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1 - May Today Become the Day
2 - Ever-Frost
3 - We Are But Falling Leaves
4 - Her Last 5 Minutes
5 - Where Waters Fall Frozen
6 - Despair-Ridden Hearts
7 - Vengeance Is Mine
8 - A Long Way To Nowhere
9 - Consider Us Dead
10 - Lower The Flags
11 - Drain Me
12 - Karu
13 - End of the Road
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 in utter awe of the end of the road ( viking98188 )
Well, when i first got the word of this bad ceasing to exist anymore, i was truely angry moreso then in mourning. I thought how is it possible for a truely talented band as them to call it quits. To me they co-existed and jelled together so well. The music generated had so much passion, and meaning. I couldnt believe that this is it. It definitely left a dark black emptiness in music, at least for me anyway. I guess you could say they ended on top of things. But still will be sadly missed by me and hopefully by millions more. I have every album from "north from here" to pesent. Never dropped the ball on any album as far as i'm concerned. Same is true for "the funeral ablbum" Although not my very favorite from them, still very solid. Recommended as a must buy album... holds true to form to the rest of there latter albums. In my opinion, this bad can never be copied or repeated. They are definitely one of a kind. That is why it is so sad to see it end. Anyone reading this, please do yourself a favor, buy this as well as there other albums. It will be well worth the investment. The end of one of the best. R.I.P.
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3.5 Stars
Sentenced has put out a very listenable album to end their career. Most of the songs take on a death theme, but I don't get the sense that they were very sad while making this cd. In fact, it seems like they were just doing what they loved and isn't that how we all want to die?
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 Amazing album.
This happens to be the first Sentenced album I've ever heard, and I loved it. Being the last they'll ever release, the album has a sad and vengeful quality to it.
My fobbish friend mistakenly told me that the whole band committed suicide after making this album, and that is what I believed while listening to this album for two weeks afterwards. It really does sound like the band members poured all of their being into this album, as if it was their last chance to leave a mark on this world before fading into eternity.
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Consider Them Dead ( doomsdayer520 )
I am a lifelong metal fan and I love to stray from the mainstream, but only recently have I been dabbling in the European underground. I've heard some good things about Sentenced and decided to make this final album of theirs my first. I do like how they're bringing the band to an official end with a concept album about a death and a funeral. Sentenced deal in mature no-nonsense classic metal, they're accomplished songwriters and solid players, and they offer a positive listening experience. However, I hear very little distinctiveness or uniqueness in their approach. (This may also be a function of where they are now in their history.) There is some creativity in a few places here, like a choir in "Vengeance is Mine," some piano melody in "Lower the Flags," and a surprise harmonica in "Despair-Ridden Hearts." You can also credit "May Today Become the Day" and "Consider Us Dead" as strong and compelling slabs of solid metal. But I was hoping that since Sentenced are from Finland, they would offer some homegrown and distinctive ideas from their country (something the Norwegians are good at), but they deliver little other than the tried-and-true sounds of classic American metal, especially mid-period Metallica (Black Album era). Singer Ville Laihiala is also stuck in an impression of James Hetfield from that same period, with a slightly exotic accent. Sentenced can be seen as competent and talented at delivering the metal goods, but with few unique traits or new ideas. Longtime fans can judge this album favorably or unfavorably in terms of the large Sentenced back catalog, but those looking for something new or fascinating won't be too excited. [~doomsdayer520~]
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 Farewell Sentenced. I won't miss you one little bit. ( bstubbs@optushome.com.au )
Sentenced is just one of those bands. So many fans praise each and every one of their releases, while I struggle through each album, trying to figure out what it is that makes them so popular. These guys started off as a decent sounding death metal band, but have ended up being more of a gothic rock band. I guess something in between later Paradise Lost and Type O Negative might give you some idea, but I'm not completely happy with that comparison. I thought it would only be fair for me to spend some quality time listening to "The Funeral Album" due to the fact that this is the last studio album Sentenced will ever produce.
Musically, this is a mixed bag. I don't suppose I can criticise Sentenced too much for their actual musical qualities, the main problem is that there is just nothing here that really grabs the listener and makes them listen. It's all by the numbers rock with splashes of heavier sections here and there. Occasionally they add little atmospheric flourishes that could have taken some of these tracks to a new level, but they just don't follow through with them for any period of time. But in the end it's reasonably solid music with some decent moments such as the opener "May Today Become the Day" and the closer "End of the Road". "Where Waters Fall Frozen" is a minute long death metal instrumental that brings back some of the aggression from their early days. This may be a special moment for those fans that have stuck with Sentenced throughout their career, but it really sounds out of place on this album and could have been done without.
What I find really difficult to bare though is some of the appalling vocals by lead singer Ville. I mean, these guys have been doing this since 1988 and they haven't managed to find a decent vocalist in all that time. When things are rocking he's quite OK if nothing brilliant, but when things slow down, which they have been more and more in recent times, he just sounds terrible. This is the main reason that I can't recommend this album. I'm going to give "The Funeral Album" a generous 3 due to some decent tunes and slightly out of respect for the ending of a long career, but I'll finish this review with the following words.
Farewell Sentenced. I won't miss you one little bit.
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