SENTENCED

The band was originally called Deformity with the line-up consisting of Miika Tenkula (vocals, guitars), Lari Kylmänen (bass), and Tuure Heikkilä (drums). After Tuure Heikkilä left the band in 1989, they changed their name to Sentenced.

On their demos and first full-length Shadows of the Past, the band played death metal. On their second full-length North from Here, the band added progressive elements to their sound. After that, the band made a complete switch from death metal to gothic metal starting their third full-length Amok.

Sentenced split up in 2005, after a farewell album titled The Funeral Album and an extensive farewell tour. On October 1st, 2005, at their last gig, in their hometown of Oulu, Taneli Jarva joined the band to sing a few songs from North from Here, Amok, and Love and Death.

Four years after Sentenced disbanded, Miika Tenkula died of a sudden heart attack caused by genetic heart disease, at his home, in the town of Muhos, on the 18th of February 2009.

The "classic" Sentenced logo was originally drawn by Taneli Jarva.