Sentenced was a heavy metal band formed in 1989, in the town of Muhos, Finland. They disbanded in 2005. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 117 pixel Image in higher resolution (1015 × 149 pixel, file size: 7 KB, MIME type: image/png) from this Sentenced wallpaper: http://www. ... Image File history File links A picture of the band Sentenced This work is copyrighted. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland_(bordered). ... Muhos is a municipality of Finland. ... City Oulu (1605) Administrative Province Oulu province Historical Province Ostrobothnia Area (2004-01-01)  â€“ Total (excl. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Death metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal. ... Doom metal is a form of heavy metal that emerged as a recognized genre of metal in the early/mid-1980s. ... Melodic death metal, (also referred to as Gothenburg metal, melodeath, Scandinavian metal, and post-death) is a subgenre of death metal. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Century Media Records is an independant metal record label with offices in the USA, Brazil, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom. ... Ville Laihiala (born June 13, 1973) is Poisonblacks guitarist and vocalist and was also Sentenceds main vocalist from the album Down up to the The Funeral Album. ... Miika Tenkula Miika Tenkula was the lead guitarist and the main songwriter of the late Finnish band Sentenced. ... Sami Lopakka is a Finnish born guitarist for the late band Sentenced. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Muhos is a municipality of Finland. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Biography

Sentenced's predecessor Deformity got started back 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. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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, 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. 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Shadows of the Past is the debut album by the Finnish metal band Sentenced. ... Death metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal. ... Doom metal is a form of heavy metal that emerged as a recognized genre of metal in the early/mid-1980s. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Spinefarm Records is a Helsinki, Finland based record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. ...

The sophomore 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. North from Here is the second album by the Finnish death metal band Sentenced. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...

It was in 1995 that the band made their real breakthrough with Amok, considered the best of their albums by most of their 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. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Samael are a long-running Swiss heavy metal band formed in 1987. ... Tiamat is a band from Sweden that was formed in Stockholm, in 1988. ...

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 melodic death metal and Doom/death markets, Jarva left the band, which surprised many fans. (He resurfaced a few years later with his new band, The Black League.) Melodic death metal, (also referred to as Gothenburg metal, melodeath, Scandinavian metal, and post-death) is a subgenre of death metal. ... Doom metal is a form of heavy metal that emerged as a recognized genre of metal in the early/mid-1980s. ... Death metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal. ... The Black League are a metal band from Finland. ...

Following this, Jarva's baritone was replaced by the much more softer and cleaner growler 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 rock 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. Baritone (French: baryton; Deutsch: Bariton; Italian: baritono) is most commonly the type of male voice that lies between bass and tenor. ... Ville Laihiala (born June 13, 1973) is Poisonblacks guitarist and vocalist and was also Sentenceds main vocalist from the album Down up to the The Funeral Album. ... A breed is a domesticated subspecies or infrasubspecies of an animal. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Down, released in November of 1996 on Century Media records, is the fourth album by Sentenced. ... Waldemar Sorychta is a heavy metal musician and record producer. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. Frozen is an album by Sentenced released July 1998 via the Century Media label. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

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. Crimson, released in January of 2000 on Century Media, is an album by the Finnish heavy metal band Sentenced. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Cold White Light, released in May of 2002 on Century Media, is an album by the Finnish heavy metal band Sentenced. ...

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. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kärpät are an ice hockey team in the Finnish SM-liiga. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... National Socialism redirects here. ...

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 in October 2005 in their hometown Oulu, Finland. A DVD concentrating on their last show was also part of the plan; this has come the dissolution of Sentenced's 16 year career. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... City Oulu (1605) Administrative Province Oulu province Historical Province Ostrobothnia Area (2004-01-01)  â€“ Total (excl. ... DVD (commonly known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...

The Sentenced concert film Buried Alive, directed by Mika Ronkainen, filmed at the funeral gig in their hometown Oulu October 1st 2005, was premiered at Oulu Music Video Festival September 9th, 2006. Mika Ronkainen (1970–) is a Finnish film director. ... City Oulu (1605) Administrative Province Oulu province Historical Province Ostrobothnia Area (2004-01-01)  â€“ Total (excl. ... Founded in 1994, annual festival of music video, cinema, live music, and air guitar world championships, held in Oulu, Finland. ...

Members

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)

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Previous members

• Lari Kylmänen – Bass guitar (1989-1991)
• Taneli Jarva – Bass guitar and vocals (1991-1996)

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Session members

• Niko Karppinen – Bass guitar (live) (1995-1996)
• Tarmo Kanerva – Drums (summer 1999)

Special guests

• Vorphalack – Backup vocals (1996)

Discography

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)

Shadows of the Past is the debut album by the Finnish metal band Sentenced. ... North from Here is the second album by the Finnish death metal band Sentenced. ... Amok is the third album by the Finnish band Sentenced. ... Down, released in November of 1996 on Century Media records, is the fourth album by Sentenced. ... Frozen is an album by Sentenced released July 1998 via the Century Media label. ... Crimson, released in January of 2000 on Century Media, is an album by the Finnish heavy metal band Sentenced. ... The Cold White Light, released in May of 2002 on Century Media, is an album by the Finnish heavy metal band Sentenced. ... The Funeral Album is the farewell album by Finnish heavy metal band Sentenced. ...

EPs

• The Trooper (1993)
• Love & Death (1995)

The Trooper is an EP by the Finnish death metal band Sentenced. ...

Live album

• Buried Alive (2 discs, 2006)

DVDs

• Buried Alive (2 discs, 2006)

Singles

• Killing Me Killing You (1999)
• No One There (2002)
• Routasydän (2003)
• Ever-Frost (2005)
• May Today Become the Day (2005)

Compilation

• Story: A Recollection (1997)

Demos

• When Death Joins Us... (1990)
• Rotting Ways to Misery (1991)
• Journey to Pohjola (1992)
• Demo 1994 (1994)

Split Albums

• Cronology of Death (1991)
• promo split MCD (2005)

Videography

• "Nepenthe" (1994)
• "Noose" (1996), directed by Sökö Kaukoranta
• "The Suicider" (1998)
• "Killing Me Killing You" (1999), directed by Pasi Pauni
• "No One There" (2002), directed by Pete Veijalainen
• "Ever-Frost" (2005), directed by Mika Ronkainen

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External links

• Sentenced - official website
• Century Media - official website