Down (Sentenced album)

For the album by The Jesus Lizard, see Down (The Jesus Lizard album).

Down

Studio album by Sentenced

Released

November 11, 1996 ^[1]

Genre

Gothic Metal^[2]

Length

41:28

Label

Century Media^[3]

Producer

Waldemar Sorychta

Sentenced chronology

Love & Death
(1995)

Down
(1996)

Frozen
(1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]

Down, released in November 1996 on Century Media records, is the fourth album by Sentenced. It is also the first album including the vocalist Ville Laihiala. This album marks the band's progression from melodic death metal to gothic metal.

1 Track listing
- 1.1 2007 Re-issue bonus track
2 Credits
- 2.1 Guests
3 References

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Intro - The Gate"	(instrumental)	Miika Tenkula	1:21
2.	"Noose"	Sami Lopakka	Tenkula	4:01
3.	"Shadegrown"	Lopakka	Tenkula	4:36
4.	"Bleed"	Lopakka	Tenkula	3:40
5.	"Keep My Grave Open"	Lopakka	Lopakka	3:53
6.	"Crumbling Down (Give Up Hope)"	Lopakka	Tenkula	5:26
7.	"Sun Won't Shine"	Lopakka	Tenkula	4:16
8.	"Ode to the End"	Ville Laihiala, Lopakka	Tenkula	5:20
9.	"0132"	(instrumental)	Tenkula	1:42
10.	"Warrior of Life (Reaper Redeemer)"	Lopakka	Tenkula	3:41
11.	"I'll Throw the First Rock"	Lopakka, Laihiala	Tenkula	3:25

2007 Re-issue bonus track

No.	Title	Length
12.	"No Tomorrow"	4:34

Credits

Guests

Waldemar Sorychta - keyboards
Birgit Zacher – backing vocals
Vorph (Samael) - growl vocals on "Bleed", "Keep My Grave Open" and "Warrior of Life (Reaper Redeemer)"

References

^ "Sentenced". metal-archives.com. Encyclopaedia Metallum. http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=721. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
^ "Reviews for Sentenced - Down". metal-archives.com. Encyclopaedia Metallum. http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=721. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
^ "Down:Sentenced:Music:Reviews". Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Down-Sentenced/dp/B000005HN7. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
^ Allmusic review

Sentenced

Ville Laihiala Miika Tenkula Sami Lopakka Sami Kukkohovi Vesa Ranta Lari Kylmänen Taneli Jarva

Studio albums	Shadows of the Past (1991) North from Here (1993) Amok (1995) Down (1996) Frozen (1998) Crimson (2000) The Cold White Light (2002) The Funeral Album (2005)

EPs	The Trooper (1993) Love & Death (1995)

DVDs	Buried Alive (2 discs, 2006)

Singles	Killing Me Killing You (1999) No One There (2002) Routasydän (2003)* Ever-Frost (2005)

Demos	When Death Joins Us... (1990) Rotting Ways to Misery (1991) Journey to Pohjola (1992) Demo 1994 (1994)

Videography	Nepenthe (1994) Noose (1996) The Suicider (1998) Killing Me Killing You (1999) No One There (2002) Ever – Frost (2005) Despair – Ridden Hearts (2006)