Shadows of the Past is the debut album by the Finnish metal band Sentenced.

It was released in 1991 and reissued by Century Media in 1995, including the Journey to Pohjola demo.

Shadows of the Past features more prominent death metal elements than would be present later in their career.

On the introduction speech of North from Here 2008 re-release, Jarva states that at the time of Shadows of the Past the band was just a "Death clone" amongst others, so the band chose to pursue a more technical and personal-sounding direction on their second album.

The album has had three different covers: the original release drawn by Luxi Lahtinen, the Century Media 1995 reissue drawn by Taneli Jarva, and the 2008 reissue which is a reproduction of a medieval woodcut print.