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Sentenced - Cold White Light ( Century Media )
Release Date: 2002-07-09
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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 & Tears
8 - You Are The One
9 - Guilt And Regret
10 - The Luxury Of A Grave
11 - No One There
Album Description
This is the eighth release from Sentenced. Produced by Hill Hiilesmaa (Moonspell, Theatre of Tragedy). 11 tracks and the bonus enhanced video to 'Killing Me Killing You'. 2002.
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Amazon.com
Alongside their swashbuckling countrymen in Amorphis, the Finnish band Sentenced have long abandoned their death-metal roots in search of a less punishing approach. This conversion doesn't earn any points with the diehards, but raises the question: Why shouldn't metal bands create radio-friendly, textured melodies? Sentenced mixes heavy-metal strychnine with the saccharine sweetness of pop and comes up with a fetching formula that's still 10 times dirtier than Creed. After all, Sentenced is merely saucing up ballads like Black Sabbath's "Changes," Judas Priest's "Last Rose of Summer," and Iron Maiden's "Strange World." Like it or not, schmaltz is part of heavy metal, and Sentenced pulls it off with Scandinavian poise. --Ian Christe
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 melodic metal
i liked this album better than their funeral album. its a good metal album for people who like a little singing in their metal.
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 The editorial review sucks ( chase05 )
This is a great melodic death album. Clearly the man who wrote the editorial view knew very little about this sort of music. Sentenced are almost like one parts bodom, one parts in flames, spliced with clean vocals.
And they're nothing like creed at all.
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Most mature and BEST!!
Masters of depressive metal have done it! Their best album that even beats one of my all time favourites, Down. This album is simply breathtaking. Cold White Light ain't as heavy as Down nor as catchy, but much more emotional and thoughtful. Production is also top notch. Listening to Cold White Light envokes many emotions in me at the same time: depression, hope, grief and joy. No other album has ever done that. It's funny to read how some people wonder the theme chosen by the band. Depression and hatred and all that is very common and daily mood for a Finnish guy. It goes without saying if someone (me) feels this way most of the time. Especially wintertime it's very dark and no sunlight at all for many weeks or months, one or another inevitably begins to hold and ponder these thoughts in his/her head. It's something you can't experience and feel if you live in the tropical zone or somewhere nice, warm and sunny place. It's a very natural subject to start writing songs.
"Cross My Heart and Hope to Die" is simply amazing! The guitar sound is something never heard before, not even from Sentenced, there's something so emotional, it's unmatched. Laihiala's vocals are so sad and emotional that it almost makes me cry, so sad yet so hopeful. Maybe the best track on album and one of their all time best.
"Brief is the Light" Absolutely beautiful melodies and lyrics. This is actually very positive song, at least for me it has become my cure for depression. The song and lyrics are extremely effective when listened at the dark of winter or at a brightest summernight when sun never sets. Then it hits you, 'brief is the light', and I mean daylight and summer alltogether is very brief, though the lyrics are about the light of life. Guitar solo is amazing. Competes with "Cross My Heart..." for the best song on this album.
"Neverlasting" a really trashy piece that shows Sentenced can still make very heavy songs. And that clapping effect in the middle of the song is not handclapping, it's Laihiala (or someone) clapping his bare buttocks with wet hands =D.
"Blood and Tears" with trademark guitar sound and riffs from Tenkula, very catchy and rockin' song.
"The Luxury of a Grave" has over the top funny lyrics but still very nice song with again awesome guitars.
It's difficult to discribe how I feel about this album, or what it means to me. It's like a neverending elixir of life for me, purification. Listening to it makes me rejoice of life once again. Right now when I'm writing this (and listening the album) is a beautiful summernight at 1:00am and the sun is setting lighting the whole sky, and to rise again in an hour...and I feel great!
Need to say? Get this album immediately if you want to experience something depressing...or joyful...or anything at all that touches your emotions!
-Make the most out of your day/for brief is the light on our way/on this momentary trail-
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 more sarcasm, more 80's rock, less depression...
..which happens to be a good thing! Granted, this album may not be a heavy metal-milestone(labelling this as heavy metal may even be a stretch), but the songs are slick, catchy and well-written. Some really nice melodies crop up from time to time and most of the choruses are pure sing-along material. The singer is obviously having a blast (even when the lyrics don't sport the best English in the world) and the bass 'n guitars are thick in the mix. Just listen to that solo at the end of the first song, great stuff! This album may be far removed from their death-roots but it's an enjoyable slab of heavy rock. Recommended!
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Delightfully Depressing Gothic Rock.Metal
Now before I write about this amazing cd I just want to say that I have no prior experience with Sentenced. I do listen to a wide variety of metal and music in general but had never checked them out until a few months ago.
What I can say about this album is that it has sincere emotion and heartfelt lyrics mixed with very catchy music. There isn't really a need for the skip track button seeing as how the entire album is stellar. They paint a very morose mood without coming off as gimmicky or cheesy. Although I am a fan of HIM, I believe Sentenced deserve to be as well known, if not more, than them.
Fans of anything from HIM to doom metal or just rock and roll should pick this up. Depression never felt this good!
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