After Sentenced disbanded, Tenkula withdrew from publicity. On 18 February 2009, he died in his home town of
Muhos as a result a sudden heart attack caused by genetic heart disease. On 22 February, his former band members remembered him in an obituary published on the official Sentenced website as "a dear friend, a truly remarkable artist and musician, and the very soul of what used to be Sentenced. Rest now, brother – in your music and our hearts you will live forever." An open memorial was held in the Club Teatria in the city of
Oulu on 18 April 2009. The ceremony featured music and a concert film,
Buried Alive, which was the band's last concert and had been filmed in the same location in 2005. Music included Tenkula's favourite artists and cover versions from the Sentenced songs by various Finnish artists. Finnish
melodic death metal band
Insomnium's song "Weighed Down with Sorrow" from their 2009 album
Across the Dark is dedicated to Tenkula. == References ==