Amok/Love and Death [EP] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Sentenced

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 6, 2001)
• Original Release Date: November 21, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Century Media
• ASIN: B000005HLZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #290,339 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. The War Ain't Over!

2. Phenix

3. New Age Messiah

4. Forever Lost

5. Funeral Spring

6. Nepenthe

7. Dance On The Graves (lil'siztah')

8. Moon Magick

9. The Golden Stream Of Lapland

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, diverse metal, May 2, 1999

By A Customer

This is probably Sentenced's most diverse album. They are kind of all over the map with their songs but it somehow ties together nicely. The lyrics range from excellent to embarassing, but even the bad ones are fun to sing along with so no real gripes there. I love the guitar gallops and the twin harmony leads.

The song "New Age Messiah" is THE standout, a song I can't get enough of. Although it's built around a pedal-tone riff that could have come from Motley Crue, they develop and build it into a torturous, violent, apocalyptic climax. "The War Ain't Over" has equally violent lyrics. Nepenthe is a good, balladish song reminiscent of some Queensryche, and a harbinger of the more lush sound that later Sentenced albums showed. The slow "Funeral Spring" with it's wah-wah stomp owes a big debt to Cathedral and/or Black Sabbath.

Like I said, this covers a lot of ground. If you like metal, there's something on here for you, and it doesn't harp on the same gloomy subjects the way their later albums do, so it's more interesting to listen to.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting...Let's Rock!!!, October 1, 2003

By	D. Knouse (vancouver, washington United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

4.5 stars. The production is great, the musicianship is refreshingly vital, and the songwriting is excellent. Even the EP "Love n Death" is exceptional, which is unusual considering that most EPs never reach the level of the main album. There are many sound samples laced throughout the album adding an epic grandeur to the overall feel. The lead and rhythm guitars shine on this CD, so if you like melodic/intricate guitar with variation in tempo, this is the CD for you. If you love great guitar, buy this album now!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THEIR MILESTONE, AND ONE OF THE BEST METAL/DEATH ALBUM BY FAR, July 5, 2006

By	Andrea Moretti "www.orthodox-metal.com" (Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Amok/Love and Death (Audio CD)

This is one of those albums who would need a push forward! The band's milestone by far...but that's not all! AMOK deserves more space among the best metal/death album ever. Put it on your player and let it flow into your ears and brain..."The War Ain't Over!" is one of the best opener in metal music. It's so classically metal and then, all of a sudden, Taneli Jarva breaks in with his growling/melodical vocals. His lines and interpretation really give strenght to the songs! Of course his not a hell of a singer, definitely not in Dickinson, Tate or Kiske vein...but at the same time not as rough as Cavalera and C. His style's more into "deep vocals" but 100% understandable and most of all you can feel he's singing with passion! Music is never too fast, I mean is more heavy than death metal, but very powerfull anyway! PHENIX, FOREVER LOST and NEPENTHE just to name the best songs...but the whole albums just flow away and you would need more and more...Unfortunately Sentenced decided for a line-up change for the up-coming recordings and in "Down" there's no Jarva anymore as their former drummer was put in front of the mike!!! "Down" is a very good album...but just the biginning of the end in my opinion (Mr.Ranta cannot sing...)...you want more Sentenced material...look for "Love & Death" pals!
As far as I'm concerned the band does not exist anymore...what a lost for metal music!