Sentenced has withdrawn to a "creative" break. Main reason for this break is that guitarist Sami Lopakka has become a father and the band wants to give time to Sami to be with his baby.

However looks like the break is not going to last long because the band is planning to enter the studios to record a new album by the end of the year.

Ville and Miika has already written some new songs and the band is going to record some demos at the end of the summer. Sentenced has also moved to a new rehersing place, which is actually kind of studio where they can record new songs while reharsing and check out immidiately if those are working or not. Vesa Ranta says that it's their first good reharsing place ever.

There has been some rumours about band splitting up or Ville leaving Sentenced because of Poisonblack. Those rumours are complete bullshit; Ville is not leaving and band is not breaking up, Vesa Ranta tells.

According to the Sentenced's record company Century Media, European tour 2002 with Lacuna Coil was one of the most successfull metaltours in Europe when comparing to other tours of this size. Band is not going to do any gigs until end of the May when they are going to play a charity gig in Oulu, Finland.