SENTENCED · Amok (Re-Release) | CD

Super jewel box CD. Limited to 500 copies.

Background information about 'Amok (Re-Release)'

There is a moment on "Amok" where Sentenced stop being a promising Finnish death metal band and become something far stranger and far more compelling. Released in 1995, the third full-length found the Oulu crew sharpening their riffs into hooks and letting a cold, melodic melancholy seep into every corner of the sound. The guitars still bite hard, the rhythm section still drives with real force, but there is a newfound sense of drama here, a feeling that these songs were built for long northern nights and dimly lit rooms.

What makes "Amok" such a rewarding listen is the balance. Sentenced never let the aggression collapse into pure brutality, and they never let the melody turn saccharine. Instead the two pull against each other, track after track, until the whole record feels like a single restless mood. It is the sound of a band finding its own language, and you can practically hear the confidence growing in real time. For anyone who came to the band later, this is the record where the pieces click into place.

This 2025 repress arrives via Cosmic Key Creations under exclusive license from Century Media Records, housed in a super jewel box and limited to 500 copies.

For fans of: Paradise Lost, Amorphis, Tiamat, Edge of Sanity, Dark Tranquillity

Track listing

1. The War Ain't Over!
2. Phenix
3. New Age Messiah
4. Forever Lost
5. Funeral Spring
6. Nepenthe
7. Dance On The Graves (Lil' Siztah')
8. Moon Magick
9. The Golden Stream Of Lapland

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