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1991 studio album by Sentenced
Shadows of the Past
1995 reissue cover
Studio album by Sentenced
ReleasedDecember 1991
RecordedOctober 1991
Genre
Length51:03
LabelThrash Records
Sentenced chronology
Rotting Ways to Misery
(1990) 		Shadows of the Past
(1991) 		North from Here
(1993)
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Shadows of the Past is the debut album by the Finnish metal band Sentenced. It was released in 1991 and reissued by Century Media in 1995, including the Journey to Pohjola demo. It was reissued again in 2001 with North from Here and again in 2008 as a two-CD set along with their first two demos.

Shadows of the Past features more prominent death metal elements than would be present later in their career. On the introduction speech of North from Here 2008 re-release, Jarva states that at the time of Shadows of the Past the band was just a "Death clone" amongst others, so the band chose to pursue a more technical and personal-sounding direction on their second album.

The album has had three different covers: the original release drawn by Luxi Lahtinen, the Century Media 1995 reissue drawn by Taneli Jarva, and the 2008 reissue which is a reproduction of a medieval woodcut print. This version also includes an insert featuring the first two covers.

The album title on the original cover is misspelled as "Shadows of Past".

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."When the Moment of Death Arrives"Taneli JarvaMiika Tenkula6:03
2."Rot to Dead"JarvaTenkula3:44
3."Disengagement"Sami LopakkaLopakka, Tenkula5:17
4."Rotting Ways to Misery"LopakkaTenkula5:50
5."The Truth"LopakkaTenkula6:23
6."Suffocated Beginning of Life"(unknown)Tenkula6:06
7."Beyond the Distant Valleys"Korhonen, LopakkaLopakka, Tenkula5:58
8."Under the Suffer"JarvaTenkula5:18
9."Descending Curtain of Death"TenkulaVesa Ranta, Tenkula5:49

1995 reissue bonus tracks

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
10."Wings"LopakkaTenkula5:08
11."In Memoriam"JarvaTenkula5:26
12."Mythic Silence (as They Wander in the Mist)"(instrumental)Lopakka, Tenkula4:14

2008 reissue bonus disc

When Death Joins Us (demo 1990)

  1. "Hallucinations" – 2:20
  2. "When Death Joins Us" – 4:54
  3. "Shadows of the Past" – 4:24
  4. "Obscurity ..." – 5:10
  5. "Desperationed Future" – 4:29

Rotting Ways to Misery (demo 1991)

  1. "Rotting Ways to Misery" – 5:42
  2. "Disengagement" – 6:18
  3. "Suffocated Beginning of Life" – 6:15
  4. "Under the Suffer" – 5:16
  5. "Descending Curtain of Death" – 5:34
  6. "The Truth" – 5:28

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References

  1. "Sentenced – Shadows of the Past". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
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