Amok (Sentenced album)

Amok is the third album by the Finnish metal band Sentenced, released through Century Media in 1995. Though still mostly rooted in the death metal genre, the album takes the melodic death metal direction of 1993's North from Here a step further with elements of traditional heavy metal and doom metal, along with elements of the goth rock-inspired style that the band would take on with subsequent releases, following bassist/vocalist Taneli Jarva's departure.

Amok
Studio album by Sentenced
Released	3 January 1995
Recorded	Autumn 1994
Studio	Tico-Tico Studios
Genre	Melodic death metal Doom metal Gothic metal
Length	43:35 54:17 (Japanese edition)
Label	Century Media
Producer	Ahti Kortelainen
Sentenced chronology
North from Here (1993) Amok (1995) Down (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

The lyrics are a mixture of melancholy, mythology and suicidal themes.

An episode of the TV series Home Improvement had the character Mark (played by Taran Noah Smith) wearing a T-shirt that featured the album.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"The War Ain't Over!"	Taneli Jarva	Miika Tenkula	4:17
2.	"Phenix"	Jarva	Tenkula	5:32
3.	"New Age Messiah"	Jarva	Tenkula	4:29
4.	"Forever Lost"	Sami Lopakka	Lopakka	7:15
5.	"Dreamlands" (Japan bonus track)			5:14
6.	"Funeral Spring"	Jarva	Jarva	3:55
7.	"Nepenthe"	Jarva	Tenkula	3:53
8.	"Dance on the Graves (Lil' Siztah)"	Jarva	Tenkula	4:27
9.	"Obsession" (Japan bonus track)			5:28
10.	"Moon Magick"	Jarva	Jarva	4:45
11.	"The Golden Stream of Lapland"	(instrumental)	Tenkula	4:58

Personnel

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

Guest musician

• Virpi Rautsiala – backing vocals

References

1. AllMusic review