's hometown, Routasydän remains the only song Sentenced sung in Finnish, and cannot be found elsewhere. The song caused something of a stir in Finland, as several politicians reviewed the lyrics and purported them to contain Nazi overtones, which the band has steadfastly refuted.
In early 2005, the band announced that their following release The Funeral Album would be their last. It was also stated that there would be no reunions. They performed few farewell gigs during the spring and summer (as per their wishes) and ended with a funeral gig on October 1st 2005 in their hometown Oulu, Finland. The concert film Buried Alive, directed by Mika Ronkainen, filmed at the funeral gig was premiered at Oulu Music Video Festival September 9th, 2006. This has come the dissolution of Sentenced's 16 year career
Final line-up
Ville Laihiala – Vocals (1996-2005)
Miika Tenkula – Guitar (1989-2005)
Sami Lopakka – Guitar (1989-2005)
Sami Kukkohovi – Bass guitar (1996-2005)
Vesa Ranta – Drums (1989-2005)
Previous members
Lari Kylmänen – Bass guitar (1989-1991)
Taneli Jarva – Bass guitar and vocals (1991-1996)
Session members
Niko Karppinen – Bass guitar (live) (1995-1996)
Tarmo Kanerva – Drums (summer 1999)
Marco Sneck - Keyboards
Special guests
Vorphalack – Backup vocals (1996)
Studio albums
Shadows of the Past (1991)
North from Here (1993)
Amok (1995)
Down (1996)
Frozen (1998)
Crimson (2000)
The Cold White Light (2002)
The Funeral Album (2005)
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