Following a short prelude, the two guitarists Miika Tenkula and Sami Lopakka as well as drummer Vesa Ranta came together in the provincial town of Oulu in the cold north of Finland in the year 1989 to baptize their death metal newborn, and gave it the name SENTENCED. Only one year later, this child of death let loose its first startling scream in the shape of the demo "When Death Joins Us..." (1990). When its voice developed an extremely charismatic touch with the recruiting of singer and bass-player Taneli Jarva, a first record-deal followed soon, which led to the release of the traditional death metal debut "Shadows Of The Past" (1991). Two years later SENTENCED took a more melodic turn on "North From Here" (1993) and created a true milestone of their deadly genre. Just a small amount of time elapsed until this rapidly growing whelp honoured its Iron Maiden roots with "The Trooper" (1993).
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Brief Is The Light Lyrics
Sentenced
The bells again... someone has died
The bells of the end toll to remind
that life's but a race against time
At your back you'll always hear
the Chariot of Time hurrying near.
The faster you run the closer it comes.
A pursuer you can not outrun
Hear these words I say:
- Make the most out of your day
for brief is the light on our way
on this momentary trail.
Hear these words, awake:
- Make the most out of your day
for brief is the time, so brief is the time
that we're allowed to stay.
The bells again.. whose turn this time?
To reach the end, yours or mine?
Each funeral just makes us realize
that life's but a series of goodbyes.
Hear these words I say:
- Make the most out of your day
for brief is the light on our way
on this momentary trail.
Hear these words I say:
- Make the most out of your day
for brief is the light on our way
on this momentary trail.
Hear these words, awake:
- Make the most out of your day
for brief is the time, so brief is the time
that we're allowed to stay.
Life passes by, melts away like snow in the spring.
We all are blind to the running of time.