REVIEW: SENTENCED - CRIMSON

 

SENTENCED - CRIMSON (Century Media, 2000)

Produced by Hiilesmaa

Recorded at Tico Tico Studios

Artwork by Niklas Sundin

Tracks: 1- Bleed in My Arms, 2- Home in Despair, 3- Fragile, 4- No More Beating as One, 5- Broken, 6- Killing Me, Killing You, 7- Dead Moon Rising, 8- The River, 9- One More Day, 10- With Bitterness and Joy, 11- My Slowing Heart

I have been following this guys career since their "North from Here"album. And I liked the twist that their music got after "Amok". This latest album shows us the more melodic side of the band (eventhough they had shown it in "Frozen" and "Down"). This time the songs have more catchy choruses (die hard fans would hate this) with hooks (in the way that Paradise Lost has developed in their latest albums) and a lot of clean guitars. I liked the contrast between this melodies and Ville Laihiala´s vocals which are really powerful. This is one step forward in the career of this band that should have finished to record their new album by now.

Favorite tracks: "Fragile"; "The River" and "With Bitterness and Joy".

Contact: www.centurymedia.com