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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Grave Sweet Grave Lyrics
Sentenced
I have seen my funeral in a thousand dreams
Its beauty
Now the night descends
and drowns me in this dream once again
No stars tonight they all have ceased
No moon tonight to cast its gleam
just a single flame lighting my journey
Two at my feet, and two at my head
Two carrying me at where my hands are laid
Endless sleep giving me peace
and eternally bringing release
Nothing more to be done
Nothing more to be lived for me
All my life Ive waited for this eternal night
and now its time
soon theyll lower me down deep into the icy ground
Two at my feet, and two at my head
Two carrying me at where my hands are laid
and once therell be a time that I have waited for
when the dawn will steal my dreams no more
Two at my feet, and two at my head
Two carrying me at where my hands are laid
Grave Sweet Grave - welcoming me home
Grave Sweet Grave - Ill be yours till the dawn
(the dawn shall steal my dreams no more