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.

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