Sentenced "Shadows of the Past"

Shadows of the Past is the debut album by the Finnish metal band Sentenced. It was released in 1991 and re-issued by Century Media in 1995, including the "Journey To Pohjola" demo. It was re-issued again in 2001 with "North From Here" and again in 2008 as a two-CD set along with their first two demos. The album features more prominent death metal elements than would be present later in their career. On the introduction speech of North from Here 2008 re-release Jarva states that at the time of Shadows of the Past the band was just a "Death clone" amongst others, so the band chose to pursue a more technical and personal-sounding direction on their second album.

The album has had three different covers: the original release drawn by Luxi Lahtinen, the Century Media 1995 reissue drawn by Taneli Jarva, and the 2008 reissue which is a reproduction of a medieval woodcut print. This version also includes an insert featuring the first two covers.

Track listing

1. "When the Moment of Death Arrives" Taneli Jarva Miika Tenkula 6:03
2. "Rot to Dead" Jarva Tenkula 3:44
3. "Disengagement" Sami Lopakka Lopakka, Tenkula 5:17
4. "Rotting Ways to Misery" Lopakka Tenkula 5:50
5. "The Truth" Lopakka Tenkula 6:23
6. "Suffocated Beginning of Life" (unknown) Tenkula 6:06
7. "Beyond the Distant Valleys" Korhonen, Lopakka Lopakka, Tenkula 5:58
8. "Under the Suffer" Jarva Tenkula 5:18
9. "Descending Curtain of Death" Tenkula Vesa Ranta, Tenkula 5:49

There are two CD colour versions black and red. Album is titled "Shadows of Past" in the cover art made by Luxi Lahtinen, but is titled as "Shadows of the Past" in the CD itself.

At that time, the band didn't even consider having Taneli Jarva as a vocalist. Later on, it was Miika Tenkula's idea of making Taneli Jarva the band's frontman.

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Tico-Tico Studio, Kemi, In October '91.

Produced by Sentenced.

Music and lyrics by Sentenced.