REVIEW: SENTENCED - THE COLD WHITE LIGHT

 

SENTENCED - THE COLD WHITE LIGHT (Century Media Recs., 2002)

Produced by Sentenced

Cover by Vesa Ranta

Tracks: 1- Konevitsan Kirkonkellot; 2- Cross My Heart and Hope to Die; 3- Brief is the light; 4- Neverlasting; 5- Aika Multaa Muistot (Everything is Nothing); 6- Excuse Me While I kill myself; 7- Blood and Tears; 8- You are the One; 9- Guilt and regret; 10- The Luxury of a Grave; 11-No One There

It´s been a lot of years since I bought Sentenced´s "North from Here" and now looking back I feel that it is great to see a band evolve in such a way. Here they are, Sentenced 2002 and here are the melodies in the guitars, the crushing riffs that try to create a heavy song, here are tyhe clean vocals with a lot of power and feeling. It is amazing how well Sentenced has achieved an amazing technique to create songs....only a check of their latest albums confirms this. Every new album they are getting better in this. The main thing here apart from the vocals are the incredible guitar riffs combined with a lot of melodies that gives this feeling of depression to the songs contained here. The production of this album is really great and lets us listen to all the elements of Sentenced´s music. A great recording from this Finnish band.

Favorite tracks: "Brief is the Lught"; "Neverlasting" and "You are the One"

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