Cold White Light

Sentenced | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 9, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Century Media
• ASIN: B0000695TK
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,069 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most mature and BEST!!, July 4, 2005

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AAK (Lapland, Finland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cold White Light (Audio CD)

Masters of depressive metal have done it! Their best album that even beats one of my all time favourites, Down. This album is simply breathtaking. Cold White Light ain't as heavy as Down nor as catchy, but much more emotional and thoughtful. Production is also top notch. Listening to Cold White Light envokes many emotions in me at the same time: depression, hope, grief and joy. No other album has ever done that. It's funny to read how some people wonder the theme chosen by the band. Depression and hatred and all that is very common and daily mood for a Finnish guy. It goes without saying if someone (me) feels this way most of the time. Especially wintertime it's very dark and no sunlight at all for many weeks or months, one or another inevitably begins to hold and ponder these thoughts in his/her head. It's something you can't experience and feel if you live in the tropical zone or somewhere nice, warm and sunny place. It's a very natural subject to start writing songs.

"Cross My Heart and Hope to Die" is simply amazing! The guitar sound is something never heard before, not even from Sentenced, there's something so emotional, it's unmatched. Laihiala's vocals are so sad and emotional that it almost makes me cry, so sad yet so hopeful. Maybe the best track on album and one of their all time best.
"Brief is the Light" Absolutely beautiful melodies and lyrics. This is actually very positive song, at least for me it has become my cure for depression. The song and lyrics are extremely effective when listened at the dark of winter or at a brightest summernight when sun never sets. Then it hits you, 'brief is the light', and I mean daylight and summer alltogether is very brief, though the lyrics are about the light of life. Guitar solo is amazing. Competes with "Cross My Heart..." for the best song on this album.
"Neverlasting" a really trashy piece that shows Sentenced can still make very heavy songs. And that clapping effect in the middle of the song is not handclapping, it's Laihiala (or someone) clapping his bare buttocks with wet hands =D.
"Blood and Tears" with trademark guitar sound and riffs from Tenkula, very catchy and rockin' song.
"The Luxury of a Grave" has over the top funny lyrics but still very nice song with again awesome guitars.

It's difficult to discribe how I feel about this album, or what it means to me. It's like a neverending elixir of life for me, purification. Listening to it makes me rejoice of life once again. Right now when I'm writing this (and listening the album) is a beautiful summernight at 1:00am and the sun is setting lighting the whole sky, and to rise again in an hour...and I feel great!

Need to say? Get this album immediately if you want to experience something depressing...or joyful...or anything at all that touches your emotions!

-Make the most out of your day/for brief is the light on our way/on this momentary trail-

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Album Kicks Butt!, July 12, 2002

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James Poag (Orange Lake, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cold White Light (Audio CD)

I am a fan and have almost all of their albums and I must say this is the best one by Far! The progression continues out of Crimson with a revamp of the rhythm guitars to eliminate that monotonous sound each previous album was plaqued with.

***This album does not sound anything like Crimson!***
IT ROCKS! - I am Serious, buy this now, you WILL NOT BE Dissapointed!

90% of the songs you listen to right off the bat and enjoy indefinately. The other 10 percent grows on you keeping the album fresh (even though the album never grows old). The lyrics are what you would expect from the Northernmost Killers with a slight shift away from suicide and leaning a little heavier on the hopelessness/depression foot, which is contrast to the up-beat, Kick-butt, rock feel of the album. A Million Thanks to the Northernmost Killers for such an Excellent album!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars depressing music, January 25, 2004

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josh craig (Dayton, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cold White Light (Audio CD)

Sentenced are not a really brutal or all that heavy metal band. So if thats what your looking for than stop reading this review. Instead they play catchy metal with great melodies and simple song structures. The singers voice fits the music and lyrics perfectly. He is great at evoking the feeling of the songs which circle around things like suicide,depression, and lost love among other things. songs like cross my heart and hope to die,neverlasting,and brief is the light are what make this a four star cd. there is some filler though like the song guilt and regret though there is not much. some stupid lyrics in the song the luxury of a grave are the reason for only four stars.
Bottom line:the cold white light is a very solid but not quite great metal release by sentenced. If you never heard of them think catchy depressing heavy metal. And if you have this cd continues the sound established on their last couple of cd's.