The Cold White Light
The Cold White Light uses heavy guitars, sunken melodies and low, melancholic vocals to explore love, death and regret.
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Track List
- Konevitsan Kirkonkellot
- Cross My Heart and Hope to Die
- Brief Is the Light
- Neverlasting
- Aika Multaa Muistot (Everything Is Nothing)
- Excuse Me While I Kill Myself
- Blood & Tears
- You Are the One
- Guilt and Regret
- The Luxury of a Grave
- No One There
Liner Notes
The Cold White Light is Sentenced's seventh album, on which they depicted the shading of gothic metal with cold beauty and deep sorrow. The intricate melodies woven by the guitar duo of Lopakka and Tenkula give a silver sheen to a desolate scene. Production was handled by Hiili Hiilesmaa, following the previous album. It is regarded by many fans and critics as the band's masterpiece. The album reached No. 1 on the Finnish charts. Here Laihiala's voice matures into a deeper, more sunken baritone.
Opening with the Finnish overture "Konevitsan Kirkonkellot," songs steeped in despair and solitude line up, from "Cross My Heart and Hope to Die" to "Neverlasting." Laihiala's deep, sunken voice depicts loss and isolation with the utmost urgency. A record at the height of maturity, wrapped in a cold, introspective sound. Lopakka's poetic lyrics and Tenkula's melodies are bound inseparably together. Eschewing flash and sinking quietly and deeply, its approach reflects the very essence of Sentenced in its purest form.