Official Sentenced "Shadows of the Past" T-Shirt (Finnish Death Metal)

Official t-shirt from legendary Finnish metal band Sentenced featuring the iconic cover artwork from their debut album Shadows of the Past printed on the front with a plain black back. This officially licensed design celebrates the band's earliest era, capturing the raw old-school death metal sound that laid the foundations for one of Finland's most respected and influential metal careers.

Formed in Muhos, Finland in 1989, Sentenced began life as a ferocious death metal band before evolving through melodic death metal into one of the defining names in gothic and melancholic metal. While many fans know the band through later classics such as Amok, Down, Frozen and The Cold White Light, Shadows of the Past represents the uncompromising origins of the band and remains an essential release within the history of Finnish death metal.

Released in 1991 through Thrash Records, Shadows of the Past showcases Sentenced at their most brutal, combining old-school death metal with strong death-doom influences. Recorded at the legendary Tico-Tico Studio in Kemi, the album features crushing riffs, dark atmosphere and the unmistakable musicianship of Miika Tenkula, Sami Lopakka, Taneli Jarva and Vesa Ranta. It remains one of the defining recordings of Finland's early death metal movement alongside landmark releases from Amorphis, Demigod, Convulse and Demilich.

Featuring the classic Shadows of the Past cover colour artwork, this shirt celebrates an album that represents both the beginning of Sentenced's remarkable musical journey and one of the finest examples of early Scandinavian death metal. An essential addition for collectors of Finnish death metal, old-school death metal and historically significant extreme metal merchandise.

Shirt Quality
Produced on premium Gildan Heavy Cotton, this officially licensed t-shirt delivers outstanding comfort, durability and long-lasting wear. The heavyweight cotton construction provides a classic structured fit, while the professionally printed album artwork offers sharp detail and excellent colour retention. Designed for concerts, festivals, everyday wear and serious metal collectors alike.

For best fit take a shirt that fits you well and measure laid flat from armpit to armpit (pit to pit) and front collar to hem and select size from these measurements closest to that.

Size: S measures 58cm (23") length (front collar to hem) , width  42cm (17") (pit to pit)
Size: M measures 63cm (25") length (front collar to hem) , width  48cm (19") (pit to pit)
Size: L measures 66cm (26") length (front collar to hem) , width 55cm (22") (pit to pit)
Size: XL measures 67cm (27") length (front collar to hem) , width 58cm (23") (pit to pit)
Size: XXL measures 71cm (28") length (front collar to hem) , width 66cm (26") (pit to pit)

Genre Relevance
Shadows of the Past occupies an important place in the history of Finnish death metal. Before Sentenced became internationally recognised for their melodic and gothic metal masterpieces, this debut established the band as one of Finland's most promising extreme metal acts. Today the album is regarded as a cult classic that perfectly captures the raw energy and creativity of the early 1990s Finnish death metal explosion.

Recommended If You Like Amorphis (early), Convulse, Demigod, Demilich, Entombed, Dismember, Grave, Unleashed, Bolt Thrower, Edge of Sanity, Asphyx, Paradise Lost (early), Benediction and old-school Finnish death metal.

Product Specifications
Artist: Sentenced
Design: Shadows of the Past
Album: Shadows of the Past (1991)
Genre: Death Metal / Death-Doom / Finnish Death Metal
Brand: Gildan Heavy Cotton
Material: 100% Cotton
Front Print: Yes
Back Print: No
Officially Licensed: Yes
Fit: Unisex Heavy Cotton Classic Fit
Condition: Brand New