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1 - Kaamos
2 - Farewell
3 - Dead Leaves
4 - For The I Bear
5 - One With Misery
6 - The Suicider
7 - The Rain Comes Falling Down
8 - Grave Sweet Grave
9 - Burn
10 - Drown Together
11 - Let Go (The Last Chapter)
12 - Mourn
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 One of this amazing group's best efforts.
Tied with their other seven full-length releases, each one a magnum opus in its own right. This is certainly the most atmospheric of the eight. Both the synergistic confidence of the band's new lineup and the production quality had improved greatly from Down (this album's predecessor and new singer Ville Laihala's first with the band). They really hit their stride with Frozen, and some might say their creative peak. While the next few efforts were all solid and possessed many strong moments that in some cases overshadow the best songs from earlier in their catalogue, they did arguably begin to repeat themselves after Frozen; probably lending to their decision to end on a high note with the career-retrospective Funeral Album. Either way, there is a pronounced element of genuine melancholy to their sound in the works leading up to and including Frozen that is absent (or at least far more understated) in the subsequent three. Songs like The Suicider, however, foreshadow new trends such as the shift toward tongue-in-cheek black humor that would later become a lyrical trademark.
One thing I must object to is the constant comparisons of Laihala to James Hetfield of Metallica, who in my opinion is a far inferior vocalist (and guitarist, for that matter). I'll grant that there may be similarities in their overall vocal style (deep, aggressive clean singing that approaches but never quite crosses over into growling), and perhaps even their voices (though Ville's is virtually angelic, whereas James's is still more or less that of the pubescent boy who shrieked Hit The Lights) - but as far as range and skill are concerned there is absolutely no contest whatsoever, rendering any mention of Hetfield trite and useless.
Sentenced are that rare great band, who - despite having a great vocalist - leave you looking forward to their technically sound and emotively potent instrumentals.
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A Finnish version of Metallica with a twist ( foreign_agent )
This is actually the first Sentenced album I've heard, but what a one to pick. This is an incredible collection of songs. I never got bored with any song on theis album. I noticed that the lead singer sounds just like James Hetfield from Metallica on several tracks. This isn't a bad thing, just strange to hear from a European country. Sentenced has a unique sound that is different what I usually hear from metal bands.
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Dont listen to Angel Dust Its Evil
Finlands Sentenced have been around for quite a long time,and during that time have progressed musically and in my POV for the better.The band seemed to have lightened up(musically)and have a knack for writing catchy get stuck in your head melodies.This album is amazing from start to finish it hits you right where good music should.Villes (no not that (...) from HIM)Lyrics are written in such a simplistic yet meaningful way that it makes even aaron from MY dying bride sound like a 14 year old Emo kid.Its really hard to explain the sound of this album as its more of a Feel then Hear thing.
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The Rain Comes Falling Down! ( rainman246 )
There just aren't enough stars to give this album! It is nearly perfect. Every song is just so dark and rainy, you CANNOT listen to this on a sunny day, it just ain't gonna happen! "The Rain Comes Falling Down" is one of my favorite songs, it's just so perfect. I love that spooky keyboard outro. "Dead Leaves" is great too, so amazingly poetic. "Autumn's here again/to bring all forms of life to an end/death is taking over and slowly fades the light away". YEAH! This album is just perfect for the dark, rainy ones in all of us. It's almost my favorite album, but not quite. There are too many suicidal lyrics. I'm dark and depressed, but not suicidal. That, and Candlebox is just so good. Anyway, if you love rain, you really need this album. It is oh so good.
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 And Frozen it was... for a while :-) ( johnny8 )
I bought this album second hand for less than nothing, and i hated it the first time i heard it, quickly sentencing it to a few months of quietude in my now quite large cd pile.Recently, i pulled it out again, intrigued by the good reviews i saw on this site... maybe i was missing something. And indeed i was. Sentece revoked, this album now lies close to my other hear-and-don't-even-bother-to-put-back-in-the-case-because-i'll-hear-it-again-tomorrow albums. Instrumentaly the band is great, the songs are very melodic and the instruments blend together really well, with none of that irritating spotlight stealing attitude sometimes musicians tend to get into. The guitar riffs are heavy but not a lot, the solos are tasteful and not just showoff, and all in all everything works out really well on this aspect of the music. For examples of this, just check out the instrumental tracks like Kaamos and Mourn. Really good musicians, playing *with* each other and not *at* each other. Now the downside is, in my opinion, the vocal style sometimes used in mostly all songs, which is a bit too clear for me. I feel that music, to be done right, must get the voice in sync with the music, and in metal that almost always means growling. That doesn't happen much in this album but nevertheless most of the time the voice is one with the music. It's the times that it's not that tick me off and keep me from giving this album a 5. The singing is most evocative of Paradise Lost's Draconian Times, in my opinion their last audible album. Sometimes you can hear a little Him in there too... or is it the other way around? ;-)
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