SENTENCED To Play Final German Show At WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Finnish metallers SENTENCED will perform their last-ever show in Germany at the 2005 edition of Germany's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 4-6 in Wacken. A complete list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows: ACCEPT APOCALYPTICA AXEL RUDI PELL BLOODBATH CORVUS CORAX COUNT RAVEN DISSECTION EDGUY ENDHAMMER EISREGEN ENDSTILLE ENSIFERUM EQUILIBRIUM FINNTROLL GOREFEST HAMMERFALL ILLDISPOSED MACHINE MEN MARDUK MERCENARY METAL CHURCH MORGANA LEFAY NAGLFAR NIGHTWISH OBITUARY OVERKILL OOMPH! POTENTIA ANIMI SAMAEL SENTENCED SONATA ARCTICA SUFFOCATION TORFROCK TRISTANIA TURISAS ZYKLON SENTENCED will release their final album, "The Funeral Album", in April via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2002's "The Cold White Light" was recorded primarily at Finnvox and Tonebox studios (both in Finland), and mixed and mastered at Finnvox. Producing the effort was again Hiili Hiilesmaa, who also worked with the group on their last two albums, 2000's "Crimson" and "The Cold White Light". A farewell DVD, entitled "Buried Alive", is planned for release in early 2006.