Crimson

Mid week and it's time for some depressing Goth Metal. Hailing from Finland, Sentenced started out as a Death Metal band before changing gears midway through their career. They later adopted a doom/goth sound which they kept until the end. That sound is what gained the band more fans. 'Crimson' proves the bands sound wasn't a one time record trick. Released in 2000, the album showcases a depressing and somber metal tone through and through. With songs like 'Killing Me Killing You', 'Bleed In My Arms', and 'No More Beating As One', you kinda get the sense that this is a dark sand somber record. And it is for all intensive purposes. Sadly the band released only a few more albums before calling it a day in 05. The bands final show was filmed for a DVD/CD released entitled 'Buried Alive'. Stellar DVD if ya haven't seen it. Sadly any thoughts of the band reforming were shot down with the passing of guitarist Miika Tenkula in 09 due to heart failure. However the band lives on in the hearts and ears of metal heads.

Sentenced for me was always a doom n gloom band. I loved the stuff I had heard from the 'Down' and 'The Cold White Light'  records. Sure it was dark and depressing but somehow songs about death and the like were kinda upbeat. Plus the band has done some ridiculously awesome covers. Check out their version of Radiohead's 'Creep' or The Animals 'House Of The Rising Sun', the later is just an awesome drunk cover. Since the demise of the band, the members have kept busy with other bands like, Poisonblack, The Man Eating Tree and KYPCK. The latter band being a Finnish band that sings about Russian History, a very interesting mix. This is one of those bands I wish wouldn't have ended when then did, I feel like they had quite of bit of good music left to make. Still when the dark mood hits, always nice to throw one of their records on.

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