SENTENCED · The Funeral Album | PICTURE LP

Picture vinyl LP. Limited to 250 copies.

Background information about 'The Funeral Album'

There is something beautifully cruel about a band writing its own epitaph and then nailing it shut with the best songs of its career. Sentenced called it quits with "The Funeral Album" back in 2005, and two decades on it still lands like a cold hand on the shoulder. The Finns never sounded this focused, this heavy, this melodic all at once. Riffs come down like November rain, Ville Laihiala spits and croons with a wounded swagger, and the whole record walks the line between gothic gloom and genuine, fist-in-the-air rock 'n' roll. It is a farewell that refuses to beg for sympathy. Instead it raises a glass, tells a few grim jokes and goes out on its own terms.

What makes it hold up so well is the songwriting. Nothing here feels like filler or a contractual obligation. The band clearly knew this was the last word, so every chorus got sharpened, every melody earned. There is sorrow, sure, but there is also defiance and a strange kind of warmth, the feeling of a long night with old friends that everyone knows is the final one. Played loud, it hits like a wall of northern melancholy with a grin on its face.

This 2026 repress on Cosmic Key Creations brings the album back on picture vinyl for the very first time, issued under exclusive license from Century Media. A fittingly theatrical send-off for a record that always knew how to make an exit.

For fans of: Amorphis, Paradise Lost, Charon, Poisonblack, Katatonia

Other Versions

BLACK LP · Sold out CD · 15,99 €

Track listing

A1. May Today Become The Day
A2. Ever-Frost
A3. We Are But Falling Leaves
A4. Her Last 5 Minutes
A5. Where Waters Fall Frozen
A6. Despair-Ridden Hearts
B7. Vengeance Is Mine
B8. A Long Way To Nowhere
B9. Consider Us Dead
B10. Lower The Flags
B11. Drain Me
B12. Karu
B13. End Of The Road

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