Shadows of the Past (album)

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
1995 reissue cover
Studio album by Sentenced
Released	December 1991
Recorded	October 1991
Genre	Death metal death-doom
Length	51:03
Label	Thrash 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 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.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"When the Moment of Death Arrives"	Taneli Jarva	Miika Tenkula	6:03
2.	"Rot to Dead"	Jarva	Tenkula	3:44
3.	"Disengagement"	Sami Lopakka	Lopakka, Tenkula	5:17
4.	"Rotting Ways to Misery"	Lopakka	Tenkula	5:50
5.	"The Truth"	Lopakka	Tenkula	6:23
6.	"Suffocated Beginning of Life"	(unknown)	Tenkula	6:06
7.	"Beyond the Distant Valleys"	Korhonen, Lopakka	Lopakka, Tenkula	5:58
8.	"Under the Suffer"	Jarva	Tenkula	5:18
9.	"Descending Curtain of Death"	Tenkula	Vesa Ranta, Tenkula	5:49

1995 reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
10.	"Wings"	Lopakka	Tenkula	5:08
11.	"In Memoriam"	Jarva	Tenkula	5:26
12.	"Mythic Silence (as They Wander in the Mist)"	(instrumental)	Lopakka, Tenkula	4:14

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

Credits

• Miika Tenkula – lead guitar, vocals
• Sami Lopakka – guitar
• Taneli Jarva – bass
• Vesa Ranta – drums